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Fortunately, in "real life", I've never really had a problematically over-optimised player. My current players all came into the hobby with 5e. They are not optimised at all, beyond the basic advice I give the to keep their characters functional. This is really nice, as it means I can run the...

Ugh. I really don't like many of the new edition's covers. The CRB and the Advanced Player's Guide covers both look significantly worse than their PF1 iterations to me. It's one of the many factors that make this new edition entirely unlovable for me.

I'm running a group of newish players through Rise of the Runelords. Fortunately, we're usually able to play face to face here, as I cannot warm to online RPGs. I'm not playing anything atm. If I want to play, I think I'll have to reread my Player's Handbook, as that is by far the dominant...

That's true, but I guess I do not have a lot of faith in the company to put out particularly interesting content atm, settings included. And I say this as a huge fan of Paizo, historically speaking.

I do not think a new setting from Paizo would be particularly helpful. It would not encourage me to make the move to the new edition. They need to get their mojo back with their AP design most importantly. If new campaigns of similar quality to, for example, Curse of the Crimson Throne were...

Pretty pleased to see Rolemaster doing as well as it is. I often think of running a one shot using RM2, but the idea of making up all the pre gens for my players always puts me off.

I agree. The aesthetics of 2e leave me cold. Beige is the colour they went with for this edition? Even worse, the adventure paths have really lost their edge. I haven't felt compelled to buy an AP since Ruins of Azlant in 2017. Inner Sea Gods was amazing, but I don't think Paizo can pull off a...

Well, keep in mind, this is just my personal opinion. I suspect it is quite an unpopular one too, as ICE games seem to be very much out of favour and The One Ring was very well received. For me, I found the barrage of Travel rolls in TOR somewhat tiresome. Especially as the results of these...

I have quite a few of the first edition books. The system is definitely very well done and thematically a great adaptation of Tolkien. However, I don't find it much fun to play. The old Iron Crown MERP is much more fun for me, and is not really as inappropriate as people make out, once the...

Yeah, those B&W pics are some of my favourite RPG art to this day. There's probably a good dose of nostalgia in there, though, as that was the first fantasy art I ever really saw. Lit up my 10 year old mind like nothing else.

10 or 11. We visited the Isle of Dread. My halfling died in short order.

I bought the Player's Handbook. That was enough for me.

That seems a touch dramatic. I haven't experienced any terrible consequences of the new edition. It is actually quite liberating. I don't need to worry about any future Paizo releases (this still seems a bit odd to say, but it seems to be true thus far,) and can go on playing my stacks of 1e...

Yeah, it's a bit depressing, isn't it? Alien RPG is amazing. Definitely pre-ordering this.

I find a lot of the hybrid animal races in particular pretty lame. The new dog people just released for PF2, the Shoonies, just look preposterous. Ditto 5e's Loxodons. I'm happy for people to play as anthropomorphic dogs and elephants if they want, but I'm not going to be running that game. I...

I only have the PHB. Paid NZD$67 in Auckland, New Zealand from my local shop. Currently that's USD$47.

I also rarely reference the rules content on my screen. However, I like them as scaffolds on which to paper clip maps and obscuring upcoming minis. I also feel they add a degree of visual excitement to the table. The art on this one is nice, IMO. I do not think I would use one if I were...

I don't buy many 5e products but most of the cover art, including Tasha's, I find really tepid. Of course, it's incredibly well done, but it doesn't excite me at all. One exception would be the Ghosts of Saltmarsh cover, which I'm pretty fond of. I noticed when I was flipping through the Art...

Great game.

Since P2 dropped, I've branched out into Call of Cthulhu and, recently, the Alien RPG. I still play P1 too, but these two new (to me,) systems are both much more appealing than rebuying a bunch of Pathfinder books.