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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again..You can run into one problem I saw with D&D4e, 13th Age or Shadow of the Demon Lord/Weird Wizard; characters over time can end up... -
Thomas Shey reacted to Eric V's post in the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again. with
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Ummmm...no. We just read the rules and understood them. Focused on our characters primarily, and the rest as we go. Cheat sheets... -
Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again..Most of the people I've played PF2e learned-by-doing. They aren't experts in the system by any means. Heck, I'm not.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again..I'd argue its the opposite problem; its more robust. But people, especially in the D&D-sphere, are used to a fair bit of loosey-goosey...
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Thomas Shey reacted to FrozenNorth's post in the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again. with Like.
True, but I’m placing my criticism in the context of the OP, a situation where the players have not played before and the GM has, though...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Pathfinder 2E I played my first PF2e game this week. Here's why I'm less inclined to play again..Uhm. Maybe. But I've seen people make far-reaching mistakes in much simpler systems Just because they missed how something goes, and...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General AI Art for D&D: Experiments.It can still matter considerably whether it involves other people's money (Kickstarter) or just your own, however.
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.I still stand by the opinion nothing about either process makes it more one or the other though; prior to that moment there was no...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread Please recommend North American tabletop roleplaying conventions..Came in to suggest DunDraCon, read the first post, noticed what day it is, turned around and went out the way I came in...
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Thomas Shey replied to the thread D&D General When Was it Decided Fighters Should Suck at Everything but Combat?.My own feeling is that both are, effectively, "information spontaneously appearing in your head" if you did not already know the...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
So when we started this campaign, I was very clear with the players that the goal was to fast level to "test out" D&D 2024 at all...
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Thomas Shey reacted to djotaku's post in the thread Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Club with Like.
Not a bad point. Lots of people do stuff because everyone else is doing it, not because it works. I remember hearing on a financial...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Umbran's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Yes, but you have no data saying how many more that would be. That's not a personal fault - it isn't your job to have those numbers...
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Thomas Shey reacted to Micah Sweet's post in the thread Let's talk about "plot", "story", and "play to find out." with Like.
Fair enough. Obviously I see it differently.
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Thomas Shey reacted to Reynard's post in the thread What is "railroading" to you (as a player)? with Like.
I don't think it is useful to talk about this in relation to CRPGs. I love CRPGs, but they aren't much like TTRPGs in actual play.