| dan hounsell |
Hi, hope someone out there can help. I've been playing RPG's for years (Warhammer FRPG, Rune/hero quest, Lord of the Rings etc) but have never played (A)D&D (weird, I know!). I managed to stumble across the pathfinder site/system and it looks pretty cool, but I am a bit confused. Is it designed to be a standalone game or, effectively, a rules update for D&D 3.5, a D&D 3.75 if you will. The reason I ask is that the pathfinder rule book appears to be full of gaps - gaps that I assume are filled by the core D&D 3.5 system. For example the rulebook refers to multi class and prestige class charaters but does not explain what these are or how to generate them. There are no monsters! Anywhere! The rules say that each character starts with a number of GP's to buy kit - but no-where does it say how you generate these GP's and there is no price list for anything. Also acronyms such as CR and APL are banded about without any explanation as to what these are. The system looks and feels very good but, unless I am being dim, it appears that you need this new rules system plus all of the D&D 3.5 rules to actually be able to play it properly. Is this right. Aplogies if I am being dim but hey I am new to this system!