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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5689771" data-attributes="member: 50895">Considering I hadn't gotten into 3.5 until 2004, up until the arrival of Pathfinder, I hadn't developed a 'special love' for 3.5, as I was really still learning the system. Before I achieved system mastery, Pathfinder showed up. So I hadn't even had time to look at possible houserules for 3.5, as I was still very much a stranger to the system - vs. my longtime participation in 2e and 1e before that. So moving to Pathfinder which felt a lot like 3.5, so aside from the changes, it was fairly easy to adapt to Pathfinder rules. I have since achieved system mastery for Pathfinder. So I can't give the 'Pathfinder is a houseruled 3.5' sentiment, as I hadn't gotten to houserule 3.5 at all. Pathfinder became the version of 3.5 I thought as best. Also since I have only been playing 3x for three years total - I still don't see 3x as retro - I see it as current. 4e, IMO, is a brand new game, and I don't mean a brand new version of D&D, as I don't see it resembling D&D much, rather as some new kind of RPG with some inference to what came before. If I really wanted to try a non-D&D game, there are plenty out there. So when I wanted to go to the next inception of the game, Pathfinder seemed to be the outgrowth of 1e, 2e, 3x. Whereas 4e's only connection to the previous games as IP and logo, plus some reference to classes and other components of D&D. It was too far away from what I am familiar, thus not a comfortable change for me (at least this is what I perceive - it probably isn't the same perception as yours).</blockquote>

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