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    Pathfinder 2E I think I am giving up on PF2ER

    Exactly. PF2E does not work that way and will not work for the playstyle you have. You have a razors edge to work with since the balance is so good. No, you don't need system mastery to build encounters. You just need to be able to read a chart and do basic addition, or use a tool like Yet...
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    Question about OSE's box sets

    I don't think that OSE was expected to blow up like it did. He was originally appealing to die-hard B/X fans who'd both understand and want the different lines. And then the project exploded and 1070% funded, then became even more popular from there.
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    Pathfinder 2E I think I am giving up on PF2ER

    Very unlikely you'll get a satisfying game doing this with any d20 game, honestly. These are easy to make but I wouldn't recommend doing them at the table. There are charts which you can easily derive values from as long as you know what level you want the monster/item to be. Only takes a...
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    Question about OSE's box sets

    The box sets are helpful for players because you can hand the spell/character books to your players and hold onto the treasure/monster books for yourself. Its easier to physically pass things like the spell books around the table for the player that needs it rather than everyone competing over...
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    Pathfinder 2E I think I am giving up on PF2ER

    What do you mean by 'play fast and loose'?
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    Pathfinder 2E I think I am giving up on PF2ER

    You don't need to know everything starting out - internalize the most important items and start playing. There's no shame in quickly looking things up as you go. You shouldn't have to learn everything on your own. Your players should be putting in equivalent effort to learn to play rather...
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    Pathfinder 2E I think I am giving up on PF2ER

    I run it analog all the time, its pretty easy for me.
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    Pathfinder 2E I think I am giving up on PF2ER

    Understandable - its a specific kind of game that appeals to a specific playstyle, not a system that everyone will love.
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    D&D General Top 5 Best Non-WotC adventures?

    The PF2 version is excellent. I can run it with zero modifications. I'd assume the 5e version is comparable quality.
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    D&D General GenCon TV: Celebrating D&D

    The 3e roundtable was extremely interesting+insightful and the actual one shot is just kinda... slow and lame and bad.
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    OSR This tells me OSR is alive and well.

    They fit perfectly in when a common B/X party has Elves, Magic Users, and Clerics with magic, and the fighter has a talking sword.
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    OSR This tells me OSR is alive and well.

    Take a look at the popular, modern OSR modules written for Old School Essentials. Its lots of small, self-contained dungeon crawls, smaller-scale sandbox hexcrawls, and a handful of Megadungeons, mostly all lower level. Nobody really writes anything for Domain Level play, and Mid/High level...
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    OSR This tells me OSR is alive and well.

    This is why my favorite way to run the thief is that their skills are Supernaturally Beyond what anyone can attempt. Anyone can hide, a thief can hide in shadows - in plain sight, no cover. Anyone can climb a wall - a thief can climb a sheer surface. A thief can climb a perfectly smooth...
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    Asymmetrical Complexity in RPG Design

    This is effectively how Cypher System works.
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    WotC WotC can, and probably should support multiple editions of D&D.

    Why would they ever want to compete with themselves lol
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    D&D 5E (2014) New Monster Manual Cover

    I'm a fan of this design, excited to see the Alt cover.
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    What RPG Do You Wish Had A Retroclone?

    Hard agree. WEG star wars 1st ed is simple and great, but d6 Space is an unwieldy mess.
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    PaizoCon 2024 Announcements and Product Reveals

    There's already enough PF1 content published to last a dozen lifetimes, without even considering all the legacy content from 3.0/3.5 which is 90% compatible.
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    D&D General Ignoring the rules!

    I've removed passive perception.
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