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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5766856" data-attributes="member: 59082">I've been noticing for some time that somehow or other, the word &quot;Pathfinder&quot; is being used as if it is a different entity than &quot;Dungeons &amp; Dragons.&quot; Now certainly it is a different entity than &quot;4th Edition&quot; or &quot;AD&amp;D&quot; or &quot;BECMI&quot; but let's get one thing very clear: Pathfinder is D&amp;D. It is not a different game; hell, it is barely a different edition from 3.5E.I know people realize this, but the way language is used is as if it is a distinctly different game. I see phrases such as &quot;I stopped playing D&amp;D and converted to Pathfinder&quot; or &quot;Since playing Pathfinder I see no reason to ever play D&amp;D again.&quot; Folks, Pathfinder is D&amp;D. And there's nothing wrong with that!Maybe this kind of thinking serves Paizo or maybe it doesn't, I don't know, but what it does do is split the community into two artificial categories: D&amp;D players and Pathfinder players, as if we're talking about D&amp;D and Warhammer. On one hand, there's no problem with that--RPGs are RPGs, and we're all one big happy family. But my point is that the distinction of Pathfinder and D&amp;D is artificial and misleading, as if they're two separate species when the former is a type of the latter.Pathfinder is D&amp;D. And yes, so is 4E. They are both different types or variations of D&amp;D, but both are within the &quot;D&amp;D Family&quot; (or D&amp;D species or sub-species). Furthermore, Pathfinder is no more (or less) than a revised and re-packaged version of 3.5E D&amp;D. In some ways you could say it is more D&amp;D than 4E in that it is closer to another form of D&amp;D than 4E is (this is not to say that 4E is not real D&amp;D, but that it is more uniquely distinct from other forms of D&amp;D than Pathfinder is).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5766856, member: 59082"] I've been noticing for some time that somehow or other, the word "Pathfinder" is being used as if it is a different entity than "Dungeons & Dragons." Now certainly it is a different entity than "4th Edition" or "AD&D" or "BECMI" but let's get one thing very clear: [B]Pathfinder is D&D. [/B]It is not a different game; hell, it is barely a different edition from 3.5E. I know people realize this, but the way language is used is as if it is a distinctly different game. I see phrases such as "I stopped playing D&D and converted to Pathfinder" or "Since playing Pathfinder I see no reason to ever play D&D again." Folks, Pathfinder is D&D. And there's nothing wrong with that! Maybe this kind of thinking serves Paizo or maybe it doesn't, I don't know, but what it [I]does [/I]do is split the community into two artificial categories: D&D players and Pathfinder players, as if we're talking about D&D and Warhammer. On one hand, there's no problem with that--RPGs are RPGs, and we're all one big happy family. But my point is that the distinction of Pathfinder and D&D is artificial and misleading, as if they're two separate species when the former is a [I]type [/I]of the latter. Pathfinder is D&D. And yes, so is 4E. They are both different [I]types [/I]or [I]variations [/I]of D&D, but both are within the "D&D Family" (or D&D species or sub-species). Furthermore, Pathfinder is no more (or less) than a revised and re-packaged version of 3.5E D&D. In some ways you could say it is more D&D than 4E in that it is closer to another form of D&D than 4E is (this is [I]not [/I]to say that 4E is not real D&D, but that it is more [I]uniquely distinct [/I]from other forms of D&D than Pathfinder is). [/QUOTE]

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