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Hi all,

I'm part of an RPG group that's been around in the Seoul area since 2005. We usually play 2-3 campaigns at once, usually split 50/50 between various kinds of D&D and other games (usually FATE or WW games). Right now we have a 1ed game near Anyang and a game set in the Deadlands setting using Dresden Files FATE rules. We haven't played Pathfinder before, but if you're willing to GM you should be able to get a few players from us, since we've got a number of lurkers on our listserv.

If you're interested in more information email me at section8gaming@gmail.com or join or listserv at http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/section_8_games/ (note: Yahoogroups doesn't like you sending messages unless you join the listserv, in order to cut down on the spam).

My guess is that over the years the designers who created 3.5 modules had a hard time to take more and more power creep from WotC splat books into account without letting core 3.5 builds go to the slaughterhouse.

Right the more splatbooks you have the more your power will (tend) to go up. Although there are exceptions, such as stacks of splatbooks tempting people into the minefield that is 3.5ed multiclassing (for example the rogue/scout and the ranger/duskblade/arcane archer in my last campaign).

However, I don't see how boosting the power of the core classes helps with any of this at all, since splat book classes tend to be weaker than core classes.

Power boosted core + splat books is more of a power creep than
Original core + splat books

Daztur,

For what it's worth, when you write:

11. Hexblade
Closest core class equivalent: gish multiclass
Power level: much much much less powerful

I'd recommend comparing the Hexblade to the Ranger.

Hmmmm, that's a hard comparison to make since they use different spells lists and because there's such a big difference between twf rangers and archery rangers. Also favored enemy mechanics are situational enough to make a comparison hard.

*scratches head*

In any case, I don't think that hexblades are powerful enough to make it necessary to buff rangers in response :)

I guess that Jason had to take a middle ground as Pathfinder RPG needs to stand by itself, without any old WotC splat books.

Right, but why go out of your way to make WotC material less applicable?