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[SeaJay]

Hello

My first post.

I'm 43 this year, and cut my teeth on the usual suspects; basic, ad&d, and never went near WotC. Never even formed my own ideas about 3.x, I lived off what others said about the game, and they were sort of biased.

A few weeks ago, one of our group decided to use 3.5 to fuel our 'Temple of Elemental Evil' campaign, and I have to say, I am very pleased he did so.

All my misgivings were unfounded. Combat too long, complicated, not d&d? All proven incorrect. We are having a ball.

I've had in depth discussions about 3.5 and also Pathfinder. I love Pathfinder, I've barealy scratched the surface but it looks like a throwback to Greyhawk. It's your standard fantasy fare (apart from the spaceship part) and that's absolutely fine by me.

All I need now, is for the latest errata listing for the core rules, and I also need to know what to purchase for Golarion.

Wish I'd taken a look at 3.5/Pathfinder years ago. Better late then never I say.

Thanks all

 

[Aldern Foxglove]

First off welcome to EnWorld!

You can download all the latest errata for Pathfinder on the Paizo site for free - you do need to create an account, but that is free and easy. It also allows you to download free PDFs of among other things all the Players Guide to the Paizo campaigns.

To me Pathfinder is not only an improvement upon 3.5, and the best version of DnD I have experienced, but it has the best adventures. I thoroughly recommend checking out the Paizo adventure paths which are uniformly excellent, with Kingmaker being a particular standout.

 

[SeaJay]

First off welcome to EnWorld!

You can download all the latest errata for Pathfinder on the Paizo site for free - you do need to create an account, but that is free and easy. It also allows you to download free PDFs of among other things all the Players Guide to the Paizo campaigns.

To me Pathfinder is not only an improvement upon 3.5, and the best version of DnD I have experienced, but it has the best adventures. I thoroughly recommend checking out the Paizo adventure paths which are uniformly excellent, with Kingmaker being a particular standout.

Yes, I'm very excited in taking the plunge. One of the things a roleplaying game has to have for me is a good stock or ready to run adventures, and I think PF fits that bill perfectly.

 

[Glade Riven]

While I'm highly selective with the products I buy (meaning, it isn't the right fit for me), if you are planning on getting everything you might as well get the subscription to Pathfinder.

That being said, I like the PDF stuff for bargain shopping. Paizo does a great job with the bookmarks, so it's easy to find everything. The Gamemaster's guide is better in hardcover, though.

All the adventures Paizo makes take place in Golaron, although they are easy enough to 'port to homebrew or other campaign settings. Pathfinder Chronicles provides extra details with the Golaron setting by having all sorts of goodies such as map folios. The Pathfinder Campaign Setting book is actually out-of-date (probably out-of-print) and designed for 3.5 - however, no conversion is really needed (as far as I could tell - for example, the Pathfinder prestige class is the exact same in both PFCS and PF RPG) to use it for Pathfinder RPG. It's crunch light and fluff heavy. I've heard Paizo has a new one in the works.

So really...what you need for Golaron comes down to what you want to do and (more importaintly) how much you want to spend.

 

[SeaJay]

The Pathfinder Campaign Setting book is actually out-of-date (probably out-of-print) and designed for 3.5 - however, no conversion is really needed (as far as I could tell - for example, the Pathfinder prestige class is the exact same in both PFCS and PF RPG) to use it for Pathfinder RPG. It's crunch light and fluff heavy. I've heard Paizo has a new one in the works.

If there's a new Golarion setting book coming out I'll sit tight and buy that when it arrives. The PFRPG is a pretty penny and if I'm to invest my cash I'd at least like to have an up to date setting book

Thanks for the info

 

[Volaran]

The world guide is due out later this month, actually. You can reference it here.

 

[SeaJay]

The world guide is due out later this month, actually. You can reference it here.

More good news

EDIT: Pathfinder doesn't utilise one of those living campaign concepts does it, wherein the entire setting moves forward so to speak, so that you have to purchase new material every two or three years?

 

[Volaran]

The way they sort of describe it is that the 'current year' moves along with the real year (so something published this year will have 4711 AR listed at the current year in campaign material), but all of the setting material and adventures don't have a specific start/end time, and so the campaign material tends to refer to these areas as though the various adventure paths, etc have not yet taken place.

(Note: The only exception to this seems to be Lost Cities of Golarion, which includes information the city of Xin-Shalast, which is rediscovered during the Rise of the Runelords adventure path.)

They seem to want people to purchase their setting material because it is good, rather than due to a feeling that the consumer must keep up with changes. The campaign setting is a rare exception because the old book is out of print, and was for 3.5.

 

[Skywalker]

I love Pathfinder, I've barealy scratched the surface but it looks like a throwback to Greyhawk. It's your standard fantasy fare (apart from the spaceship part) and that's absolutely fine by me.

Greyhawk has a spaceship too

 

[SeaJay]

Yes, I recall the spcaceship thing. It can easily be ignored I'm assuming. Unless of course a whole continent has sprung up around and because of it. But if it's just a spaceship in an adventure/module, that's no issue.

Is it a small isolated entity or does it's presence have repercussions throughout the land?