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[Remathilis]

The reason why someone may not have followed Pathfinder is fear of the system mastery required and encounter prep. Has that changed for PF2?

This. PF requires a lot of system mastery and deep knowledge of the mechanics to run. It's rewarding when it works, but unless you're committed to understanding the rules with that level of detail, it slows down play in a deluge of book flipping and situational +1s.

 

[AnotherGuy]

This. PF requires a lot of system mastery and deep knowledge of the mechanics to run. It's rewarding when it works, but unless you're committed to understanding the rules with that level of detail, it slows down play in a deluge of book flipping and situational +1s.

As much as I love the detail (and I really do) I just couldn't go back there. I'm not the right person to DM such a system.

 

[Maxperson]

And what reasons is there to believe that a cold and calculated shake-up will lead to that sort of product line change, specifically...?

It won't necessarily lead to that sort of change. It will give us the chance for a real setting, which we don't seem to have with the current D&D set up of the last 8 years.

8 years in and we don't have a real setting other than Eberron. We don't have a real Greyhawk setting. We don't have a real Spelljammer setting. We don't have real Forgotten Realms setting. None of the other settings gives us enough material to be a real setting.

 

[Steampunkette]

Can we frame this post and put it in the wall please?

Sure thing, you can print it out and post it wherever you like.

Which is why Hufflepuff is the best house, which is something JKR never understood.

There's a lot JKR never understood and tries DESPERATELY to intentionally misunderstand...

But so long as Hufflepuffs poop their pants and teleport the feces away, they're no better than the rest!

 

[Zardnaar]

Just like to point out something.

Making the game to appeal to "everyone" doesn't automatically make it appeal to everyone.

There's plenty of products and bands or whatever that have changed to appeal to "everyone" only to appeal to no one.

Basically it can go either way. Might be a big hit might flop or be somewhere in between.

I wouldn't use absolutes. There's a fair bit of negativity on YouTube it seems and a lot of casuals watch that as well.

 

[Parmandur]

It won't necessarily lead to that sort of change. It will give us the chance for a real setting, which we don't seem to have with the current D&D set up of the last 8 years.

8 years in and we don't have a real setting other than Eberron. We don't have a real Greyhawk setting. We don't have a real Spelljammer setting. We don't have real Forgotten Realms setting. None of the other settings gives us enough material to be a real setting.

Who defines "real," and again what reason is there to believe that a venture capitalist would be interested in increasing the Setting output rather than moving even further away from it...?

 

[Scribe]

But so long as Hufflepuffs poop their pants and teleport the feces away, they're no better than the rest!

 

[Parmandur]

That's not a joke, that is official HP world lore. 100%. For all Wizards and Witches.

 

[Scribe]

That's not a joke, that is official HP world lore. 100%. For all Wizards and Witches.

The world works in wonderous ways.

 

[Maxperson]

Who defines "real," and again what reason is there to believe that a venture capitalist would be interested in increasing the Setting output rather than moving even further away from it...?

Something not sparse would be nice. Also, something not focused on one smallish area of the Realms would also be nice. To date there has been no Forgotten Realms setting at all. Spelljammer is so weak that I'd need to pull out 2e to run it without having to add huge amounts to it. Dragonlance doesn't exist at all. Greyhawk doesn't exist at all. Planescape doesn't exist at all. Ravenloft, Theros, and the other new settings are like Spelljammer. You can run them, but you need to make up a whole lot to make them decent.

So far only Eberron has not been sparse.