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<blockquote data-quote="ve4grm" data-source="post: 5839653" data-attributes="member: 63492"><p>It also depends on which adventure you're actually talking about. War of the Burning Sky? Zeitgeist? I assume Zeitgeist, but just to address the other first:</p><p></p><p>WotBS was designed for 3.5e, which works well as Pathfinder, and then converted to 4e. From everything I've heard, the first bunch of 4e adventures are somewhat weaker, while the later ones are good, but the 3.5 versions are solid throughout. For this, I'd probably recommend 3.5/Pathfinder.</p><p></p><p>Zeitgeist is designed in 4e and converted to Pathfinder. Both versions are quite good, with the Pathfinder versions even bringing in some good design cues from 4e during the conversions. For this, it's really up to you and your personal preferences. I'm running it in 4e, as I greatly prefer the system, but the PF versions are solid, as I said.</p><p></p><p>If you're still completely on the fence for Zeitgeist, with no preference one way or the other, I'd say 4e, solely because that's what it was designed for. The conversions have been solid, but there's always the chance of something not coming through quite as intended with system conversions.</p><p></p><p>Additionally, there have been (minor) instances in the conversions where 4e-specific terms/etc have been left in the PF versions due to, really, just getting missed, and that has led to some confusion. Again, these have been minor, and revised documents have fixed them, but it's a risk taken when using the conversion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ve4grm, post: 5839653, member: 63492"] It also depends on which adventure you're actually talking about. War of the Burning Sky? Zeitgeist? I assume Zeitgeist, but just to address the other first: WotBS was designed for 3.5e, which works well as Pathfinder, and then converted to 4e. From everything I've heard, the first bunch of 4e adventures are somewhat weaker, while the later ones are good, but the 3.5 versions are solid throughout. For this, I'd probably recommend 3.5/Pathfinder. Zeitgeist is designed in 4e and converted to Pathfinder. Both versions are quite good, with the Pathfinder versions even bringing in some good design cues from 4e during the conversions. For this, it's really up to you and your personal preferences. I'm running it in 4e, as I greatly prefer the system, but the PF versions are solid, as I said. If you're still completely on the fence for Zeitgeist, with no preference one way or the other, I'd say 4e, solely because that's what it was designed for. The conversions have been solid, but there's always the chance of something not coming through quite as intended with system conversions. Additionally, there have been (minor) instances in the conversions where 4e-specific terms/etc have been left in the PF versions due to, really, just getting missed, and that has led to some confusion. Again, these have been minor, and revised documents have fixed them, but it's a risk taken when using the conversion. [/QUOTE]
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