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<blockquote data-quote="almeidafreak" data-source="post: 5422593" data-attributes="member: 83299">Hi all! I'm a long time lurker, and I always enjoyed this forums, so I decided to post after all.First of all, I'm brazillian, so excuse my grammar mistakes ^_^I'm currently a D&amp;D 4e DM, and even though I love the system, some things I loved about D&amp;D got lost in it. For example, the fact that all classes are equally strong somehow took the &quot;fantasy&quot; feel out of it. Also, the mage (for example) which is a strong and important piece in any fantasy setting, kinda turned into a combatant only, since he's got no more &quot;your-everyday-every-use&quot; magic anymore. I dunno, I just don't feel it as epic and magic as before.Maybe it's just me, maybe it's not. I feel more compelled to design combat encounters other than puzzles and stuff. Plus, I can't seem to be able to design non-combat encounters in which you have to use your wit and creative to come up with smart decisions and unpredicted solutions. I feel like it's a wargame before it is an RPG.Or maybe I'm a bad DM, who knows?Anyway, I've been looking to buy the Pathfinder books, but since it's a huge investment (the core rulebook costs $74 in Brazil goddamit!), I wanted a sincere and unbiased opinion on the game.I know I'm posting on the Pathfinder forum and that a unbiased opinion may be hard to get, but I trust I'll find my response here. I hope it's not asking too much, but I wanted to know the feel of the game, and it's good and awful sides. It's not really about getting someone to buy the books, and to help a fellow gamer, so don't spare me any details.Also, I KNOW 4e really well, so no need to dwell on that. I'm not here to start a flame war or provoke anyone. I'm interested in Pathfinder and I need to know the good and the bad reasons why I should or shouldn't get it.Thanks a bunch in advance! Sorry for the long post!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="almeidafreak, post: 5422593, member: 83299"] Hi all! I'm a long time lurker, and I always enjoyed this forums, so I decided to post after all. First of all, I'm brazillian, so excuse my grammar mistakes ^_^ I'm currently a D&D 4e DM, and even though I love the system, some things I loved about D&D got lost in it. For example, the fact that all classes are equally strong somehow took the "fantasy" feel out of it. Also, the mage (for example) which is a strong and important piece in any fantasy setting, kinda turned into a combatant only, since he's got no more "your-everyday-every-use" magic anymore. I dunno, I just don't feel it as epic and magic as before. Maybe it's just me, maybe it's not. I feel more compelled to design combat encounters other than puzzles and stuff. Plus, I can't seem to be able to design non-combat encounters in which you have to use your wit and creative to come up with smart decisions and unpredicted solutions. I feel like it's a wargame before it is an RPG. Or maybe I'm a bad DM, who knows? Anyway, I've been looking to buy the Pathfinder books, but since it's a huge investment (the core rulebook costs $74 in Brazil goddamit!), I wanted a sincere and unbiased opinion on the game. I know I'm posting on the Pathfinder forum and that a unbiased opinion may be hard to get, but I trust I'll find my response here. I hope it's not asking too much, but I wanted to know the feel of the game, and it's good and awful sides. It's not really about getting someone to buy the books, and to help a fellow gamer, so don't spare me any details. Also, I KNOW 4e really well, so no need to dwell on that. I'm not here to start a flame war or provoke anyone. I'm interested in Pathfinder and I need to know the good and the bad reasons why I should or shouldn't get it. Thanks a bunch in advance! Sorry for the long post! [/QUOTE]

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