TarionzCousin
Second Most Angelic Devil Ever
I DM'ed a bucketload of 3.5E. What do I need to learn to DM Pathfinder?
1. Combat Maneuvers.
What else?
1. Combat Maneuvers.
What else?
D&D 3E/3.5 DM'ing Pathfinder - What's Different from 3.5E?
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Theo R Cwithin
I cast "Baconstorm!"
Changes to polymorph (ie, shapechanging effects in general).
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MANY spells have changes, some minor, some pretty major. When we switched I told the players, "Never assume you know a rule, never assume you know how a spell works, double check in advance."
Off the top of my head and no order (and by no means all inclusive) Protection from Evil, Mirror Image, Remove Disease & Curse, Ray of Enfeeblement, Dispel Magic, many of the spells that are Death Effects, etc, etc...
Off the top of my head and no order (and by no means all inclusive) Protection from Evil, Mirror Image, Remove Disease & Curse, Ray of Enfeeblement, Dispel Magic, many of the spells that are Death Effects, etc, etc...
tylermalan
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To be honest, I don't agree that you need to know any of this stuff to DM Pathfinder. You probably need to know combat maneuvers, and you probably need to know how dying works, which is a little different than 3.5. And that's probably it.
There are, of course, many more differences (as mentioned by others in this post) but you don't really need to know them just to DM. You need to know about poisons if you want to use one, or a monster if you want to use it, but being very specific I wouldn't recommend spending any time reading up on it unless you know for sure you're going to use it.
There are, of course, many more differences (as mentioned by others in this post) but you don't really need to know them just to DM. You need to know about poisons if you want to use one, or a monster if you want to use it, but being very specific I wouldn't recommend spending any time reading up on it unless you know for sure you're going to use it.
TarionzCousin
Second Most Angelic Devil Ever
To the OP: You idiot. You should have checked out the Pathfinder Conversion document first. On pages 17-18 it details what is different.
Hey OP. Are you gonna take that from him? Them'z fightin' words if I ever heard 'em.
TheAuldGrump
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Play nice now, you wouldn't want him calling you an idiot, now would you?
I didn't think so!
The Auld Grump
hippononymous
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What helped me learn to DM Pathfinder was by playing Pathfinder as a player, and making characters and playing them out in sample battles. If you know 3.5, you pretty much known Pathfinder. IMO, there's not a big difference. I DM for a 3.5 group and play in two Pathfinder groups and never have trouble going from one to the other.
