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It depends on how you look at them. I like to have characters with lots of options. Giving up a single class 2 feat to pick up a dedication feat that gives access to new mechanics and options is powerful. One of my players however likes to be the best at what he sets out to do. dedication...

I'm in agreement with most of you. I won't tell my players No but I will review the situation. "So you are saying you want your LG paladin kill the beggar asking for food in the middle of the market in the middle of the day?"

Been subscribed (patreoned?) to these since day 1. The majority are good. A few are meh but I attribute that more to the rules being new causing unique format issues (traits and keywords). I particularly liked the last two. Ancestory Mounts was great. Some feats and some new ancestory flavored...

Must be an interesting campaign setting that everyone automatically hates the fey and celestial warlocks.

Agreed. Just straight and to the point, yes warlock is best. Our group has tried looking and debating it but always comes back to this.

Disclaimer: I am GMing my 1st PF2 session this Friday so have no actual gameplay experience. that aside, as a GM with decades of experience this is the first time in about 15 years I have been this excited for a rule system. The ideas it brings up seem fun and interesting. Many of these could...

"“The largest, most ambitious fantasy RPG bestiary ever conceived: 6,400 complete statblocks of 1,600 monsters" As a GM with decades of experience I don't need 4 different versions of a gelatinous cube for the 5th ruleset that I have seen them in. Yup hard to see, does some acid damage, moves...

I'm an IT server and cybersecurity admin and I say something similar. Yes you can pay entry level people to cover most of the day to day support. However my 20+ years of experience means your equipment is built and maintained so that you don't have problems in the first place vs that entry level...

RPGs suffer the same problem that a lot of industries have encountered with the rise of the internet. Low entry barrier. People will create content for free because to them its a fun passion or they are doing it for their own table and then can offer it up for others to use. Its not realistic to...

Its always interesting to read discussions of people saying a system is broken because ABC choices in character building are the best and XYZ is useless because a different system that has a class with the same name is the preferred choice. Course then others end up saying no they feel XYZ is...

Yeah I am really trying to figure out their point when I have never come across any RPG ruleset ever that has every class being balanced and equally competent. Then you toss in the 100% opinionated "fun" label and what they are asking for is impossible.

Good read. Thank you for the info.

That is a good point. We do a lot of theorycrafting of pro this and con that and another system does something better or worse. Often actually playing a game can be different. I'll be GMing PF2 after our current D&D 5ed Out of the Abyss campaign run by another GM ends in a month or two. I...

That is something I found too. It feels like I have to sit down with a fork and knife and really chew through this. bits and parts of rules are added here and there. You have feats and spells that give conditions and have traits that alter and conflict with each other. It feels very much like a...

As a GM I would love for my players to ignore these tiniest shittiest items that don't deserve the brain power needed to write the name of the item on their character sheet. There are two economies in the game that talismans fit into. Long term multiple levels and dozens of battles: Why would...

You know that is fair. ONLY have an premium exclusive can be disappointing,.

Another way to look at this is to price out the parts. IF someone were to buy all of these for D&D 5ed.... 4 books $130 (100 3 core set + xanthars). dice: $5 spell cards: $60 easily when you add in class decks. (those decks in the above picture are tall.) magic item cards: $20 Character sheets...

I don't get the hate over expensive premium products. This is a hobby. Its not a social issue like healthcare, living space, or food where the debate is on necessities or you will die. We have tons of options for RPGs and all the bells and whistles or lack thereof that come with it. So yes...

ok my cynicism aside. Why do I personally like to roll a d20? Because I don't always like to get my way. I want to have surprises in my plans and then to adjust to them. The fickle d20 can bring surprises and challenges when you roll that 1 or several of them. I get the argument that a player...

I will be switching from 5ed over to PF2. 5ed is pretty rules light and for me has too much "let the DM figure out the mechanics its their game". I want to spend my time and energy on figuring out the setting and story as its unfolding. I'm actually burnt out on 5ed's we are rules light so as...