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Thanks - I somehow missed that link - I guess I just tend to look at threads...

Apparently, the Pathfinder team is shooting for a November release date for a free PDF update on Prestige Classes (but no promises on the date). :)

It seems that ENWorld has adopted the experience points/levels/titles feature. It seems to be pretty nice. It does leave me wondering, however: 1) How many "levels" are there? 2) What is the "title" provided by each level? 3) How many experience points are needed to "reach" each level? I...

It is very simple. Each negative level grants a -1 penalty to all d20 checks (attack rolls, skill checks, saving throw rolls, etcetera) and -5 hit points. No class features or other stuff is lost. I have proposed the idea of using negative levels for LA before on the Pathfinder forums and I...

I have advanced two solutions to LA over on the Pathfinder RPG boards, and although they were created with the Pathfinder RPG in mind, they might have some relevance for 3.5E too. 1) Instead of taking away a level, a level adjustment counts as a negative level(s) as defined in the Pathfinder...

Well, I just moved to Cincinnati and am looking for a group to join, but 4E is not my thing... sorry! I wish you luck in finding more players.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record I will reiterate that I support the starting bonus to hit points that characters get at level 1. That does enhance survivability. The larger hit die and the favored class hit point boni, however, don't really make a large difference to low level hit...

Fair enough, but Monte Cook did not give Wizards and Sorcerers a starting hit point bonus, a favored class hit point bonus and an improved toughness feat on top of the higher hit dice. As to the favored class incentives, I far prefer them to the 3.5E favored class mechanics, so they are...

Well, yes, I do consider hit point inflation to be a bad thing for several reasons: 1) It makes the players more powerful relative to monsters (and relative to non-converted NPCs from older adventures) than they were in 3.5E --> challenges are less challenging (remember, no accurate guidelines...

Yes, and that's why the +6 starting hit point bonus is a great rule - it addresses the survivability problem occuring at low levels. Higher hit dice and other level-scaling hit point boosts, however, don't make much difference at lower levels, but contribute to hit point inflation in the long...

I agree that the starting hit point bonus is a good thing. It is well targeted at helping characters survive at lower levels, which is a desirable effect. The other hit point increases like the larger hit dice, however, are less desirable, as they only provide significant amounts of hit points...

Nooo, I lost a long reply when posting it... :( Maybe I will write something shorter again later.

Don't get me wrong, I am a Pathfinder RPG fan, but I am somewhat concerned about the power creep in Pathfinder, particularly when coupled with an understandable reluctance to state the precise power adjustment Pathfinder characters have over their 3.5E counterparts (it is understandable, because...

On another note, why not simply allow Practised Spellcaster feats to stack?

Yep, I realized this and was posting a new version when you posted. But yes, I agree.

On second thought, this would penalize spellcaster/warrior multiclassing when compared to spellcaster/spellcaster multiclassing. Perhaps having a point system to rank classes would work instead: Low BAB --> 1 point Medium BAB --> 2 points High BAB --> 3 points Own Full Caster Progression...

How about making Caster Level progression the inverse of Base Attack Bonus progression? Consider: Low BAB --> Two Thirds Caster Level progression Medium BAB --> Half Caster Level progression High BAB --> One Third Caster Level progression Or if thirds are too difficult to calculate for...

Well, if caster level and BAB have a degree of equivalence, why not require the loss of BAB to increase caster level, when multiclassing? Since a direct loss of BAB would lead to major problems, how about losing the extra attacks that high BAB grants? Perhaps a loss of each extra attack can...

I think you already know what many of us who don't like 4e dislike about it. Since you asked, though, just a brief summary (not in order of importance): 1) Drastically altered flavor that does not befit D&D as we imagine it in our minds 2) Purging of simulationism from the ruleset (this has...

It bears noting that without some modifications, the above-mentioned extended system of virtual levels makes the characters somewhat more powerful at level 1, than they would ordinarily be in Pathfinder. It is possible to mollify this concern partially, by slight alterations to the progressions...