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<blockquote data-quote="Rhenny" data-source="post: 6216286" data-attributes="member: 18333">Like Mercurius, I think a good chunk of Pathfinder DMs and players will try it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although I've only played Pathfinder a few times, I ran a long-standing 3.5e campaign.&nbsp; &nbsp; To me, 5e is so much easier to run than 3.5e (and most likely Pathfinder, especially at higher levels).&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm sure many DMs who give it a try will feel the same way.As for players, I played a few D&amp;D Next playtests as a low level Dwarven Lifegiver Cleric who used a shield to protect others (earlier playtest package),&nbsp; and concurrently, I played a Human Cleric of Pelor in Pathfinder.&nbsp; &nbsp; To me, the D&amp;D Next game kept up a good pace, and I felt like I was involved in a number of aspects of the game in a satisfactory way (combat - both offense and defense, spell casting/healing, interaction, exploration).&nbsp;&nbsp; In the Pathfinder game, I felt sluggish, and overwhelmed with healing duties.&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, in the Pathfinder game, our party spent about 40 minutes trying to kill 10 kobolds.&nbsp;&nbsp; Often, I would miss when I attacked, and others would miss too.&nbsp;&nbsp; I realize that they haven't worked out the numbers yet for D&amp;DNext, but the pace of combat made it much easier to immerse myself in character and feel like I was part of a fluid story.&nbsp;&nbsp; DMs and players who like that feel will most certainly switch over if they give it a chance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhenny, post: 6216286, member: 18333"] Like Mercurius, I think a good chunk of Pathfinder DMs and players will try it. Although I've only played Pathfinder a few times, I ran a long-standing 3.5e campaign. To me, 5e is so much easier to run than 3.5e (and most likely Pathfinder, especially at higher levels). I'm sure many DMs who give it a try will feel the same way. As for players, I played a few D&D Next playtests as a low level Dwarven Lifegiver Cleric who used a shield to protect others (earlier playtest package), and concurrently, I played a Human Cleric of Pelor in Pathfinder. To me, the D&D Next game kept up a good pace, and I felt like I was involved in a number of aspects of the game in a satisfactory way (combat - both offense and defense, spell casting/healing, interaction, exploration). In the Pathfinder game, I felt sluggish, and overwhelmed with healing duties. In addition, in the Pathfinder game, our party spent about 40 minutes trying to kill 10 kobolds. Often, I would miss when I attacked, and others would miss too. I realize that they haven't worked out the numbers yet for D&DNext, but the pace of combat made it much easier to immerse myself in character and feel like I was part of a fluid story. DMs and players who like that feel will most certainly switch over if they give it a chance. [/QUOTE]

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