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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (30 children)

I'm playing Pathfinder for the first time after never having played D&D (aside from bg3 I guess) and man.... Maybe it's because I'm new to it, using roll20, the DM/group, or the campaign is just confusing but I can't fathom thinking it's clean.

I'm finding a lot of it very complicated and confusing. Everything seems to have some underlying system that requires different rolls and numbers and every time I try to look up an answer instead of asking, I wind up with more questions..

Please don't take that as an insult to the game - I AM having fun 15+ sessions in...I'm just surprised to see you describe it that way. The group is all veteran players who are willing to help me out but it feels like they're so much stuff that you have to memorize to do anything. So many caveats I wouldn't know if one guy wasn't a rules lawyer (that's a compliment)

[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Agreed so much praise for pathfinder but honestly I don't see it.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The group I'm with can't stand d&d and I didn't want to play with strangers so I'm "stuck" with it. It's not bad, just a lot to take in

[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 months ago

It feels too tight for me. I dislike Wizards but 5e offers the right level of crunch and juicy mixed. Too much crunch becomes a war tactics simulator I'm not about.

I prefer systems like Straight to VHS that really let creativity fly. I don't need a feat to tell me what makes me special

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