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Meanwhile, you can always play Traveller ;)

I've always been a fan of rolling abilities, so the "it screws with the point balance" issue doesn't affect me.

After reading PFRPG's table of contents, I feel like I'd want at least these things: * A book on strongholds, domains and mass combat rules. * A book on terrain, hazards and traps (specially the first two). * "Spicy crunch" books, on Feats, equipment and spells (I'd love something similar to...

QFT. I know I can only speak for myself, but I've fallen in love with Labyrinth Lord without having played BD&D before. When I began playing RPGs, in my country the only D&D widely available was AD&D2. I played a lot of it, but I loathed it, rooting for RQ (3rd ed, I think; the one from Avalon...

Fighters are now harder and they deal more damage, without being any less straightforward or easy to play than before: they just gain some straight bonuses. Barbarians are awesome. The rage powers give you the exact impression of a freakin' ragin' force of nature (be sure of getting the update...

This thread reminded me... Does anybody know if/when is OSRIC 2.0 going to be at lulu.com? I want my retro-collection to be complete: Labyrinth Lord, OSRIC and, now, Pathfinder :)

It's simple. The more things you kill and the more stuff you take from them, the better you are at D&D.

You know that's the exact same thing you do (or should do) with any other books apart from the PHB, DMG and MM, don't you?

What has Ultimate Toolbox got that Toolbox hasn't?

Well, I think the "always on" caster is already covered with the at-will cantrips of Pathfinder (a so simple solution I don't know why it hadn't occurred to me before). But maybe a few strange magic would make the cut for a NPC. How's Tome of Magic? Yes, that should be another must-have...

OK, let's say that, after August, you switch to Pathfinder. Or that you liked the Beta so much that it's your D&D flavor of choice by now. What 5 other "crunch" books would you take with you? I'm sold on Tome of Horrors and Book of Iron Might, but I'm not so sure about what else should I...

I think you're wrong on this, and my experiences with the Beta seem to think so, too. When the Beta came out, I discarded my 3.5 PHB and DMG in favor of it, and never looked back. I've run mostly published 3.5 adventures, and I have only to "convert" the CMB for creatures of non-medium size...

I think GM's hat of Piazo knows no limit...

I don't want you to do any of that. Why would I? The way you play doesn't affect me in the slightest. I just pointed to a fix for a problem you said you had. Then you'll be happy with Pathfinder. What was overpowered in the splats, will most likely be overpowered now, but you didn't have a...

One word: ban ;) Seriously, you can't argue about the balance between core book classes if you bring up non-core options, being they WotC splat books, 3pp or whatever. If the core book *only* is balanced enough, it's good for me. Then, I and only I can choose which options from the splats do I...

I must say that I prefer running or playing games set in a published world (and even better if it's a published adventure, too) because of the value of shared experience. I mean, it simply isn't the same fighting a vampire lord made up by your DM, however good he is at fleshing out NPCs, that...

Well, after having their Dragon and Dungeon Magazines license removed without any offense by their part, and WotC's failure to deliver the GSL text in the promised time, I would be worried about having my children's food rely on WotC's management ;) The point is, you can publish material...

Would you make it Windows-only too? :P

As for the OP's question, I'll say: no, there's no reason why you should buy the PFRPG core book if you already have the D&D 3.5 ones. They're just that, the same rules with a few teaks (and rules for stairs! never forget those!), but the main focus is to keep a 3.5 core book in the shelves, not...

Read the GSL again. I have yet to read a Pathfinder product that could be published with GSL's "content protection". I mean, they usually depict some nasty stuff (specially when Nick Logue's name is on the cover :D), and the GSL policy is rather Disney-esque. When I read that statement, I...