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Yeah, except Hershel, the people who would KNOW if it's a success, financial or otherwise, seem to agree with Foreverslayer, which is that it HAS NOT been a success. Based on the comments in the Salvatore interview above, the situation was "off the rails in so many ways" according to James...

I agree with the idea that 3E had it right. 4E's description of powers was like reading a math book. You might have a bit of description (in a word problem) but the emphasis was obviously on the math. There was no reason to read the fluff, it was an after-thought. Heck, in 2E, I used to read...

I solved all these issues by getting a copy of the "Old Grey Box" off EBay and starting a PF game. No 4E, no Spellplague, no overpowered demi-gods on every street corner no 150 supplements etc. In essence, what I should have done back in 2e instead of selling all my FR books.

I use a reputation system I cobbled together from severl sources. Go here: https://path-to-the-north.obsidianportal.com/wikis/reputation Essentially, you reputation helps you with reaction checks. From there. you might be helped or hindered simply because of WHO you are.

#319 The safe assassin: any creature rendered unconscious by being dropped below 0 HP by this weapon will forget the last 5 minutes prior to being rendered unconscious. If the creature is slain, it's spirit will also forget the last 5 minutes, being unable to identify its killer. If resurrected...

No criticism of anyone, but this is exactly why I got out of FR way back when: the ever moving storyline with stuff happening everywhere. You can ignore it, but that's good only for so long as a supplement you like does too. I'm just starting a new FR campaign, but it is set in the time of the...

Touché! I work in government IT. Acronyms are a work-place related hazard. So no balance issues with any of the books expending on the rules in the PF Core rulebook? Because the DND 3.5 splatbooks were full of powercreep, be it feats, prestige classes or new magic items.

Not long ago, I started my first Pathfinder campaign set in the Basic Dnd setting of Mystara. I needed something different from 4e because, frankly, I did not like it. I kept my 4e camping going and started up a second campaign, this time using PF. The PF rules and feel finally gave me the push...

A while ago, I had this thread: Innovations I'd like to keep. So let's compare what I wanted to keep (*and many others) to what is being proposed. Same XP table for all classes : As far as we can tell, yes, it is in there. No THAC0: yup. Uniform mechanics. Related to previous point but...

I voted no, because I do not agree that HP are not a measure of physical damage. To quote the 5E rules: "They include your physical durability and overall health" Therefore, being low on HP also means being physically hurt. Yes, an injury that renders you debilitated would mean you are below 0...

The difference is that when you use the kit, you are using an ability, albeit a mundane one. When you use herbs, you using a resources. So, theoretically, you can run out or fail. Mind you, I am not against some sort of rest= healing. I would propose that natural healing can heal you from...

Sorry, but no. I do NOT like that a full nights rest means you regain all your hit points. It makes no sense and it breaks the game. It makes no sense because... if I am at 1 hp, it is safe to assume that I am covered in cuts, bruises and various other wounds. In 4E, the condition was called...

While I understand the OP's point, I play Dnd to relax. My entire life is filled with shades of grey. The world, the geopolitics, my faith, ALL that is filled with ethical quandaries where neither side is white or black and there is no 'magic bullet' solution. Yes, I realize that orcs, being...

Beyond the usual price and availability aspects, a very clear dealbreaker for me is DRM. ANY type of DRM will make me refuse to buy the digital version and, if I'm grumpy that day, the paper versions too. Paizo has clearly demonstrated with Pathfinder that PDFs works, you do NOT need to...

Well, Bilbo et al. were not the only adventuring hobbits ever. Old Took is often alluded to, and there is at least one passage where it is inferred that Took went on some sort of adventure, maybe even with Gandalf. But I agree, Hobbit adventurers should be are if they are based on Tolkien's...

As strange as this may sound: Rot Grubs! In basic PF, they are a disease and one that would kill off the party very quickly at level 1. Everything else was ok. Spiders, centipedes, stirges, all are ok and appropriate for the party's level. The molds are not available, but I found a level...

and after two years of 4E, all I can say is.. ahhhhhhhhhhhh! That felt good! I ran U1 Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh an old 1E adventure. The group managed to clear out the first floor and half the second in 3 hours. Had a few bumps, where I could not remember the rules or they had changed...

it does not differentiate itself enough from 4E, because that has been proven not to work AND it does not differentiate itself enough from 3.X, because then, we'll just keep playing Pathfinder. Good luck WOTC, you'll need it.

One thing that I would like to see in 5E is a return of facing. Then, we could differentiate between a backstab and the damage bonus (sneak attack) that a rogue gets when attacking a flanked creature. If I get behind you (assuming you have a definable back) and I get all the bonuses of the...

I have played Rogues as my main class since I started playing long ago. I have always viewed rogues as more akin to light infantry (in the modern sense) or commandos. If fighters are the line infantry, designed to fight toe to toe with the enemy, rogues are the recon forces that scout the...