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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5186746" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>(Yet another) Vote for "Don't continue using Pathfinder if you don't like the system." Be honest with them. Even if the group implodes, you'll be better off than if you continue to beat your head against an RPG tome you don't like.</p><p></p><p>Then ask if they'd like you to continue to run the campaign in another system.</p><p></p><p>If so, look at the systems you <em>DO</em> like. Heck, you could even ask the assembled group about their preferences. Work with your players to help them convert their PCs (if they want to) or design PCs they'll enjoy in the new system.</p><p></p><p>If they want a complete reboot, start afresh.</p><p></p><p>But ReboKesh's point is VERY important: don't get out of one jam and repeat your "mistakes" by doing the same things you did before. Don't be afraid to say something isn't available, or to have unscrupulous merchants consider them to be "unsophisticated marks" with "too much gold" and jack their prices up 1000%- these things happen in the RW, after all. Scarcity and price gouging are part of economic realities.</p><p></p><p>As is theft. Splash a lot of cash in a new city and you'll attract a LOT of attention from the underworld element.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5186746, member: 19675"] (Yet another) Vote for "Don't continue using Pathfinder if you don't like the system." Be honest with them. Even if the group implodes, you'll be better off than if you continue to beat your head against an RPG tome you don't like. Then ask if they'd like you to continue to run the campaign in another system. If so, look at the systems you [I]DO[/I] like. Heck, you could even ask the assembled group about their preferences. Work with your players to help them convert their PCs (if they want to) or design PCs they'll enjoy in the new system. If they want a complete reboot, start afresh. But ReboKesh's point is VERY important: don't get out of one jam and repeat your "mistakes" by doing the same things you did before. Don't be afraid to say something isn't available, or to have unscrupulous merchants consider them to be "unsophisticated marks" with "too much gold" and jack their prices up 1000%- these things happen in the RW, after all. Scarcity and price gouging are part of economic realities. As is theft. Splash a lot of cash in a new city and you'll attract a LOT of attention from the underworld element. [/QUOTE]
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