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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 7592465" data-attributes="member: 1165">I haven't kept up with the PF2e playtest, and PF2e isn't out yet, so I don't really know that system.I play, I don't GM (except 4e).What would I like? Make the game easy to GM. I found 4e easy to GM, but not 3e or PF. 4e achieved this with clear guidelines and roles.Not the last session but one session ago, my party fought a drow cleric, several drow warriors, and a charmed orca, immediately after killing a drow druid, several other warriors, and a shadow demon. (I don't know how the cleric charmed the orca.) We fought near the water's edge, and the cleric used water walking to keep safe. We finally killed the orca, at which point she used animate dead on it. The orca had not actually hit anything (since no PCs were going into the water), but my PC happened to be standing at the water's edge when it was animated. It bit me. Obviously an orca should deal significant damage when it bites you. I did not expect it to have a higher attack bonus than anyone in the party, something so high that my  fast and agile brawler had no chance to dodge the attack. That is the kind of thing that wouldn't happen in 4e (or Mutants & Mastermind). The only way you face something with a huge attack bonus and huge damage is if it's much higher level than you (or has a much higher Power Level than you), not something that's effectively a summon.(The same adventure featured a drow cleric with very high stats, as she was much higher level than the party, but this made sense. She was literally by herself, she was a badass, and she was facing four or more actions against her per round! I like Trailblazer's boss battle system, BTW, although the GM didn't use that.)I would also like to see the game streamlined. When I'm at a PF or 4e forum, I hardly understand half of what people are saying, because the bloat has gotten so bad that practically every feat, item, class, or spell they mention is something obscure that can only be found by searching the PFSRD site. This applies far more to PF than 4e, but so many classes have mixed roles or very unclear roles. (There were a few terrible 4e classes that made the same mistake, only it's more obvious when that happens in 4e.) When I play, I pretty much always pick a "core four" or something similar (I'm currently playing a brawler, who is basically a slightly weaker fighter).I think part of the problem was an early lack of good feats. Do you really need a new class when one or two powerful feats will give you what you want?</blockquote>

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