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For a group, I search for topics That button on the bottom left, then type into the field, and if it's public join it. For people, message people you end up in a conversation with. Game servers will often have an LFG channel or series of channels, which is where you find people to game with...

Yes. And this brings up another key thing to PF2E combat and what I was saying. Charging them an action tax breaks up that synergy. I'm GMing Abomination Vaults, and this past week I've messed my players up for whole turns by simply having an NPC "waste" an action to close a door. ;) - That can...

Actually for me this is the opposite. It's an example of a consistent rules grammar resulting in less rules checking. Once I get to know how the 'Attack' trait works, I no longer need to look up whether or not something has MAP, what it targets, and a host of other things. That works throughout...

To add to this... a lot of 'boss' fight enemies in Pathfinder will have some 'mega attack' that requires 3 actions. Half the time simply walking away as your third action locks the boss out of using that ability. "I step back" is a meta move in Pathfinder. A counter to it that equally extreme...

The PF2E rules have a lot of internal logic consistency. They will seem overwhelming at first but there is a "grammar" to the system and once you 'get it' every new rules falls into place. Some basics: It's unbounded bounded. As in you're pretty tightly 'sync'd' to things around your level but...

It was announced that way but it's ended up being more of a 2.5 edition. We have new actions, all new ways of organizing spells, new casting requirements, player core rebuilt 2 classes somewhat, player core 2 did major rebuilds of at least 2, and minor rebuilds of more. Subtle rules tweaks and...

Most tRPGs have something of a knowledge skill system. Use that. This is a dual failing when this problem happens. GMs should call for or make knowledge checks when there is a 'right way' to do a given X. If that fails, a player should remember to say "Can I make a check against 'Knows XYZ' to...

So I do play one of those detailed games. Player: I try to fix the wagon wheel. GM: make a crafting check. Player: My PC doesn't have that skill trained, but it says I have +3. Rolls dice. GM: Ok, after a bit of sweat and toil you figure it out. Player: Now I want to carve a rune into it so it...

There's a massive RuneQuest humble bundle going on right now. It's a system I last played in... 1984 I think. Looking over info on the system as it stands in 2024 it seems like an anyone can do anything kind of game. A far opposite from Pathfinder and even D&D. That left me with very mixed...

Funny thing for me is I've ended up in the opposite camp. Online digital tools have gotten so good I don't know if I'd ever want to run or play in an in person game again. I love how fast I can find rules on archives of nethys, get some lore out of a wiki, or have Foundry run the math for me...

There are 2 discords where people announce free games: https://discord.gg/pathfinder - Look for the subchannel: lfg | as_gm https://discord.gg/8HapKhrK (this is the Pathfinder 2E discord but for some reason they've left the invite as a random hash rather than the name.) - Look for the...

Look at the Pathfinder Infinite website. That's where third party stuff gets sold. The majority of it is new character options, but there are also adventures. pathfinderinfinite.com Edit: pathfinderinfinite and drivethruRPG are connected - so I think pathfinderinfinite just filters down the...

MMOs got me over this concern. Actually 3,0 started it, then MMOs finished it. I used to be a big fan of the classless, level-less systems like Hero and GURPS. But the problem I now see with them is that it's a roleplaying game. Two words, not one. And the game side is at issue here...

I suppose it's all a matter of where you're coming from. I took off from tRPGs right as PF1E came out. So I'm missing this whole era of 'rule light' games being dominant. Tri-stat was out when I was around, and in fact I used to GM the Super Hero and was prepping a for the Cyberpunk version of...

PF2E is definitely my preferred system. I love the amount of tactical detail. It's a bit rules lighter than I am used to, coming from 1980s era tRPGs like Hero/GURPs and even Other Suns (an obscure Sci-Fi game with trig and calculus formulas needed to resolve star ship actions). There are...

Mine had that too. Maybe a reference to the switch from OGL to ORC, if that switch is contained in the code? It's a curious thing.

I really like how Kineticist opens up different ways to be the "support / heals", all of which are active gameplay options. And yeah. Timber Sentinel was very hard for me to pass up. Especially as when we were level 4 and almost 5, we hit a plot point where a fae wanted 3 trees to replace those...

That's a subject of open debate rather than consensus. On both points. I see people argue over these two things often. Our group is rather enjoying the kingdom building rules in Kingmaker 2E. Abomination Vaults does not have any major sub systems. Gatewalkers uses the deviant abilities...