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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jimmy Dick" data-source="post: 9007559" data-attributes="member: 6994416">I am happy to see alignment disappear. Most of the younger crowd has been ignoring alignment for a long time. I was actually surprised to still see it in Pathfinder 1e when I first encountered that game system years ago. Based on many of the comments about alignment, it seems that the younger crowd doesn't care about it at all (not just my players) and it seems like it's an older crowd of grognards who want to keep it around. I meet the definition of grognard easily based on age and playing experience (I started in 79 with a D&D box set), but I favor making good changes to game systems. I was thrilled when Paizo developed the Champion class and created different versions of holy warriors. By getting rid of alignment, they can now dive into this area much deeper than before due to the limits of the alignment system.Some classes need adjustments like the Alchemist. Classes like Wizard and Sorcerer could benefit with items that increase their Spell Attack Roll to put them on a par with martial classes and their magic weapons. I primarily play casters (Wizards!) and the Attack rolls are a huge part of the game. As 2e's three action economy emphasizes landing critical hits with the first attack of the character's turn, casters were hurting in that regard.Simply reorganizing the information which is spread out over multiple books into 2 player books and 1 GM book was something Paizo's crew had looked at doing around the 5-year mark of Second Edition. Making these changes was pushed up due to the OGL crisis. Keeping the game fresh via something like this is a very good idea. Waiting too long to do it could easily end up in creating an entirely new edition which is what I really think is going to happen with D&D next year. WotC can say all they want about it not being a new edition, but it really looks more and more like a totally new edition. Eventually, all editions reach a point where they need to be replaced. But maybe it is possible to sustain an edition longer than what we have seen over time.</blockquote>

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