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GGrael reacted to Halifax Brent's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with
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This. Comments that Draw Steel! is only for combat is off the mark, in my opinion. It's the non-combat mechanics of Draw Steel! that... -
GGrael reacted to Campbell's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Booth Draw Steel and Pathfinder Second Edition put substantially more effort into non-combat mechanics than D&D typically does.
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GGrael reacted to Hermes_Alexandria's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Draw Steel has very detailed mechanics for out-of-combat Tests, Negotiations and Downtime proceedures. Whilst players can simply roll...
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GGrael reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I think the common comparison to 4ed is apt, as I think they are both in the positional tactics niche; tough they do it somewhat...
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GGrael reacted to Staffan's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Draw Steel also seems like a much more mobile game. You can move up to your speed without any action cost, and where Pathfinder's basic...
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GGrael reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
My reading is as many others very different. I read it more as them actively targeting the players of the number 1 rpg, providing them...
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GGrael reacted to SteveC's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I'd say that is very much your personal opinion. Neither of these games talks about themselves in this way and my experience running and...
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GGrael reacted to Staffan's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
No. It's more similar to 4e except there are no daily powers. Characters have a set of abilities, some of which can be used at will and...
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GGrael reacted to Retreater's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
The thing is, my potentially outlier group is very effective. The gunslinger is a crit machine, and the rogue does big sneak attack...
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GGrael reacted to Hermes_Alexandria's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
Character and Adventure builder https://andyaiken.github.io/forgesteel/
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GGrael reacted to SteveC's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I've made a ton of characters with Pathbuilder, and one party of them on Forge Steel. And I didn't find either very difficult. They step...
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GGrael reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I also made a character by the Draw Steel book, and it was exactly the same linear process. The only thing I can see that could cause...
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GGrael reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
You are comparing an app with a book? Did you try forge steel?
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GGrael reacted to SteveC's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I've played exactly one session (a demo) for Draw Steel, but it seems like it does what it says it's going to: provide a cinematic...
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GGrael reacted to Bacon Bits's post in the thread What gets me playing Draw Steel and not Pathfinder 2e? with Like.
I think the issue that I have with the no-table talk "simulationist" approach is that play just doesn't feel like a simulation at all...