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totally. was trying to "Steel man" the argument that Paizo is in trouble by providing other signifiers that isn't just book sales. there are 100% counterfactuals for each example as you rightly showed. All things being equal - dabbling at the fringes with new AP formats (Good), licensing...

thanks. you are right. I forgot that one! Cheers, J.

I look at all this data and wonder if we are not missing something, or discounting something that's big. While the sunk cost fallacy is real and can sink even the biggest ships (looking at you, in an odd way, Blackberry), I do wonder if a brand-new edition that's < 2 years old which is trying a...

Nah! we're living in pandemic times, my PF2 game was started back in April as a "hey, I know we all can't meet in person right now, would anyone be willing to experiment with online play and this new game?" (both were brand new to my group of friends). they graciously agreed to both (and both...

I think this is a GREAT bit of advice. one that I know but don't use. Player a is up now. Player B is up next. remind Player B that they are next and get ready with their actions. even that minor reminder and prompt will likely help "focus" player b... again, really good advice! not a lot...

Just making sure I understand this correctly. you are saying it takes your table - Minutes (1-10) to complete 4 rounds of combat? do you use a VTT? is there any roleplay inside of combat (by this I don't mean dialogue, but descriptions of the combat? is your combat like: "I strike, I get a...

Good Advice. thanks for it! for The Slithering, we switched from Roll20 to Fantasy Grounds. I'm loving the move, but others are having to deal with the learning curve which is no doubt expending the length of time. I think we also expand the length of combats simply by how our table...

as the old guard gamers age, and waves of new fans enter the hobby, it seems pretty obvious that there is room to create fancy bling for a certain subset of player that can afford it, or for whatever reason likes the peacocking status symbols these items imply. Going to Gencon years past and...

WOW! and I don't mean that negatively one bit. Can't even imagine how to do that. I don't think my speed "issues" is strictly constrained to the VTT, but I cannot see me and my players being able to pick up the pace that much. This saturday (to not give away too much spoilers), there was a...

Thanks Kenda, combats typically last no more than 4 rounds. but those 4 rounds normally take on average 2 hours. (5 players + 1 gm, all level 5 PC's right now). I get the feeling, based on nothing save impressions I have built up over time that a "typical" PF convention game or official...

Hey all, while this may not only apply to Pathfinder, I'm finding the below question more pronounced in Pathfinder. I've now run about 22 sessions of Pathfinder 2e, 100% of them online. I've used Roll20 for the first 16 sessions and switched over to Fantasy Grounds for these past 6 sessions...

hey all. quick question. one of the true innovations in PF2e (IMO) is the introduction of multi-action spells. eg. magic missile and heal. Looking through the CRB and most of the released books, the implementation of multi-action spells, is... minimal. there are presently only a handful...

Capn.. I admire your confidence in steadfastly defending your view on "The One True Way To Play Pathfinder 2E"... but I assure you, there are other options. When I read your litany of examples, my immediate gut instinct is "You're interpreting things exactly opposite". Now, don't get me...

I also love pf2. been a 5e gm since next. never ran 3.5, pf1. this is based off of approx 25 sessions as a gm - with 1 home brew, 1 fully completed plaguestone, and now partially into The slithering. what I love: 3-action economy exploration mode tough encounters that are interesting and...

Just watched my first one - thanks for linking Jason! That was fun. I was rooting for the Drow! When watching, I thought a neat, alternate VTT would possibly be super cool for this particular play style: Tailspire https://talespire.com/ I'm not affiliated in anyway, save for backing the...

as a GM who's nearing the end of running a 1st time PF2 group through Plaguestone. I'd highly recommend playing an alchemist simply for some very strong thematic elements. Don't want to spoil anything but an Alchemist will have a fun time in this adventure. Cheers, J.

[Anecdote incoming] Predominately 5e GM here. Occasional 5e player. Have nearly switched all my fantasy GM'ing over to PF2e. GM'ing 2 different campaigns with 2 different groups. Only keeping Rappan Athuk in 5e (though its on Hiatus), but would LOVE to switch that over as well - just feel...

so, my last session I, err, houseruled? that any crit scored by a PC, automatically earned a hero point (in addition to the normal means of awarding them). Unlike Inspiration in D&D, I found the language of "hero" points to be a bit more restrictive and was finding that I was dishing out only...

yeah. I've been historically bad at awarding hero points. I keep forgetting :). I remind my players to advocate the awarding of hero points anytime they witness something they deem "cool" or "heroic". they also forget. most of the hero point struggle, I think, is that I've historically...

yeah. they sure are. IME, D&D CR is a bit of a joke and the encounter building rules are simply not good. I build every encounter in D&D at beyond the toughest level, for even throw-away fights. the math is much better in PF2e, which is GREAT!. but it is taking some time to re-calibrate my...