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<blockquote data-quote="Schmoe" data-source="post: 7747342" data-attributes="member: 913">Maybe it's just because I haven't really played PF1, but I find that statblock incredibly daunting to read.&nbsp; Just based on the statblock, I would need to know and track the following off the top of my head:* The different qualities of items and their effects (expert, etc)* The differences between (emotion, fear, mental) keywords for special abilities* That there are at least 4 levels of the Frightened condition, and the effects of each, and which level a creature has at any given time* How to parse between a critical failure, failure, success, critical success* What the &quot;bolstered&quot; condition means, and which conditions a creature is bolstered against for how long* What the &quot;agile&quot; keyword means for attacks* What the different levels of &quot;versatile&quot; are and the effects of each* What the &quot;deadly&quot; keyword means for attacks* What a conditional bonus is and how it relates to other types of bonuses* What multiple attack penalties are, how they are calculated, and what the multiple attack penalty is for any given creature for any given attack* What a Stride action is* What triggers each creature has for each of their [[R]] (I assume that's a reaction?) actions, and when they applySome of that will surely be core to the game and become second nature, but much of it will be situational and probably lead to a lot of cross-referencing books to make sure I'm doing something right or tracking a wide variety of situational effects and modifiers.&nbsp; I suppose I already do some of that in my current favorite game (3.5e), but just looking at it as someone unfamiliar with the terminology and unused to the game, it looks like a huge barrier to entry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Schmoe, post: 7747342, member: 913"] Maybe it's just because I haven't really played PF1, but I find that statblock incredibly daunting to read. Just based on the statblock, I would need to know and track the following off the top of my head: * The different qualities of items and their effects (expert, etc) * The differences between (emotion, fear, mental) keywords for special abilities * That there are at least 4 levels of the Frightened condition, and the effects of each, and which level a creature has at any given time * How to parse between a critical failure, failure, success, critical success * What the "bolstered" condition means, and which conditions a creature is bolstered against for how long * What the "agile" keyword means for attacks * What the different levels of "versatile" are and the effects of each * What the "deadly" keyword means for attacks * What a conditional bonus is and how it relates to other types of bonuses * What multiple attack penalties are, how they are calculated, and what the multiple attack penalty is for any given creature for any given attack * What a Stride action is * What triggers each creature has for each of their [[R]] (I assume that's a reaction?) actions, and when they apply Some of that will surely be core to the game and become second nature, but much of it will be situational and probably lead to a lot of cross-referencing books to make sure I'm doing something right or tracking a wide variety of situational effects and modifiers. I suppose I already do some of that in my current favorite game (3.5e), but just looking at it as someone unfamiliar with the terminology and unused to the game, it looks like a huge barrier to entry. [/QUOTE]

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