Recent content by BryonD

Yeah, I'm still sold on PF1E for the anything goes fantasy superheroes type game. It is the overall best game out, for me. It is also a game with some issues and I've been playing it for 25 years now (counting back to 3e), so, yeah, something new is nice. And I'm 100% behind the idea that...

exactly. I see huge differences between PF2E and 4E. But I also see a heavy reaction to the weak spots in 3.5 in both. Some go in similar directions and others different. But the "family resemblance" is there.

The party champion will HATE this. They are hurting for reactions as it is. :)

yes. I really like this element and the tiered saves also. There are some great ideas in it. To me the actions systems for both PF and PF2E are good, with a slight edge to PF2E.

me too. Maybe that wasn't clear. sorry

I suspect that there are very different ideas of what makes the experience great. And I'm good with that. I think the experience is also very different at Level2 than at level 7, for example. I broadly agree with payn's comment above. A few bad rolls and you get slaughtered and feel like the...

They are elements of pf2e I love. But I think I'm done after this campaign. The things that annoy me certainly track with my 4e concerns. And they get worse with level. I have figured out ways to jailbreak the math and make boss fights fun after multiple on the fly mods. But I don't love...

Any new game has a huge hill to climb. I think that two years from now there will be Dungeons and Dragons. Period. Then there will be Pathfinder as as the "other game". There will also be a vibrant "old school" community happily playing along. But all the new games will be fantasy...

Just 1 opinion here. I'm very glad it isn't just 5E warmed over. I still find 4E just as anti-appealing as I ever did. I see a ton of 4E foundations here. And just about every one of them shows thoughtfulness to make the game adaptable in ways that 4E sorely lacked. I've seen numerous...

Really? Interesting. I suppose we could go bullet by bullet and I'm sure we could find things that I would concede. But not much. When you specifically use the term chassis, with regard to 4E, I certainly think of +level as a design fundamental. Bounded accuracy has its issues (IMO) but it...

I like 5E less and less as time goes by. But I still think it is a good game. And I very strongly agree with the sentiments that it is the greatest version of D&D ever. Other versions are better for me personally. But 5E is head and shoulders above everything else in the mission of...

the latest Orr report doesn't agree.

The gatekeeping claims are 100% BS. To the contrary, people complaining about PF2E want it to appeal to MORE people.

I think this is always true. And triply so on the internet. However, the reverse applies as well. People will insist that the thing they like is perfect "as is" and no amount of evidence will change that. I think PF2E failed to learn from 4E when it went all-in on a math-balance first...

Ultimately that's the thing. There are lots of different things that can be discussed. I see the question at hand to be "is PF2E the crowd-pleaser fan base growing system that it certainly could have been?" I perceive the answer as a clear no. That isn't a knock on anyone who loves it. But...