A fundamental problem with PFRPG, where I think PFRPG 2e should go

[Evil Lincoln]

Kthulhu wrote:

KaeYoss wrote:

Hobbun wrote:

Who knows, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe Pathfinder 2e and beyond will all be compatible. But just from history, I don’t see that being the case.

History doesn't apply. Paizo is the kind of company that learns from history, instead of having to repeat it.

Like the fact that in 2000, 3.X became the biggest success for the game since 1E when they basically threw the entire existing system away and made a new one from Rolemaster and FUDGE?

FIFY

[thebwt]

Evil Lincoln wrote:

Kthulhu wrote:

If the 4E change was enough for you to consider a new game, then I have to ask why you don't consider 3E a different game from the editions prior to it, as it changed just as much about the system as the 3E => 4E transition did.

Yeah, I have no ill-will toward 4e at all, and would play it if somebody ran it for me, and yet I do consider it to be a different game from the earlier editions.

Here's the main reason: Magic.

Magic is a completely pervasive part of the game, and 4e changes it fundamentally.

The presentation changed, but really, Kthulhu is right (imo). We can use 4e monster in 3.xe just as much as we can use 3.xe monsters in ad&d. While the format for everything is different, it really isn't that different.