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So excited to see Cheliax finally re-unified and these upstarts like Andoran, Molthune, Isger, and Ravounel shown their place and brought back into the fold.

Also can't wait to watch my players' who joined the Hellknights in Age of Ashes defending their keep once again.

If only it were coming to a better platform and/or distribution channel. Why Steam? Ugh.

With Paizo's strong support of Open Gaming, it's sad to hear the games are only available through the DRM factory...

I've never really liked the "spell slots" approach. It seems too contrived*. The most elegant system, to me, is something like Harnmaster's: every spell is a skill, your mastery of that skill (a number between roughly 0 and something a bit over 100) defines how good you are at casting the spell; casting a spell makes you tired; when you get too tired, your spells start to misfire; misfire is bad.

* this is especially true with the two classes in this book, where you only have slots in your two highest spell levels, any you used to have in lower levels disappear when you gain levels. That's almost as bad as "once you cast a spell you forget how to cast it until you get a good night's sleep", which is just plain silly IMO.

Really, anyone who thinks spell slots are too contrived really should just go read (hopefully re-read) "The Dying Earth" by Jack Vance. This magic system has specific literary roots (some classic D&D spell names like 'Prismatic Spray' are lifted directly from that book) and makes perfect sense within that literary context.

Vancian magic is awesome, reflecting one of the most well-developed and thoroughly documented magic systems found in early (pre-video-game) fantasy literature and is core to the roots of Pathfinder (and all D&D versions or D&D clones).

(tiny excerpt) "Mazirian stroked his chin... Later, when black night lay across the forest, he would seek through his books for spells to guard him through the unpredictable glades. They would be poignant corrosive spells, of such a nature that one would daunt the brain of an ordinary man. Mazirian, by dint of stringent exercise, could encompass four of the most formidable, or six of the lesser spells."

I think a 20 level core class, should support many roleplay concepts.

Surkin

Strange, I think the cavalier can support pretty much anything you want that is mounted. I'm currently playing a "Highwayman" (Dragon Cavalier w/ Oath of Greed armed using a Musket as his primary weapon) in a playtest group of all evil characters...

I don't think "Aurthurian Knight" is a limitation here at all.