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Here's the thing. D&D created the genre and comes from a focus on combat firstly. that's the style of game. Later editions are still based on the same core as the original because that is the STYLE of game. It has absolutely nothing to do with being 'modern'.

Is there any specific reason wizards can't produce updated versions of the 1e - 3e handbooks/dmg/monster manuals? legally I mean. I half expected them to decide to simply start producing pathfinderesque adventures for previous editions and just make some kind of single volume resource for each...

I bought 4E because it was the new edition. I will do the same. I look forward to checking it out and reading through it. I think everyone that follows the d&d world saw this coming at least a year ago. Really pumped to see Monte Cook on the list of designers. Just hoping this isn't...

It would be sad. I have barely played 4E due to a combination of life and disinterest. When I do play RPGs I usually play Pathfinder, 3.5, D20 Modern, Atlernity, etc. This is, in good part, because these are the games I started playing RPGs with. Regardless of my distaste for 4E, it has been...

Sweet topic. I'd love to hear the same. For me definitely the APG is a must have. Ultimate Combat is feeling like that too due to the immense amounts of monk love. I don't own any of the companions myself either and I'm curious too. I like that they're all about the same price as the adventure...

Cool discussion! In my mind since people actually develop at really incremental rates for the most part leveling up is just a nice and easy way to package all that together at once. Generally my players have leveled up at the end of a session or at a point at which they can take a break...

Sounds like it's also up to the other players to let her know they've got her back because it seems like she doesn't think they do. Your group sounds really fun though, cool mix of stuff. I'm kicking off Carrion Crown next month with a group of vets and a noobie or two. Everyone so far is a...

I read the OP. I'm being somewhat tongue-in-cheek because the responses trying to work things out in game are just silly. If someone isn't on the same wavelength as the rest of the party there needs to be a discussion. I'm saying the same thing as you, you just put a more moderate and rational...

Don't sweat it. Tell the witch player you're all in the same boat and you'll make sure to do your part to have the encounters be fun for everyone. As long as your players and you have a good dialog going there's no reason for anyone to not enjoy themselves. That only happens when the DM is...

Kind of unrelated to the topic but I'm curious why you think the PF team ended up making such changes? From what I've seen you know a tremendous amount about PF (and I assume 3E) . In your experience was ranged SA an overly powerful ability in 3E? Probably at a certain point I imagine there...

The only thing you're arguably missing is some kind of ranged specialist type/trap finder. Certainly between the oracle and the witch healing can be covered. It depends on the oracles build I guess but even so they'll have access to cure light wounds, etc. Maybe the player is worried she'll be...

Wow you sound like you had a really interesting group and DM there OP. What you're talking about is one version where the rules describe what is happening and one where the players describe what is happening. 4E allows players not to actually think very hard about the scene. They can...

Accidentally hit back and got rid of the whole post. Argh. I think optimization is associated with people more concerned with rules than playing and the experience around the table with friends or like-minded people. In most groups I think the optimizer is one of those outlying personalities...

The attempts at in-game solutions are absurd. It's a problem with a player, not a character. Tell the guy he's being a prick and needs to consider the rest of the people at the table. This has nothing to do with alignment or anything. It's someone being a self-centered jerk who needs to be put...

All I meant was they do need to be separated out. I get what you mean though I believe. You mean basically Pathfinder is sort of wearing the D&D mantle even if it's not the one that made it. That Pathfinder could succeed the throne in a sense. I think it's possible but it will depend who you...

I loved D20 Modern and own just about everything in the series. Really was a cool game. As for this idea and the discussion of attribute classes vs standard classes (soldier, spy, diplomat, whatever, etc.). Why not simply make the core classes attribute classes (Strong, Fast, Tough, etc.) and...

D&D is a brand. Pathfinder is not D&D. It is a derivative of the same system D&D 3e uses, but that has nothing to do with the brand. Do I personally approach it like I do D&D? Yeah I definitely do because it's also a pnp rpg. Wonderfully for me it's also based on the same foundation as the RPG...

We share almost identical feelings about 4E. I think it does what it does awesomely and deserves praise for a number of good ideas and changes to the standard D&D stuff. 4E just isn't the game I grew up playing/DMing and delving into. I liked 3.5 but PF is just like a better 3.5 really. It...

The reason it was brought up is pathfinder (between 2 books) has a lot more than what you'll find in the player's handbook(3.5) for non-magical classes. Even with one book. The APG just adds a lot of other fun goodies and interesting modular stuff to consider using. Pathfinder is entirely...

Hahahaahaa. Sure. I mean I don't really know what to say. Some people have a problem with it some don't. I don't see the issue at all but I don't play with people I don't know or at events/conventions. So I don't know that end of things. I'm sure in that realm these things are important but...