| DargonSwift |
I'm not looking foreward to 4e at all, though I was at first. The more I hear about it now, the less I'm interested in making the change to 4e, so the news of the Pathfinder rules was exciting. I'd actually been considering throwing in the towel with D&D. I've always been impressed with the quality of Paizo's products, from their modules to their GameMastery game aids. They've never let me down yet, unlike WotC.
I loved everything I read in the alpha rules. They spiced up each class, keeping them familiar while adding a little something new and exciting. I loved the changes to the races, especially half-human variants, and the little bonus from favored classes. Now half-elves and half-orcs look fun.
I was a little ambivilent about the dropping of SP and their new skill system, but I do like the simplicity of it.
I loved the new turning system. Its so intuitive and meshes with existing game mechanics. I was amazed no one had come up with it already. Anything that eliminates silly little charts is great. Turning was always such a bother before, and the extra healing ability should really help the cleric players (The changes to cleric is one of the things I hated the most about 4e).
Keep up the good work guys. I am eagerly anticipating the rest of the classes and races. I'm starting a new campaign in a couple of weeks and I'd love to use the Pathfinder rules for it.
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