wow. I can't express how depressing I have found this thread. I am an old school D&D player and I love Pathfinder, but this has really struck a blow against my love of the game. I am not speaking out against anyone in particular, viewpoints have been expressed clearly and without malice. However, what I walk away with is that Pathfinder is seriously broken. The skill system, one of the main hallmarks of d20 (3rd edition D&D) and one of the elements that I really liked, has made my favorite class, the thief (rogue, whatever), pointless. I always just kind of smiled to myself when I heard players talking about how rogues were the weakest class because I told myself that it was just because they didn't know how to play one well. But I have just read a whole slew of great arguments proving me wrong, they are mechanically inferior to the other classes and their main functions may easily be subsumed by those other classes. I really shouldn't have read this thread. |
