With my new PathfinderRPG beta, I have noticed a small problem with the existing Adventure paths. Even on the "Fast" experience progression, characters using the PathfinderRPG will fall behind the expected levels.
Here is what I mean (I can't quite get the spacing right)
D&D - PFRPG
1 - 1
2 - 1
3 - 2
4 - 4
5 - 5
6 - 6
7 - 6
8 - 7
9 - 8 (Here is where the trouble starts)
10 - 8
11 - 9
12 - 9
13 - 10
14 - 10
15 - 11
As you can see the Pathfinder character will fall seriously behind at the 3rd book in the adventure path; which is usually when the character would pass level 7.
I am not sure how to resolve this, short of looking for a couple of higher level adventures that I could drop in to "chatch" the characters up.
With my new PathfinderRPG beta, I have noticed a small problem with the existing Adventure paths. Even on the "Fast" experience progression, characters using the PathfinderRPG will fall behind the expected levels.
How did you do this calculation?
How did you do this calculation?With my new PathfinderRPG beta, I have noticed a small problem with the existing Adventure paths. Even on the "Fast" experience progression, characters using the PathfinderRPG will fall behind the expected levels.
Go to page 22 of the 3.5 Player's Handbook.
This has the "Table 3-2: Experience and Level-Dependent Benefits."Go to page 13 of the PathfinderRPG beta.
This has the "Table 4-1: Experience and Level-Dependent Benefits."
Find what level the character would be if he/she had the experience required for the D&D level and find what level that character would be in Pathfinder.
Before 8th level, the Pathfinder character is a little slower at most levels (even using the "Fast" progression), but above 8th level he/she will slow down dramatically.
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Find what level the character would be if he/she had the experience required for the D&D level and find what level that character would be in Pathfinder.
XP is rewarded differently in Pathfinder. To be certain, you'd have to add up the encounters. Not that I'd recommend actually going through and doing this.
Find what level the character would be if he/she had the experience required for the D&D level and find what level that character would be in Pathfinder.XP is rewarded differently in Pathfinder. To be certain, you'd have to add up the encounters. Not that I'd recommend actually going through and doing this.
Is it? Can you give me a page reference? :)
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Is it? Can you give me a page reference? :)Find what level the character would be if he/she had the experience required for the D&D level and find what level that character would be in Pathfinder.XP is rewarded differently in Pathfinder. To be certain, you'd have to add up the encounters. Not that I'd recommend actually going through and doing this.
Found it. Page 291, chart on 292.
Is it? Can you give me a page reference? :)
Found it. Page 291, chart on 292.
You are correct. Compairing the numbers produces some interresting results the other way.
In D&D 3.5, a group of four characters of Lvl 10 encountering a CR 10 opponent would receive 3,000 experience, or 750 per character. (3.5 Dungeon Master's Guide p. 38)
In Pathfinder RPG, a group of four characters of Lvl 10 encountering a CR 10 opponent would receive 9,600 experience, or 2,400 per character. (Pathfinder RPG Beta p. 293)
In other words, the Pathfinder character is getting over 3x the amount of experience for the same encounter!
So, clearly my initial read was wrong. :(
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In other words, the Pathfinder character is getting over 3x the amount of experience for the same encounter!
Note, however, that - particularly with the removal of XP costs from the Pathfinder RPG - the only way the number matters is in terms of its relationship to the amount of XP needed for the next level. In that regard, they should be both roughly 1/13 of the difference between the amount of XP needed for level 10 and the amount needed for level 11.