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<blockquote data-quote="The-Magic-Sword" data-source="post: 8219270" data-attributes="member: 6801252">As for number 3 the easiest way to handle it is actually to bump the players up a level, I think that could be mentioned in Adventure Paths as an option for GMs explicitly, like 'hey if your players are having trouble and its hurting the fun, don't hesitate to give them an extra level' actually, side quests that could give opportunities to outpace the book's intended level progression by a bit would be an organic means of providing this as well, if we don't want it to just be a sidebar, but really I'd apply a sidebar that mentions the possibility. Sadly, I feel like some of these other elements actually damage what make Pathfinder 2e desirable at all, like reductions in player choices. That would start giving it some of the flaws of OSR games and the like, which my players are pretty explicitly against doing as a 'main' thing (though they'd be happy to try a little DCC on the side, which should be fun.) Less rules is also potentially an issue in that some people already view it (it's in Morrus's review for Enworld, if i'm remembering correctly) as being as simple as 5e, and honestly, it mostly is-- it's also an issue because you might be falling int 5e's pitfalls of not having real support for exploration and downtime.I do kind of wish ABP was the default (or really, that items as a to-hit increase wasn't really a thing in the first place) but I understand that was a matter of player feedback, and it thankfully isn't hard to change.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The-Magic-Sword, post: 8219270, member: 6801252"] As for number 3 the easiest way to handle it is actually to bump the players up a level, I think that could be mentioned in Adventure Paths as an option for GMs explicitly, like 'hey if your players are having trouble and its hurting the fun, don't hesitate to give them an extra level' actually, side quests that could give opportunities to outpace the book's intended level progression by a bit would be an organic means of providing this as well, if we don't want it to just be a sidebar, but really I'd apply a sidebar that mentions the possibility. Sadly, I feel like some of these other elements actually damage what make Pathfinder 2e desirable at all, like reductions in player choices. That would start giving it some of the flaws of OSR games and the like, which my players are pretty explicitly against doing as a 'main' thing (though they'd be happy to try a little DCC on the side, which should be fun.) Less rules is also potentially an issue in that some people already view it (it's in Morrus's review for Enworld, if i'm remembering correctly) as being as simple as 5e, and honestly, it mostly is-- it's also an issue because you might be falling int 5e's pitfalls of not having real support for exploration and downtime. I do kind of wish ABP was the default (or really, that items as a to-hit increase wasn't really a thing in the first place) but I understand that was a matter of player feedback, and it thankfully isn't hard to change. [/QUOTE]

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