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It’s a bit misleading to say that you can’t get mainstream PF2 content on Roll20. Roll20 offers all the core books outside the Lost Omens line, plus 2 full APs (and not the bad first one), two standalone adventures, and the Beginner Box. PF2 has a Roll20 supported character sheet that’s in...

Exactly my experience too. In my first 5e game I just told the players what the enemy was casting, but by the time the party hit tier 3, I implemented the Xanathar's rule because counterspell had become such an obvious powerhouse. It's a really fun spell for players, but it's also too good at...

I think it serves two functions: a GM guidance tool, and if desired, a way to add tracking of time to exploration and social encounters and challenges. The first function can help GMs adjudicate common scenarios. For example, a sneaky PC wants to scout out ahead -- the exploration mode rules...

3rd edition was the first RPG that I ran as a GM, and 3.0 ultimately was the game that got me into the hobby. A couple of years ago I finished a 3.5 campaign from levels 1-14. It was fun because I finally implemented all these variant rules and restricted classes to reasonable tiers, but I'd say...

PF2 Easytools does have a toggle for proficiency without level. It changes creature stats as expected. I understand that there is a game that’s somewhere between 5e and PF2 in complexity or clutter. Level Up could be that. Personally 4e is that for me. But Paizo selling that as a product...

This sounds a lot like 5e. I think Paizo would be making a big mistake trying to sell 5e v2. We have 5e already, we don’t need another one.

I know this is a necro, but a stumbling drunk is actually not a good representation of incapacitated at all. Incapacitated doesn’t inflict any defensive penalties. Attackers don’t get advantage, you don’t have any penalties to saves, rogues can’t automatically sneak attack you, and so on. You...

You could remove action points from PCs. That should also speed up combat. Only one immediate action power per PC (after level 1 so defenders keep their starting kit). Fewer monsters but still no more than 3 levels above the party, and give them static damage boosts to compensate for the threat...

I'm not a fan of Signature Spell the way it's written right now, or Spell Study or Wizard's Flair. The reason is that they add extra things to be tracked. A wizard is already keeping track of spell slots per long rest. Then you have Arcane Recovery once per long rest. Add Signature Spell once...

You wouldn't need a separate list of all spells by level since they're already listed per class, in ascending order of spell level. Spell details means the full spell description -- you don't want that by spell level because that means you'd have to memorize each spell's level to find its full...

I will say that the Level Up logo looks a bit harsh, the contrast between the sharp black lines against the cover art. Maybe you could make the logo borders slightly fancier? The shape I mean, not necessarily adding art on it.

This is really cool. I might use some of the new abilities even before the book is out to add some extra oomph to existing 5e dragons. A couple of notes: Blood Toxicity triggers on a melee attack, not a hit -- is that intended? It could get cumbersome with three attacks from a PC, all...

Not my experience at all. At this point I’ve played with at least a couple of dozen different players long term on Roll20, and another couple of dozen or so short term, and only a minority of those folks could be described as enthusiasts.

Yes, I'm aware that the more casual crowd will eventually be swayed by the enthusiasts. That's why mentioned the opinion leaders, comprising the enthusiasts of the hobby. But it still is massive hyperbole to say that Roll20 is completely disregarded by the community. It's not. It's still the...

I'm not disagreeing with the uncertainty of drawing conclusions about the Roll20 numbers. For example, my Roll20 PF2 game drew just as much attention as my 5e games did, whereas my 3.5 game and 4e games attracted less. Judging by the Roll20 numbers, I expected to get fewer player applications...

I agree with you that Foundry is the go-to VTT for PF2, backed by the opinion leaders (the enthusiast crowd). That’s absolutely true. But we don’t know how popular it really is compared to Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds, as far as PF2 numbers are concerned. Us enthusiasts often overestimate the...

Oh come on, this is massive hyperbole. The enthusiast crowd online favors Foundry, but that’s the enthusiasts—the minority. We have no way of knowing how many people play PF2 on Roll20 vs Foundry vs Fantasy Grounds. I’m just starting a PF2 game on Roll20, and I received just as many applications...

Why not use stamina? It has a built in attrition model in resolve, like 4e healing surges, plus apparently there’s less busywork healing after a fight.

I think the reason why Roll20 didn’t give PF2 a strong initial push was 5e. They have a limited amount of resources to convert books into Roll20 modules and compendium additions, and Paizo produces a lot of content. But 5e has a much bigger audience, so 5e Roll20 modules and books are much more...

So from what I’ve gathered, a fairly common criticism of PF2 is that it’s too complex, granular, and cumbersome because of so many moving parts. But had Paizo made PF2 simpler and less complex, wouldn’t it compete with 5e even more directly? Why would you play PF2 if it was even closer to the...