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At the time I rather liked 'Oriental Adventures'. It was a fresh take on standard fantasy settings. To be honest I never cared if it was an accurate portrayal of asian culture and myth or not. This is still D&D after all! I liked the system based on honor better than the standard alignment...

Oh, okay. Nevermind, then.

To me that's a bit of an odd concept, effectively restricting role-playing in ways I wouldn't enjoy. Playing a fighter grown weary of battles, only relying on combat as a last resort? "Not in my game, sir!". Having said that, there's precedent to that line of thinking: In Earthdawn, all player...

Did you have a look at the 'Weight' ratings on RPG Geek? They're on a scale of 1 to 5. The ratings on the Boardgame Geek are quite accurate, I'm not sure how good the RPG equivalent is.

Well, some reviewers think that it already stops working (well) with 4 players...

Well, historically, magic and spell-casting doesn't really mesh with faith in the Christian God. According to the Bible it's just witch-craft - the Devil's domain. It's one of many reasons why I have trouble to think of D&D as a good basis for a medieval setting that is supposed to be mostly...

In my opinion they crossed that line. I still bear a grudge because Paizo fixed none of the big issues I had with D&D 3e and even piled more complexity on top! The one thing I've read so far about Pathfinder 2.0 that sounds interesting to me is the 'degrees of success'. The sad thing about it...

That's a good question, and one which I sometimes struggle with myself. E.g. I always think of Ars Magica's Mythic Europe setting as low-magic. Sure, it's a game which focuses on Magic in all its forms and Magi playing a central role. But despite their ability to cast powerful high-level magic...

Mhm, taken out of context I dislike it. My feeling is that this is incredibly hard to balance properly. That spellcasting is already considered an exception doesn't bode well. They'll have to look really carefully at everything that might affect the action economy: feats, magic items, spell...

The Pathfinder goblins always remind me of the Gremlins from the 1984 movie by Joe Dante. Personally, I prefer the traditional D&D treatment.

Nice effort! But I have to admit, I'd never consider playing anything but Ars Magica in a 'mythic' Europe setting. It's simply the best fit. You get a ton of well-researched background material and the fantastic elements are so well integrated with the historical facts that everything makes sense.

Eddings also convinced me that it might be possible to have fun playing a Paladin. That code isn't as restrictive as it might at first seem...

It's one of the (short) adventures in Adventure Pack I.

+1 for Eyes of the Stone Thief! Note, that it's written to cover the mid-range of levels, though. So you get to do some unrelated adventures and foreshadowing before you start with the adventure path.

Ah, no. I mostly imagine things from my POV.

Real necromancy is harmless. At least it doesn't harm anyone still alive... I think thread necromancy _can_ be fine. But in most cases it happens unintentionally.

Hmm. The 1e Fiend Folio is one of my favorite books, too. I also feel a special nostalgia about the 1e Deities & Demigods...

Well, that's because they don't know about your second thoughts ;) Thanks for reporting back!

Well, it's about 10 years late, but maybe, finally, Pathfinder will be what it should have been from the start: a better version of D&D (3e). Except, I doubt it. 10th level spells? Makes me think they'll just repeat their past mistakes. I also feel honestly sorry for everyone who's invested a...

and in addition to that: rolling for hit points.