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I am 48, a casual player (about ten hours per month), and I have heavily invested in Pathfinder material. I have been collecting Pathfinder stuff for almost five years, but have only recently begun to put it to good use. I have a somewhat limited knowledge of old school D&D. Played it from the Red Box, but never as much as I would have liked.
I will be sticking to Pathfinder, quite possibly forever, at least when I DM with my playgroup. (Not looking to stir up that debate, just saying.)
I have spent a lot of time lately thinking about how I wish to craft my game. My players are almost all casual and inexperienced, so there is a good amount of wiggle room to create the game as I wish it to be. As we wish it to be. My players are energetic, but so far very easy as far as rules and how they are applied. In short, my table is a fresh start and a clean slate.
Currently, as I sift through the mountains of material that I have, I am trying to find and focus on those elements of the game that I like the best.
So far, without doubt, the one thing that I love best about Pathfinder is the Bestiaries, and specifically the monster stat blocks. I have little doubt that these tomes alone will keep my group going with this version for quite some time. I feel that the monster stat blocks are well developed, and easy to use and when necessary, adapt. Also that the monsters are all unique within the statistical framework, crafted to be what they are supposed to be, and outfitted with the power and abilities that they should have.
In other words, the Bestiaries and the monsters within are awesome and definitely to my liking.
Which all and all is a very easy one to single out and shout about.
So....I would love to hear from long time players what rules, mechanics, tables, charts, etc are tried and true and loved the most.
Also feel free to add house rules, including those that modify an existing by the book rule.
Also, I am equally interested in 3rd party material as well as stock PF material. (I have a fairly extensive Frog God collection going as well.)
It is worth mentioning that I fully expect my game to be heavily modified as it develops.
I would prefer to keep it positive. If I get some feedback that really helps, maybe I will start another thread focusing on what doesn't work for other DMs and players.
Thank you for your input.