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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8241173" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>The short and direct answer: yes, I probably could.</p><p></p><p>But in the context of the parallel thread "Pathfinder 2 and support for other playing styles/subgenres" (since this doesn't really have anything to do with the topic of <em>this</em> thread) the point is that it feels like the main purpose of the official variant is merely to shut up critics, rather than genuinely providing a working variant. That feeling permeates the entire GMG and is what led me to add "extremely inflexible" and "poor modding support" to the list of things Pathfinder 2 does badly. Too many variants feel like they're there because somebody decided the game should offer such variants; not because anyone at Paizo actually intends for them to be true alternatives.</p><p></p><p>As for specific houserules, that's a topic for... well, houserules. Either here or at Paizo: <a href="https://paizo.com/community/forums/pathfinder/second/houseRules" target="_blank">paizo.com - Forums: Homebrew and House Rules</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>For me it definitely is a problem that (the PF2 APs) completely ignore nearly everything that isn't level appropriate.</p><p></p><p>Yes, you might find it easy to climb that roof at level 12 or 18, but you would never know because the level 12 or level 18 adventure never has you climbing such roofs. Instead you are - again nearly without exception - climbing "magically protected" walls that somehow is exactly as hard for you as that roof climb was back at level 2 (or whatever).</p><p></p><p>The end result is that you don't feel rewarded for being an athletic fighter. (All that training and you might <em>still</em> face a 50% failure rate!) Instead, you feel punished for being a clumsy wizard. (You might not succeed even if you roll a 20!) I would much rather have a system where the wizard finds the task very difficult but still not impossible, while the fighter finds the task easy but again not automatic. (And yes, for those keeping track at home, I just described the goal of 5E bounded accuracy)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 8241173, member: 12731"] The short and direct answer: yes, I probably could. But in the context of the parallel thread "Pathfinder 2 and support for other playing styles/subgenres" (since this doesn't really have anything to do with the topic of [I]this[/I] thread) the point is that it feels like the main purpose of the official variant is merely to shut up critics, rather than genuinely providing a working variant. That feeling permeates the entire GMG and is what led me to add "extremely inflexible" and "poor modding support" to the list of things Pathfinder 2 does badly. Too many variants feel like they're there because somebody decided the game should offer such variants; not because anyone at Paizo actually intends for them to be true alternatives. As for specific houserules, that's a topic for... well, houserules. Either here or at Paizo: [URL='https://paizo.com/community/forums/pathfinder/second/houseRules']paizo.com - Forums: Homebrew and House Rules[/URL] For me it definitely is a problem that (the PF2 APs) completely ignore nearly everything that isn't level appropriate. Yes, you might find it easy to climb that roof at level 12 or 18, but you would never know because the level 12 or level 18 adventure never has you climbing such roofs. Instead you are - again nearly without exception - climbing "magically protected" walls that somehow is exactly as hard for you as that roof climb was back at level 2 (or whatever). The end result is that you don't feel rewarded for being an athletic fighter. (All that training and you might [I]still[/I] face a 50% failure rate!) Instead, you feel punished for being a clumsy wizard. (You might not succeed even if you roll a 20!) I would much rather have a system where the wizard finds the task very difficult but still not impossible, while the fighter finds the task easy but again not automatic. (And yes, for those keeping track at home, I just described the goal of 5E bounded accuracy) [/QUOTE]
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