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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5333013" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>I currently play and prefer 4e, but eye the Pathfinder products with envy and avarice in my heart (I want them all!!!). It definitely sounds like Pathfinder is a better way to go for you, but don't go and purchase all those books at once! At least if you are on a budget! One of the most common pieces of advice you'll read in professional articles in Dragon magazine and elsewhere is "start small." Purchase just the Core Rulebook first, and then look around Paizo's sites for some of the freebies they offer. Granted, their usually PDF files to be read on your computer (offline), but you can get at least one adventure and a decent small collections of monsters for your first adventure. If everything goes swimmingly, then the Gamemaster Guide and Bestiary are good 2nd tier purchases, as well as some modules (if you aren't going to create your own). There's no reason you can't get the Advanced Player's Guide right away, but you don't really need it until you and your players have had a chance to enjoy the base classes in the Core Rulebook and are ready for something new.</p><p></p><p>Paizo's Golarion setting is a wonderful product also and will be an excellent buy, but it also isn't something you need right away . . . . and you might consider creating your own setting!</p><p></p><p>If you can afford getting all of those big, beautiful rulebooks all at once, well more power to you! Just know that you can start out small and work your way up. Paizo's so good, you'll probably get sucked into subscribing to their adventure paths soon enough anyway! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 5333013, member: 18182"] I currently play and prefer 4e, but eye the Pathfinder products with envy and avarice in my heart (I want them all!!!). It definitely sounds like Pathfinder is a better way to go for you, but don't go and purchase all those books at once! At least if you are on a budget! One of the most common pieces of advice you'll read in professional articles in Dragon magazine and elsewhere is "start small." Purchase just the Core Rulebook first, and then look around Paizo's sites for some of the freebies they offer. Granted, their usually PDF files to be read on your computer (offline), but you can get at least one adventure and a decent small collections of monsters for your first adventure. If everything goes swimmingly, then the Gamemaster Guide and Bestiary are good 2nd tier purchases, as well as some modules (if you aren't going to create your own). There's no reason you can't get the Advanced Player's Guide right away, but you don't really need it until you and your players have had a chance to enjoy the base classes in the Core Rulebook and are ready for something new. Paizo's Golarion setting is a wonderful product also and will be an excellent buy, but it also isn't something you need right away . . . . and you might consider creating your own setting! If you can afford getting all of those big, beautiful rulebooks all at once, well more power to you! Just know that you can start out small and work your way up. Paizo's so good, you'll probably get sucked into subscribing to their adventure paths soon enough anyway! :) [/QUOTE]
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