Pathfinder 2E Are you moving from 5E to PF2?

[Zaukrie]

I read a bit more of the rules, and I am more interested than I was before. I have, so far, found combat in 5e kind of repetitive, w/o much interesting happening much of the time. But then, I do come at the game from a tactical perspective (and story too, but I do like battle tactics).

 

[ajevans]

I'm an old guy (or at least I feel old) and I generally agree with you. I really like PDFs. However, I've been checking out D&D beyond recently and damn, it really is far superior to a PDF. I may just have to break out of this stone I'm set in and move into the 21st century!

D&D Beyond is pretty decent but having to pay twice for the same content makes me file it firmly under F*** Right Off!!

 

[dave2008]

D&D Beyond is pretty decent but having to pay twice for the same content makes me file it firmly under F*** Right Off!!

The is not entirely correct. There is a lot of free content on DND Beyond. I have to pay extra for PF2e PDFs anyway, I don’t see much different with Beyond. Besides, if I do move to Beyond, I would just buy it one Beyond, so no duplication. Other than the core books a prefer no more dead trees

Also, it is not the same content. There is a lot more available with Beyond than you get with a book or PDF

 

[Schmoe]

I read a bit more of the rules, and I am more interested than I was before. I have, so far, found combat in 5e kind of repetitive, w/o much interesting happening much of the time. But then, I do come at the game from a tactical perspective (and story too, but I do like battle tactics).

I'm right there with you. Tactically interesting combat is a big selling point for me.

 

[Imaro]

I'm right there with you. Tactically interesting combat is a big selling point for me.

Can you point me in the direction of some AP reviews or reports because so far I've only been able to find either first impression reviews or reviews done after looking over the book.

 

[Zaukrie]

Even on the Paizo boards there aren't many in play reviews up yet. I'm kind of surprised. And, of course, those that have have devolved into edition wars and other things....

 

[Zaukrie]

When I looked at the core book, I also tried to look at the Bestiary in the store. Both copies were defective, with pages sticking together all over the place. Is this a common issue?

 

[Haffrung]

Yawning Portal is full of stand alone adventures. In addition, the Adventurers League is FULL of official stand alone adventures, available on DMs Guild. Have you just not checked those out?

I have all the Yawning Portal adventures already from back in the day. Same with Saltmarsh.

What can I say - I'm fussy and I don't have endless time to sort the wheat the from the chaff. I find the great majority even of professional published RPG material to be mediocre at best. The stuff I have picked up on DM,s Guild doesn't inspire a lot of confidence.

When I'm paying for RPG content, I don't just expect top-notch ideas and writing. Layout and presentation mean a lot to me as well. Few creative types are also skilled at content presentation.

Call me old-fashioned, but I find value in commercial publishers hiring only the best house talent and freelancers, and supporting them with professional layout, editing, and artwork. There may be a handful of books on DM's Guild that suite my preferences, but at an unappealing cost in time and effort finding it, not to mention the dollar cost of printing it.

I just think WotC fails to support GMs well, and instead outsources that job to amateurs, third-party publishers, and Youtube channels. And presumably it's a business decision (keep costs as low as humanly possible), rather than a hobby-driven choice. Paizo has shown an RPG publisher can remain a viable business while releasing setting material and DM support at a much higher tempo.

I want to give WotC my money. Instead, even though I play 5E, I'm spending most of my DM budget on Pathfinder, 3.X, and even 4E adventure and setting material, and converting it to 5E.

 

[Parmandur]

I have all the Yawning Portal adventures already from back in the day. Same with Saltmarsh.

What can I say - I'm fussy and I don't have endless time to sort the wheat the from the chaff. I find the great majority even of professional published RPG material to be mediocre at best. The stuff I have picked up on DM,s Guild doesn't inspire a lot of confidence.

When I'm paying for RPG content, I don't just expect top-notch ideas and writing. Layout and presentation mean a lot to me as well. Few creative types are also skilled at content presentation.

Call me old-fashioned, but I find value in commercial publishers hiring only the best house talent and freelancers, and supporting them with professional layout, editing, and artwork. There may be a handful of books on DM's Guild that suite my preferences, but at an unappealing cost in time and effort finding it, not to mention the dollar cost of printing it.

I just think WotC fails to support GMs well, and instead outsources that job to amateurs, third-party publishers, and Youtube channels. And presumably it's a business decision (keep costs as low as humanly possible), rather than a hobby-driven choice. Paizo has shown an RPG publisher can remain a viable business while releasing setting material and DM support at a much higher tempo.

I want to give WotC my money. Instead, even though I play 5E, I'm spending most of my DM budget on Pathfinder, 3.X, and even 4E adventure and setting material, and converting it to 5E.

That's pretty old-fashioned.

 

[Mistwell]

I have all the Yawning Portal adventures already from back in the day. Same with Saltmarsh.

What can I say - I'm fussy and I don't have endless time to sort the wheat the from the chaff. I find the great majority even of professional published RPG material to be mediocre at best. The stuff I have picked up on DM,s Guild doesn't inspire a lot of confidence.

When I'm paying for RPG content, I don't just expect top-notch ideas and writing. Layout and presentation mean a lot to me as well. Few creative types are also skilled at content presentation.

Call me old-fashioned, but I find value in commercial publishers hiring only the best house talent and freelancers, and supporting them with professional layout, editing, and artwork. There may be a handful of books on DM's Guild that suite my preferences, but at an unappealing cost in time and effort finding it, not to mention the dollar cost of printing it.

I just think WotC fails to support GMs well, and instead outsources that job to amateurs, third-party publishers, and Youtube channels. And presumably it's a business decision (keep costs as low as humanly possible), rather than a hobby-driven choice. Paizo has shown an RPG publisher can remain a viable business while releasing setting material and DM support at a much higher tempo.

I want to give WotC my money. Instead, even though I play 5E, I'm spending most of my DM budget on Pathfinder, 3.X, and even 4E adventure and setting material, and converting it to 5E.

Again, not sure what part of "official" you missed, but it's all professional, written by professionals, formatted professionally, etc.. I am NOT talking about general DMs Guild. I am talking about WOTCs official Adventures League DDAL adventures which are published on DMs Guild.

Maybe click on ANY link in the link above that you quoted? You will see the author is not "some dude" but "Wizards of the Coast".

Again, I think they've done a deep disservice not advertising these to the general public despite making them available for sale to the public. Only AL DMs seem to know about these. Even though they're exactly what non AL DMs have been asking for, for a while.

Here, check this out and tell me this is amateur hour stuff. LINK