Recent content by fjw70

I’m started looking at DH this week and I am consuming everything I can find about it. 😁 I like what I see so far. For me the “killer app” is the spotlight system. It seems very fun. I have a 5e session I am running tonight. Before we get started I am going to run a DH encounter for the group...

Thanks for w everyone’s thoughts. It’s nice to hear a few people have been doing a similar thing for a while without issue.

The thought on limiting it is to counteract lowering the time required And to not throw off the balance between classes too much.

sometimes the party needs a short rest but it doesn’t make since story-wise to sit around for an hour. And it would put a hard cap on short rests before needing to take a long rest.

Yeah probably just a fixed number would be good. Maybe 2 or 3. That way the balance between classes doesn’t change as they level up.

I am thinking of a new house rule for 5e around short rests. the Idea is that short rests are only 5 minutes long but you can only get the benefits of a short rest twice a day. Thoughts? Issues?

Not to be all negative I do like a lot of the things I see with PF2. I am very intrigued by the three action economy and I really like the different degrees of success/failure on things like saves.

I guess I don’t see it as being a clumsy description. i think the keys words are more confusing and clumsy. But that’s me. YMMV.

I wouldn’t say they are very different but there is a difference there. I am just not sure there needs to be a game terminology for both of them. The circumstances are going to distinguish them. Are there any game mechanics that key off these two differently?

I have been watching some PF2 videos on YouTube and it seems way more complicated than it need to be. For example, do we really need separate terminology for unnoticed and undetected?

I see. When I use a game (like Pathfinder) for other setting I don’t create new races/ancestries and backgrounds. I typically just reskin things. I can see that creating issues.

I am curious what find intimidating about adapting PF2 to other setting.

But it’s only for a couple levels. I meant a complete game.

I picked up the beginner box PDF and will see if my groups wants to Al least try it out before we make a decision on the next campaign.

I do wish there were a lighter version of the game that had the same core mechanics.