The revised PDF allows the brilliance of the Pathfinder Core book to shine. The rules themselves look great, I've already "translated" my group's characters to the new version. It should be noted that a number of classes were "nerfed" compared to the Beta version of the rules, but everything seems well-balanced.

The pdf now has properly nested and collapsed bookmarks which go where they're meant to, and the pages are in order - a big step up from the original pdf. Copy/paste functions, and the only way to improve it would be if you could scrawl your own notes in the margins.

Once again Paizo is on the ball with excellent and timely response to their fans.

First playtest of the final rules today, wow, the tweaks are subtle yet very amazingly well done.

It is hands down amazing, well written, well laid out and the sheer amount of content is beyond belief. I'm stunned and i can't wait for the monster manual. Keep up the good work, you've brought me out of the RPG dark ages.

The mailman delivered both copies of Pathfinder Campaign Sourcebook today and threw his spine out in the the process. Yes, the book are about an inch-and-a-half thick and crammed heavy with RPG goodness. If you have a coipy of the latest champions RPG, you'll know what I mean. The other copy is for my older brother. He's so delighted I think the book alone has mystical qualities and he's regenerated a new kidney.

First glance, this is what fourth edition D&D should have been. The colors, the presentation, the paper cuts. It's worth it. God, 50,000 copies in pre-orders and it was sold out before its first release. No new printings until October.

Anyways, I'm off to read my newest book and I'll think highly of you as the week rolls on. :)

Have a wonderful week where ever you are.

This book presents a game that is the continuation of the D&D tradition I love and care about.

In many instances, it simplifies game play (skills and ranks, combat maneuvers) while adding to its fun experience in others (additional class abilities). It fixes some of the issues the 3.5 fans had with the rules(polymorph). It keeps the whole heavily recognizable as truly "D&D" (all classes in one book, Vancian casting system, et cetera), through and through, and yet, the game ends up being its own thing, nonetheless.

It feels great.

Legacy D&D is alive. I have found my path.

Thank you, Paizo Publishing, for the awesome game.

Just got the book and am very impressed. Well worth the wait.

An extremely well laid out book rich in details.

This book differs enough from the beta pdf that it is worth the buy. Without mentioning specifics, some of the armors changed, some of the feats changed, there are more feats, the list goes on ...

A fantastic book that is a necessity at the gaming table. Thank you Paizo!

This is just a review of the PDF, nothing more. I have to say I am very disapointed. There are several problems with the PDF that should have been easy to correct before release.

1. Pages out of order. Page 548 comes after 552. I dont know if there are more like this but this is first one I found.

2. Messed up links. After you hit the cleric the rest of the PDF links for the character classes are messed up. Several classes link to cleric domain pages and to get to say the monk you have to click on the wizard link. Did no one take 5 minutes and click on all the links before release?

3. No good collapse. The Beta was great, all the character classes collapsed to a link named class, all the skills to a link named skills, etc, etc. In this release even when you do a maximum collapse you still have over 30 tabs to sort through. Not good.

Now the plus side is that Paizo can fix all of this in about an hour and put up a revised PDF that anyone can download. Here is to hoping they do this and they do it soon.

As many others have stated, Pathfinder RPG only got half the way most of us expected it would get. IMO it is only a small step towards D&D evolution. Although it does it in the correct path, and with retrocompatibility absolutely assured (actually I don't know why they even posted a conversion guide... I think for the most part you don't even have to convert the preexistent material, just be familiar to how the old spells/skills work in the new rules). The material presented comprises mostly the less controversial parts of the BETA playtest and pictures/images/drawings all correspond to previous game material published either in the AP line or in the GameMastery line, which I think is nice, but could have gone further. Given that the free Beta-playtest is 90% of what's being published and that images are re-used, you just wonder why the price raises to $49.99... In my case, I paid up because I'm really thankful to them for all they're doing in trying to keep the spirit of old-school D&D alive (in every line of their publishing company). The core does set up a nice cornerstone for the rest of the material to be published from now. Keep up the good stuff.

What can I say ? I have two bookshelves of 3rd edition material, seven Paizo adventure paths to run, and I want to roll with that.

And now, with the PFRPG, there will be ongoing support for the game of my choice. I don't have to ask new players to hunt down PHB on auction sites, I can just point them to the dirt-cheap PDF and have them up to date in no time. Splendid.

The changes are mostly sound, the new rules elegant, one would wish for a few more radical improvements but we must remember about the Backwards Compatibility with all the previous material.

It's a great update and a great way of keeping the 3ed torch burning. Oh and just for sheer cojones of the endeavor, Paizo deserves 5 stars.

I laughed. I cried. I jumped for joy when my copy arrived. This book looks great, as do the rules. A wonderful achievement, not only for Paizo, but for everyone who playtested the game during development.