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Sothrim
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Modules Subscriber)
I am well aware that when someone starts a discussion with, "I am not trying to be a ____, but" it usually means they are, in fact, a ____. I hope to be an exception.
I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but how many people on these forums, or who are among the 15,000 downloads of Pathfinder Alpha 2 so far, plan on buying the release product?
I am generally pleased with everything I've seen, and I can't think of a single change I dislike. However, it's one thing to see Pathfinder (or, for that matter, Dungeons and Dragons 4) as an improvement over what is currently available and another to consider it such a notable improvement as to be worth a purchase.
For the sake of the gaming industry in general, and the obvious hard work of the people at Paizo in particular, I hope my discussion is met with dozens or hundreds of pledges to purchase the finished product. I just want to be honest - I like it and I like it more than DnD 3/3.5/what I've seen of 4, but I don't like it enough to buy.
My group of about 10 and myself are set to buy the Beta. I know I will get the final version but I cannot say for certain who in my group will. Hopefully all of them will but the price tag might put some of them off. Don't get me wrong, totally worth it, but some of them have limited funds.
Honestly? I think it's still early days. If make it to GenCon (it's a loooong way to go for me) I might pick up the beta there, but most likely I'll just continure using the PDFs until the final hardback is released - I don't see much point in purchasing a book that will only see (at most) a years worth of use.
At this stage I plan to buy the final hardback, but that will be more than a year down the track and who knows what might have happened in that time? Though it's unlikely, I might be a fully-fledged 4e convert by that stage...
I have lost track of the count.
I might by the 2008 book though I may just look at it onscreen.
I almost certainly will buy the 2009 version.
I am part of that crowd that thinks there are too many rule changes. There seem to be rule changes for the sake of change rather than to make the game better.
Fix grapple... yep
give barbarians wierd rage points.... huh why?
I will probably be buying as well.
I like what I see so far, and as a fan of Wizard's Eberron setting I'm a bit skeptical about them only releasing 3 books per campaign setting. If I can keep the wealth of info in my existing books, and use a more fun/streamlined system than the core 3.5, then I'm interested.
I'd also like a hardbacked version of the beta book, but that's because I find hardbacks more durable and less at risk from being dragged from game session to game session.
Chobbly
Elizabeth Cougill
(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber; Roleplaying Game, Campaign Setting, Companion, Battles Case Subscriber)
$25 for the Beta is doable. I expect I'll purchase it, but I'll have a look at the .pdf first. I'm hoping it'll be much more of a standalone than the current alpha versions.
As for the Pathfinder RPG, unless Paizo completely goes down a road I cannot follow, I'm in.
Unfortunately, I am already anticipating house rules that I'll incorporate at the get go. I was hoping that I'd be satisfied completely with the revision.
As it stands with alpha, I am not.
Unfortunately, my income is a tad iffy at the moment, so while I do plan on buying the final version, until then I'll have to rely on the free PDF's.
If the Alpha (and the Golarion world-setting) hadn't impressed me as much as it has so far, I probably wouldn't have bothered, but these guys (Paizo, that is) haven't disappointed me yet.
On principle alone, I will buy the finished product.
I will have to wait and see how much of the system works with the old 3.5 stuff that I have. If it isn't going to trivialize the old modules I have stacked up, I will be thrilled and use it.
I don't really want to see the power of the characters increase much, I just want the overall playability to go up for some classes that just always seemed to be out of whack with the others.. as well as interesting flavor and flare added to those that didn't need a power boost.
The addition of Monte to the crew, as long as his expertise and input is regarded in the development phase will prove to be a solid boost and add alot of confidence (for me) in the balance of the final product.
Add me to list of those wh have pledged to purchase the Beta, and the final product. Since '75 Ive supported D&D through all of its changes and alterations....4e and the drastic changes and lack of even vaguely trying to get feedback from 'the old fogie' crowd, drove me away....Paizo and Pathfinder are more true to the game and spirit of D&D, and has the support of two steadfast gamers in Monte and Eric...
In my heart, D&D is now Pathfinder.
I don't mean to be a spoilsport, but how many people on these forums, or who are among the 15,000 downloads of Pathfinder Alpha 2 so far, plan on buying the release product?
I downloaded Alpha 1, but not 2 or 3, and I probably won't get the Beta (since I really don't have time to play it just now).
However, I will be buying the Pathfinder rulebook when it is released, sight-unseen. I'm willing to take it on trust that the guys at Paizo know what they're doing. (And anyway, I'll be wanting to use it to run the later Pathfinder adventure paths, rather than attempting a conversion...)