Sell PfRPG to someone who's never heard of 3.x

[joela]

You're at your FLGS or bookstore, browsing and drooling over the Pathfinder RPG. A stranger approaches you and asks you about the massive tome. S/he knows about tabletop rpgs but not Pathfinder. How'd you persuade him to consider the game if:

1) The last system s/he played was Dungeons and Dragons 2nd edition or earlier.

2) S/he has only played Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition.

3) S/he has never played any version of Dungeons and Dragons.

NOTE: S/he is not interested in OOP books or illegal pdfs.

[LazarX]

You don't. You invite them study the material and make thier own choices. Answer any questions, but unless you're the bookseller, it's not your buisness to try to preach or make a hard sell for Pathfinder or any other game system.

And just because Pathfinder is right for you and right for me, does not mean that it's right for everyone. There's room for more than one style of game play, more than one system, and more than one company.