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I can't say that any of the art we've seen so far has struck me as a WAR piece, except the one he actually did.

But for Rogues and Rangers, you have class abilities which incentivize the use of TWF, which is nice. For Rogues it's the only way to get more than one attack per round, increasing sneak attack odds.

Pretty sure there will be a feat which allows this.

Batman would probably be a Hunter Ranger.

If 5e is a big success, I can see Paizo eventually releasing a 5e-clone Pathfinder 2e with the fixed Bound Accuracy math but with more crunch options.

The inspiration for the Way of the Four Elements Monk is so obvious, LOL. I like that every single class can have access to magic as a core archetype.

I think a big difference is that Pathfinder was specifically designed to be backwards-compatible with 3.x material, and 3.x is broken at a structural level. Fixing the system would require extensive rewrites of nearly everything- which is kind of what 5e is, in a way. If 5e is broken, I...

Or for the DM to give a high-powered artifact to a player without accounting for it in encounter design.

I would definitely quit buying WotC products if they went back to 3.x next year. I really doubt that happens though.

I'd be surprised if WotC released a conversion guide for a game they don't own. I'm sure homebrewed conversions will be available, though.

The biggest difference between 3.x and 5e is the idea of Bounded Accuracy. Rather than the rapidly inflating numbers caused by BAB, stat-boosts, and +5 weapons/armor, in 5e everyone gets a proficiency bonus which starts at +2 and goes up to +6 by 20th level. Non-magical stat boosts are capped at...

It's hard to say. I don't think Pathfinder would have been a huge success if 4e didn't split the playerbase, so it's difficult to see the exact results if 5e succeeds in pleasing the majority of D&D fans. But even if the PRPG sales drop off they'll still have their APs.

Here's a comparison of different Ranger builds based on what we know so far. For simplicity's sake I'm assuming Colossus Slayer and the Mastiff's Harry can be used each turn; Horde Breaker and Panther's Pounce can be used half of the time; Volley and Whirlwind Attack can be used a fourth of the...

And the panther is one of the good animal companions. If you compare it to the hawk it's even more onesided in favor of the Hunter Ranger.

People will stop calling certain choices traps when certain choices stop being, well, traps. We can all sing kumbaya and pretend that all character choices are equal, but it's just a fact that some character choices are more equal than others. It's not because game designers are malicious, it's...

It's a good thing nobody said that.

That depends on how long you ride on it!

Well I can certainly understand the attraction to having an animal companion. It's just that they seem pretty weaksauce compared to the powers a Hunter can choose from. Maybe that's one of the things that's different in the final version. Archery Rangers look pretty deadly though, especially...

I wonder how much the final Ranger has changed, because right now the archetype choices look like an incredible newbie trap. "You can slay giants, mow down the hordes, or... you can have a pet."

+1 hp per level makes the feat worse than just booting your CON.