Paizo hates on Wizards because Wizards tried to wreck them with the OGL fiasco. It's just more identity distancing. They'd probably do away with it entirely if they could.
Search Posts
I think this is a case of "if it isn't broke, don't fix it." I strongly feel that less attributes would only serve to make characters more homogeneous and less interesting. I also think that the current terminology is quite clear in describing a character's various qualities. Many of the alternative names proposed above would require more explanation to come with them as they don't strike me as being as intuitively appropriate.
Help me understand how to build a good DPS psychic Step 1) Start with the sorcerer class. Step 2) Describe it as a psychic. Easy money!
The game is far easier for people to learn than past iterations. There may be more rules, but they are far simpler and better written. What's more, there are far more useful tools and resources to help one play the game. We have it better than ever before. The player base, on the other hand, has grown far more dependent on hand-holding, railroading, and general GM coddling. Social media, poor parenting, failing school systems, divisive politics, and the constant social campaigns to destroy the nuclear family are causing society in general to devolve to Idiocracy levels of helplessness. Back in my day people could think past the immediate consequences of their actions, could see through their initial emotional outbursts and produce something resembling a logical thought process, and often took the initiative to find things out or get things done, rather than screaming into the aether that no one was taking care of their every need. |