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I agree, but I'm willing to sacrifice the sorcerer on the altar if that's what needed to get rid of paleovancian casting for good. I agree with this too. While I don't like the decision to get rid of the concept of touch AC, I do like that casters have something useful to do that doesn't...

Hey, I wasn't defending the omission, merely speculating that was the reason for the omission. I agree with you; I don't really care for the design philosophy behind most of 5E. I much prefer the richer character building options of 3.x.

Niche protection, probably. The only feat I've ever considered picking up as a spellcaster is Elemental Adept (I think that's what it's called, the one that lets you ignore resistance and reroll 1s for a particular element).

No, it isn't. As I stated before, 5E has no concept of a save DC dependent on spell level, so 5E upcasting is not comparable to Heighten. Since the vast majority of the upcasting options available to 5E spells are increases to dice of damage/healing, I'd say a closer comparison would be Empower...

5E's upcasting mechanic is more akin to the 3.5 psionic power augment mechanic, which is how psionic powers scaled instead of 3.x's spells auto-scaling with caster level. 5E's magic system doesn't have the equivalent of Heighten Spell, since 5E has a single DC for all of a caster's spells...

Wasn't the fire seeds spell lifted pretty much verbatim from Gandalf in The Hobbit?

Changed my vote. I can't believe I didn't think of Melisandre myself, because I actually made a not-so-thinly-veiled expy of Melisandre as an Aasimar Light domain cleric. "The Lord Of Light smiles on you" here, "The night is dark and full of terrors" there.

TLDR: I think the sorcerer sucks in 5E, so if you're looking for experiences more recent than 3.0, ignore this post. :) Sorcerer was my very first character when 3.0 came out in 2000. I didn't care that the implementation sucked in comparison to the wizard (like bonus feats), I was just happy...

People do this? Spend table time making characters? I'd be furious if I showed up to game night and people weren't prepared.

Did they announce a hard date when the final product would be printed then, too? That's the biggest reason (for me, anyway) for the pessimism about any major changes being done.

The actions that OP mentions (Free, Swift, Move, Standard or Free, Swift, Full) are from Pathfinder 1st Edition, so I assumed he wanted an answer pertaining to that edition. Stride is a Pathfinder 2nd Edition action, but you are correct in the context of that game.

Not quite. Spring Attack let's you split your movement with a melee attack in the middle, not any old standard action. There's a separate similar feat for ranged attacks, Shot On The Run. I seem to recall that Pathfinder may have made a feat for spells, but the name escapes me. There's no feat...

I think PF2 will stand or fall on its own merits. If PF1 people deem it good enough to switch to, they will, and if it's not, they won't. As everyone says, there's enough 3.x and PF1 material out there to last anyone (home gamers, anyway; not sure about PFS) a lifetime.

I have personal experience as a player in a group that played through the Runelords AP using 5E and it worked rather well. ENWorlder Grimstaff was the DM, you might want to hit him up if you wish to know more about how he did it.

The more I learn about the new system, the more I wonder who they're marketing the game to. 3.x people will only like a system that will deliver the same feel, and full (or close) compatibility would be even better. One that is not compatible at all, takes a hard left turn in design philosophy...

If I could get to their website, I might be able to find the quote, but Vic Wertz replied directly to this question [edit: well, to the question of "why are the playtest docs name imprinted if they're free?"] once. Paraphrasing, he said "Just because it's free doesn't mean we don't want to...

Hot take: maybe it is by choice.

Ha! They changed it. There used to be a link to download the playtest materials right between the first paragraph and the survey links, I think.

There are plenty of dead levels if you leave out all the things that ALL classes get at the same time, like ability boosts and ancestry, skill, and general feats. PF2 is a step backwards in character customization, that's for sure. It's like they don't care what 3.x fans think, which is a...

Still down. I wonder what the hell is going on over there.