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I think going back and remembering the core rules of the game is important here. On ivestigator's turn, the target has zero actions to use. Also, specific trumps general. Pointed Question is a specific circumstance that let's a target lie if they want. Regardless of what anyone may think the definition of a lie is, this ability specifically let's a target do it during the investigator's round if it wants to. Whether target tells truth or not, no actions, reactions, or official free actions are being taken by the target. If you wanna call it a free action, fine, but the ability doesn't say "this triggers a free action the target can use to blah blah blah." Pointed question simply just let's the target respond, and that response takes place during the investigator's turn (1 round). The target isn't using three actions it doesn't have to lie on the investigator's turn and then using three actions to lie again on its turn.

The ability is not OP or broken at all. It's just a cool way to make someone offguard without relying on teammates and possibly get some info while doing it. Kudos to the remaster buff.

I love the 2e balance and difficulty so far. PF1 characters are way OP, or the vanilla enemies are way UP, however you wanna look at it. Once you know the system, and especially if DM allows options from all sourcebooks, you can make a powerhouse character at any level. You get a whole party of veteran players and the encounter building rules no longer cut it, haha. I pretty much had to hand-craft every encounter, or at a minimum buff the enemies' base stats and/or HP. I love how now I can pull decent encounters right out of the book instead of having to always do extra work. I'd actually prefer if wounds were a little bit more difficult to get rid of, but even as is, it's still much better balanced than PF1. But I'm an old-school player and tend to make my games on the difficult side. I also play all my video games on hardest difficulty. I know a lot of people don't enjoy that style. It's hard to find a base setting that pleases everyone.