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Finally had a chance to read through 1.1.
The product confuses me a little bit. The majority of the Pathfinder products are aimed at a DM. The Modules and Adventure Paths, etc. Sure there are a few things that Players might buy too, and a new subscription started for players, but overall the majority of the products are DM oriented.
But this new ruleset looks to be focused almost entirely on PHB info. Races, Classes, Skills, Feats, Spells, etc. Combat has a few pages, Running the game has a few pages. I was glad to see the bit on experience, for example.
As a DM, I really haven't felt that classes are all that broken. Building NPC's is a pain. This sort of addresses that but not enough. And even so, building monsters is broken too, and nothing much done here on that. Building encounters is broken at times, especially at higher levels. I don't see anything that helps with save or die and the power issues at higher levels.
This is a common problem that I've seen with some of the 3.5 add on products - they seem to focus almost everything on PHB variations. I'd like to see alot more DMG and MM "fixes" compared to the amount of pages devoted to the PHB.
Now, I don't need you folk to get all "but it has this, and it has that." Yes, I'm sure I missed this or that. Just giving a general impression that hopefully can help Jason et al think about some of the broader issues with 3.5 that they could address.
-Pete
Now, I don't need you folk to get all "but it has this, and it has that." Yes, I'm sure I missed this or that. Just giving a general impression that hopefully can help Jason et al think about some of the broader issues with 3.5 that they could address.
I am not trying to get all "but it has this, and it has that."
But I will say that Alpha 1.1 isn't anywhere near complete.
You are not seeing a lot of the stuff you want to see, not because it isn't in the Pathfinder RPG, but because it has been released for Alpha testing.
I suspect that in a few more "full" releases, not the .x releases, you will see more of what you are looking for.
I can't say the results will be what you want... But that is something else entirely.