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It really should be a no go purchase for anyone. I have no idea how GG ended up here but it won't end well for anyone (althoguh I hope it does not end well for JG). And, it has been confirmed that they are not reprinting the original. Did you really expect them to? GG is not smart enough to...

But DMs should be watching this and commenting if it isn't what they want in their game. And again, play with people who you know well and who will respect the basic boundaries you set for your campaign (one of which should include not taking it personally when a DM asks that you don't take...

For sure it can be cumbersome but when you've been doing it for long enough (25 years for some people, not that it takes this long to get good at), it becomes more intuitive, you know a lot of what you're glancing at by heart, you have your own methods of organization etc. Teens and beyond...

Idk, for my group we don't stop because "it's broken" but rather at that high of level it's just kind of ridiculous to play characters anywhere other than in other planes fighting planar threats (which is cool and fun and we have done it). Its the same reason Gary stopped at the low teens, not...

Yeah I think you nailed it. And I was certainly speaking broadly/in umbrella terms with the online comments, although I think it is rare that people play with strangers in person, so playing with strangers being a problem probably mostly defaults to online play now (which of course there is also...

And arguably nobody should have min-maxers if they don't want them, it isn't difficult to simply not add those players to your campaign and to set the tone so that it doesn't arise during play from those who you thought wouldn't do it. If the whole group is doing it then you screwed up somewhere...

For my group, a lot of the changes in PF1e were a reaction to how people were playing (and in reality, mostly just how people were talking about playing on internet forums) 3.5 towards the end of its cycle. My group never played like that and still doesn't today, we don't run into the issues...

Have you all ever gone back and tried 1e in those years?

Keep in mind that there are many ways to increase your threat range in 3e. Confirming criticals is in place because sooner or later you may have a party full of characters who can crit on a 16 or 17 as well as enemies who can do the same to them. Without confirming, that is a LOT of crits flying...

Can anybody speak to how "piratey" it is, and by that I mean does it require stereotypical pirate shenanigans with the speech and slang and funny hats?

Could be good but we're starting at lvl 1! Also sounds like a lot of dungeon crawling which we enjoy in person but want to lessen in person.

Pulled these off the shelf as potential things to run for my group, which has had to move online since I left the country. Looking for general opinions on the two- I would prefer something with a bit more social interaction than hack n slash, we love hack n slash but in our short experiment with...

Same here.

For the moment just very curious, it is a setting I've always known about and one in which people either seem to love or loathe it. It almost feels like it is challenging me to get into it and I'm on a big setting kick right now. I've been doing some reading today and so far it seems very hard...

I am specifically interested in 3.5 material, but also in any 3e material that was not reprinted for 3.5. Can anybody give me a rundown of what was published?