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The 1e bard feels like a prototype for 3.Xe’s prestige classes, though obviously it wasn’t. Maybe the 3e designers took some inspiration...

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...

I strongly disagree. I think it's impossible to fully capture the mindset and zeitgeist of that time, but to the extent it is possible...

I was really hoping Paizo would make a ghost busting AP where the PCs went around putting haunts to rest.

I love haunts. Condition tracks, too.there is a ton of stuff in the Gamemastery Guide I should revisit in fact.

I think it is important to remember that dice also hold in them the unknown elements of any given situation. Say the player makes a...

i think i'm less inclined to agree with that, at least on the success side, mostly because social challenges are dealing with a...

It almost needs to be a focus of the adventure/campaign. I know it was always odd in my PF1 days running into random traps. It was...

Oh, absolutely. The social checks are in fact to get that mother to be helpful despite her main concerns. Thats usually by combining the...

I think the most important thing for a GM to do with regards to NPCs -- no matter whether they prefer the roleplay approach or the...

I find a few short bits of it very funny, but much more than half the ostensibly comedic material doesn't land a muted chuckle. In its...

Im an "NPCs should work like PCs" weirdo, but I get what you are saying. My issue is folks thinking they can stack the deck and just...

Yeah, that’s a perspective I have come across, but I think it’s rather different than “character statistics shouldn’t play any role in...

I think tis makes sense when specifically talking about the dungeon exploration game. Every PC there is a professional tomb robber and...

I think that has a lot to do with how the system is developed. In 3E where PC A has a use rope +3 and PC B who has use rope +30...