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blahpers wrote:

Eh. As much as I like AoN, its format leaves something to be desired with respect to long complex rules descriptions. As a more immediate concern, in the course of this transition, every existing link to a specific part of the PRD on the forums--indeed, on the entire Internet--is now broken.

I'm not terribly excited by this. It doesn't seem like a player-centric move. The opposite, in fact--it feels like Paizo just didn't want to have to deal with it anymore.

(Edited for clarity.)

And quoted for truth.

Thanks to all who have done so much to replace as much lost material as possible!


Slow is better than non-existent.

Thank you Milo v3!


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TriOmegaZero wrote:
Tridus wrote:
It actually has more coverage than the PRD book wise, so I'm really not understanding what in the world you are talking about.
The PRD was a much more manageable listing of rules, only the hardcover releases generally made it in. That was a useful distinction for him, and now that it is gone, he has lost functionality.

Exactly. Thank you.

For example:

I have a new player.
They want to buy a weapon.
They can use simple weapons.

The new site lists all simple weapons on one page.

I look and see something on there called a "stingchuck".
I have no idea what this is, having never heard of it before.

I open the listing for it and it's "A stingchuck is a foul bag made of a humanoid’s head with the brain removed and the skull heavily scored so that it bursts open when thrown."

What the butt?

Ahh... it's an item from "Adventurer's Armory", not one of the basic books.

Now I can no longer tell my player "Any weapon on this list from this page is available" because they'll be buying a freakin' human head to throw at people IN A HUMAN TOWN!

I don't want this item in my shops!
I don't want my players having this!

And I can not simply and easily send them a link to SIMPLE WEAPONS that does NOT include this item.

Do you really not see the problem here?


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What. The. Actual. Butt.

Do you want people to play 5e?
'cuz this is how you get people to play 5e!

For YEARS now I've had a single rule in my game:
If it's on the PRD it's legal.
If it's in the SRD it's not legal unless it's in the PRD.
Send me a link to the PRD rules for whatever you want to do and I'll allow it.

We all used the same site.
We all saw the same rules.
We all could send these links to one another and know instantly it was official.

Now all that's gone.

Thanks Paizo.
Been fun playing with you.

See you in 5e.