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I'm a huge Pathfinder fanboy. I disliked the playtest and have lost all interest in Second Edition, at least for the time being. Still, I'm not mad at Paizo at all. They're a great company and I'm almost relieved the decade long torrent of 1e books has ceased. It has allowed me to step back and...

I really like some iconics, am indifferent to others, and strongly dislike a few. I am happy with Paizo continuing to use their established iconic characters, that makes sense to me. Although, from what I've seen, I generally prefer the original iterations to the re-imaginings of 2e.

99%? Okay, then. Personally, I find arguing over RPG systems fairly tiresome. We like what we like. It is particularly tiresome when people pull out clearly ridiculous "statistics" to back up their personal preferences. Well, this hasn't been my experience with Pathfinder. I think I'll just...

Do the rules really encourage that style of play? Or, perhaps, is that just a style of play many people enjoy? I have frequently seen Pathfinder criticised for its many "trap options" that were supposedly underpowered. If Paizo were all about pushing the perfect build on the bleeding edge of...

I seem to recall, on one of the Paizocon streams, a developer mentioning that the ruleset had been designed specifically with a beginner's box release in mind.

Yes, of course I've heard this acronym many times. It has just never really bothered me or the people I played with. If it bothers you and you feel 5e has solved the issue - great. Play that. I love it when people tell me their opinions are unquestionable. I know I'm in for a good conversation.

You seem pretty sold on the idea of 5e being some kind of gaming panacea that all companies are obliged to mimic going forward. Perhaps you should stay in the D&D forum and begin agitating for 5.5e, rather than insisting other game companies adopt WotC's mechanics?

Well, it hasn't been released yet. Expecting a product to have a "strong brand" 4 months prior to its release seems a little unreasonable.

For me, the problem isn't being able to afford Reaper or Wizkids stuff, it's finding the time to paint them. I don't care for the blind box purchase method that prepainted mins employ. And the paint is...variable. So, I'm mainly stuck using Paizo Pawns.

It's listed at $39.99 on Paizo.com. Great value.

I see. I guess I would expect the GM to alter such encounters so that they are relevant. However, fortunately, we do not have a very power gamey group. I don't think we've ever had a PC with a 30+ AC, despite our current campaign being at level 14. From the stories I read online, our group...

Really? I've played a lot of Pathfinder and I don't think that's ever come up as an actual encounter. Why would your GM even bother running something like that let alone make them a common occurrence? I guess if your level 20 fighter randomly decides to attack the local melon farmer it might...

This is one of the areas I found least satisfying with 5e. Our group played through Curse of Strahd and I found no joy at all from character creation or levelling up. I can totally understand how others may prefer this simplicity, but to me, it was pretty boring. We haven't played 5e since. It's...