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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 4439651" data-attributes="member: 4722">I think a lot of the changes they made were to make the races more compatible with their world of Golarion. As for "broken", well... there are many complaints that half-orcs are overpowered and half-elves are nearly (or completely) useless. They've certainly got a serious case of identity disorder (the fluff says they're social outcasts, but they get a Diplomacy bonus? WTF?). *shrug*Being "100% compatible" was never one of their stated goals. They want to be compatible and minimize conversion work, in a nutshell.It's not just an issue of "cleaning up" or "fixing stuff" - it's an issue of "making the classes more fun to play". Clerics, sorcerers, and wizards get NO class abilities beyond spells, turning, and a few bonus feats (I'm not counting familiar as a class ability, because it's not worth mentioning). Fighters get nothing besides bonus feats. Sure, they can be fun to play... but what prevents players from PrCing out at the first opportunity?You could DL the beta and find out yourself. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It has, and it's one of the few changes I actually like. They did a really good job cleaning up that mess.They changed it so that all stat-boosting items can be put into one of two slots - head and belt. The bonus you gain is a "temporary bonus" for 24 hours, then it becomes permanent. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm    :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" />I don't see how a lack of XP costs breaks compatibility. It's a fairly common house rule, and definitely needed. XP costs were one of the DUMBEST things ever to appear in D&D, because they screw over spellcasters who might actually want to make stuff for themselves or their friends.PF dropped the ball on this one, IMO. They combined a bunch of skills that needed it, but they also combined some stuff that made people go "WTF?" like Concentration and Spellcraft. Perception now covers all five senses, not just sight and sound. They added Fly. There are some others, but that's what I've got off the top of my head.You mean 4E and 3E? 3.5 was nearly 100% compatible with 3E - all they did was tweak a few spells, add some stuff to a few classes, and make minor changes to monster statblocks.</blockquote>

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