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I am confused if the ability to cast spells with a musical instrumant if that means any preform skill or just an instrument

simple answer you use mental masks to manipulate a corrupt king/ ruler into helping people and generally manipulate people in many ways

DM Alistair wrote:

"It doesn't feel like D&D!" What is D&D? Original was literally "dungeon crawl and try to rob monsters of loot," Basic much the same. But the game evolved and began to be more narrative-focused as the years went on because more people joined in and became invested in the game.

This is an untruth I never get tired of shooting down. Sure, there were a lot of dungeon crawls, but I played in plenty of intense role-playing sessions with world-spanning political intrigue and small character moments in OD&D. We were not just banging rocks together and had in fact read actual literature and knew how it worked.

DM Alistair wrote:

Saying 4e (or 5e in some people's cases) isn't D&D just makes no sense because 3e certainly does NOT feel like Original or Basic or Advanced D&D! And I remember the massive RAGE people had at it because of that!

I don't. Every D&D gamer I knew loved 3e when it came out. Most of us had grown tired of 2e and many had moved on to other systems. I recall no edition wars when 3e debuted.

Also, 4e never felt like D&D to me. 5e does, but I like Pathfinder (and Paizo) better.

DM Alistair wrote:

Change is not bad! I certainly wish more people had given 4e an actual chance because it was good! And 5e is just crushing it sales wise and play wise (look at the number of games people are looking for it/running it on Roll20 or in numerous gamefinder forums across the net)!

Nothing untrue about what you're saying here. But many (I suspect nearly all) Pathfinder players -are- Pathfinder players because they enjoy the less-streamlined and more complex rules. Those who don't are 5e players for the most part. I don't care if Pathfinder is the biggest. I just want it to be the game I like to play.

DM Alistair wrote:

Pathfinder needs to innovate or it will die.

Agreed! I'm looking forward to it!

DM Alistair wrote:

Like others have said, the massive rules bloat can make making a character daunting and the massive

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may I say I am new to pathfinder and I prefer pathfinder not because it is more complex I like it more because it has more variety in classes and variants to it then 5e

I am still hoping for a mesmerist convert and a rework of shaman/medium yet the backgrounds and more reworks seem really interesting

The only time i would use a combat scabard like weapon is a sword cane sheathed so you can quickly hit someone than draw the blade and stab them