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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 5656548" data-attributes="member: 996">Pathfinder's as much D&amp;D as 3.5 was, except for the actual trademark, that is.It's pretty hard to produce TPKs with 4e, but I've heard it can happen.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; The martial characters got daily powers so they wouldn't suck anymore.&nbsp; Simple as that, really.&nbsp; There are 'narrativist' rationalizations for it, though, that work if you can wrap your suspension-of-disbelief around them.&nbsp; Essentials, as you probably notice, largely does away with that sort of thing.&nbsp; Casters (and not even quite all of them, exactly) have dailies, martial types are back in their place.&nbsp; Casters still don't have many or as powerful spells as they did in past eds, especially considering the high nominal levels you can reach in 4e, though, so the gulf between the lowly knight and lofty mage isn't all that vast - just enough that you can tell who's Boromir and who's Gandalf.It's not hard.&nbsp; Essentials represented an official turning point for D&amp;D, an explicit (if not explicitly explained) 'new direction' for the game.&nbsp; The 10 Essentials products and anything and everything that follows until further notice is/will-be consistent with the 'new direction' while being mechanically compatible with prior material (which is also being updated here and there to help it get with the program).Basically, look at the copyright date in HoTFL.&nbsp; If any book (softbound or hard) has a similar or later date, it's going to be at least /mostly/ 'Essentials style.'&nbsp; I say 'mostly' because exactly what the 'new direction' constitutes is so debateable.As for your older books, print out all the errata, or just ignore them (ebay, storage box, fireplace, whatever), you can play the game fine with just Essentials+ or with everything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 5656548, member: 996"] Pathfinder's as much D&D as 3.5 was, except for the actual trademark, that is. It's pretty hard to produce TPKs with 4e, but I've heard it can happen. ;) The martial characters got daily powers so they wouldn't suck anymore. Simple as that, really. There are 'narrativist' rationalizations for it, though, that work if you can wrap your suspension-of-disbelief around them. Essentials, as you probably notice, largely does away with that sort of thing. Casters (and not even quite all of them, exactly) have dailies, martial types are back in their place. Casters still don't have many or as powerful spells as they did in past eds, especially considering the high nominal levels you can reach in 4e, though, so the gulf between the lowly knight and lofty mage isn't all that vast - just enough that you can tell who's Boromir and who's Gandalf. It's not hard. Essentials represented an official turning point for D&D, an explicit (if not explicitly explained) 'new direction' for the game. The 10 Essentials products and anything and everything that follows until further notice is/will-be consistent with the 'new direction' while being mechanically compatible with prior material (which is also being updated here and there to help it get with the program). Basically, look at the copyright date in HoTFL. If any book (softbound or hard) has a similar or later date, it's going to be at least /mostly/ 'Essentials style.' I say 'mostly' because exactly what the 'new direction' constitutes is so debateable. As for your older books, print out all the errata, or just ignore them (ebay, storage box, fireplace, whatever), you can play the game fine with just Essentials+ or with everything. [/QUOTE]

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