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D&D 3.x gamers who skipped 4e, why are you not "upgrading" to Pathfinder?
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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 5266798" data-attributes="member: 7635"><p>Pathfinder GM here, so I'm not the focus, but I almost was...</p><p></p><p>After a bitter falling out with 4e, I switched back to 3.5 because I assumed Pathfinder was a Powergamer's paradise; upgrade hp, more powerz for every class, at-will cantrips, more feats, etc. </p><p></p><p>I ended up persuaded by the PRD to buy the core-books, and have so far been satisfied with a number of changes made; Skills are a breeze to do, characters are convinced to stay in their base class instead of jumping from class to class gaining "kewl powerz", and I find CMB/D easier to adjudicate on the fly (except for grapple, nothing can save grapple IMHO). </p><p></p><p>HOWEVER</p><p></p><p>It still contains a number of inherent problems unique to 3.X, and in some cases made them worse. Their Bestiary is great, but it forces a lot of "do it yourself" monster creation (and fiddling with monsters is one of my greatest loathings about 3e), PCs still gain power too quickly so that high-level D&D is a mess, and most of my time as a DM is spent trying to balance reasonable challenges (so as to avoid insta-TPK or cakewalks) rather than focusing on cool plot elements and settings. Finally, even though fighters are a LOT better, a well-trained caster still rocks them 6 ways to Sunday.</p><p></p><p>That said, I'm playing Pathfinder because its the best available option for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 5266798, member: 7635"] Pathfinder GM here, so I'm not the focus, but I almost was... After a bitter falling out with 4e, I switched back to 3.5 because I assumed Pathfinder was a Powergamer's paradise; upgrade hp, more powerz for every class, at-will cantrips, more feats, etc. I ended up persuaded by the PRD to buy the core-books, and have so far been satisfied with a number of changes made; Skills are a breeze to do, characters are convinced to stay in their base class instead of jumping from class to class gaining "kewl powerz", and I find CMB/D easier to adjudicate on the fly (except for grapple, nothing can save grapple IMHO). HOWEVER It still contains a number of inherent problems unique to 3.X, and in some cases made them worse. Their Bestiary is great, but it forces a lot of "do it yourself" monster creation (and fiddling with monsters is one of my greatest loathings about 3e), PCs still gain power too quickly so that high-level D&D is a mess, and most of my time as a DM is spent trying to balance reasonable challenges (so as to avoid insta-TPK or cakewalks) rather than focusing on cool plot elements and settings. Finally, even though fighters are a LOT better, a well-trained caster still rocks them 6 ways to Sunday. That said, I'm playing Pathfinder because its the best available option for me. [/QUOTE]
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