So what are you Pathfinder players/dms been up to? Running any adventure paths? Whats your character’s build/concept? 1st edition or 2nd edition? Just wanted to make a post for a general discussion.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    I’m running through the beginner’s box in Foundry VTT. I picked it up on a Humble Bundle sale, and it’s my group’s first exposure to the system after 5e. I’m absolutely astonished with how easy the box is to run, how well polished the content is, and how awesome the system is to play and GM in.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      Yeah I’ve also been running the beginner box and the level of automation and prep that the foundry stuff includes is mind boggling. I feel like I only need to do like an hour of prep per 3-hour session

  • macniel
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    31 year ago

    Hey. My group and I just started out with the Beginner Box and currently I am prepping the Kingmaker P2 Adventure Path. I yet have to play it as a Player though :)

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      Currently running the 1e Kingmaker path, and ive only seen good things about the 2e remake. Its been the most fun me and my friends have had playing a ttrpg. Wish you guys luck!

      Also more evidence on how good the Beginner Box is at bringing in new players.

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    Running a new group through 2e Abomination Vaults. I’m also excited to run Indigo Isles at some point, although don’t have the time to do that right now. The AP looks really good though!

    Happy to see pathfinder get more love the last few months

    • @[email protected]OP
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      21 year ago

      Seems like a lot of people switched over to Pathfinder recently due to all the bad shit WOTC has been pulling. Im all for it, Pathfinder and Paizo is FAR better than WoTC and 5e DnD (and whatever OneDnD is/was supposed to be). I really wanna run Abomination Vaults as well, just to try out 2e. I prefer 1e, but I 2e is a very well designed system.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    I think a lot of us have ended up over on pathfinder.social but the beauty of the Fediverse is that you can join us there (and we can join you here)! Not sure if I linked the Lemmy instance correctly, let me know and I can try to fix it. I’m still new to all of this!

  • @[email protected]
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    11 year ago

    I’m currently running an Eberron conversion in Pathfinder 2e, homebrew campaign, but I’m currently being seduced by D&D 3.5/Pathfinder 1e. It’s partially probably nostalgia from being the first D&D books I ever bought, but I never actually learned how to play or run it. It’s massively deep and overwhelming for me to start learning but i love the art and style as well as the massive amount of content.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      11 year ago

      Its a lot easier than you think. The easiest way to learn (at least in my opinion) is to just read. You dont have to read every word of the Core Rulebook, but at least look through it all, and definitely read the middle section about combat (aka how the game actually works). You’re already playing 2e, so learning 1e shouldnt be that hard. If you need any of the books as pdf just ask, but all the rules and options are available for free on Archive of Nethys (which also has a 2e section). And the Paizo forums are great for asking questions or looking for answers.

      Also Eberron is awesome. My favorite setting by far. Shame Keith Baker probably wont be able to continue writing stuff for Eberron due to WoTC.

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        1 year ago

        I have to say I think I’m leaning more towards 3.5 for the flavor and a slight bit more grittiness and somewhat lower HP. But it doesn’t preclude me from moving on towards PF1e if I see rules gaps, or mixing and matching.

        I wouldn’t be altogether too surprised of Baker launches a new setting under the ORC license, since he’s discussed working on a new one.

        • @[email protected]OP
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          11 year ago

          As a long time player of 3.5e and Pathfinder, I would go with Pathfinder. Although I love the aesthetics of 3.5e and that whole era, the balance changes that Pathfinder brought makes it more fun for everyone.

          Yeah he was talking about a wild west themed “wandslinging” new area for Eberron, and now he’s thinking about just making it its own thing. If anyone can make that idea work, its Keith Baker.

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            1 year ago

            Can I just merge the better rules and balance changes (grappling) into 3.5?

            It does seem like the explanation of rules in 3.5 may be messier than how they’re explained in PF.

            • @[email protected]OP
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              11 year ago

              Although Pathfinder and 3.5e are very similar since Pathfinder was made to be a better 3.5e, they are still two different systems. You usually can’t just take stuff from 3.5e and put it into Pathfinder, you need to convert it and change it. A lot of rules and subsystems have been changed, too much for me to go into in a comment. I would do some more research on it, but I would still suggest just sticking with Pathfinder.

  • Seeker of Carcosa
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    11 year ago

    I’m running an in-person Quest for the Frozen Flame campaign with Foundry for maps/bestiary. They’re about to come to Rimecrag Pass tomorrow. I did have an oracle ready for Strength of Thousands but that fell through in the planning stage.

  • @Tahssi
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    11 year ago

    Playing through Rise of the Runelords with my wife and some friends. Our DM is using a conversion to 2e for it. Its my first Pathfinder campaign, we jumped off of 5e after all the WOTC stuff happened. So far we like PF2e more than 5e. My character is a Kitsune Witch with the Night Patron so shes all about Nightmares and Eldritch horrors/Ghosts.

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    01 year ago

    Age of Ashes. It’s one of the first APs Paizo published for 2e and definitely has some balance issues, especially in the beginning.