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Finally had some time to playtest last weekend and have three ideas for tweaks to the Thaumaturge (that are far from fully formed or thought out and might simply be the incoherent ramblings of an aged GM)

1) Move the ability to swap implements as a free action to 5th level (when their second implement becomes available) rather than 7th level

2) Whenever the Thaumaturge gains a Skill increase they also gain an additional skill increase in Arcana, Nature, Occultism or Religion - this would reflect their growing knowledge of Esoterica and still allow other skill development

3) Combine Find Flaw (FF) and Esoteric Antithesis (EA) into a single action that I call "Impose Esoteric Flaw"

Critical Success: as FF and EA combined and a +1 AC modifier vs the target
Success: as FF and EA combined and a +1 Attack Bonus vs the target
Failure: as FF and EA combined
Critical Failure: Flat-Footed

My group found the Thaumaturge struggled with action economy - hoping suggestion three inspires other to come up with more well developed ideas

Just a shout out to the Paizo design team for how much me and my group are enjoying the game

Have been doing this RPG thing for some time (GMed my first session in 79) and have played every edition of D&D/Pathfinder. Despite my grognardian age, I've never been an edition warrior - every iteration of the game I love brought some new ideas that I enjoyed.

That said, D&D 5E didn't hold my interest for long (love what the game has done for the hobby but found it a bit too retro for my own personal preference).

Have learned that I like two styles of RPG - heavily narrative (this is when I bust out Blades in the Dark or Apocalypse World) and rules crunchy but without excessive bloat or "White Tower design" issues. Had been looking for an RPG that would fill that second niche when Pathfinder 2E released.

Is the game perfect? What system is . . .
But 10 sessions into a campaign set in my old homebrew D&D world me and my players are loving the game. The rules set and design philosophy are great - looking forward to test driving the upcoming ACG play test to see if that trend continues.

Just two coppers worth from an old gamer