Is there a list of changes from 3.5 to pathfinder?

[Pluribus]

I'm rather familiar with D&D 3.5, but would like to run a pathfinder game. I don't think that reading through the entire rule set is called for, but the system seems peppered with small but significant changes. Is there a list somewhere of these changes? I'm not talking about micro details like how tower sheilds are treated, but things that are important to character creation and such.

[Cheapy]

This will be a good but long start.

There are some "summations" of everything later on in the thread.

[Carbon D. Metric]

The rules you are looking for can be found and downloaded here.

[TriOmegaZero]

Pluribus wrote:

I don't think that reading through the entire rule set is called for...

I have to disagree. :(

[Jlin]

I would have to agree with TriOmegaZero. There are a lot of changes that are very important and essential to a well balanced game. Some may seem small but keep balance very well. Its also worth getting a refresher on all of the rules. When I read the core book I realized I was doing quite a few things different then even the 3.5 rules, either out of misreading in the past or simply because of the years between readings.

[Pluribus]

While I suppose a refresher isn't uncalled for I also wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything if my eyes glazed over while relearning what a base attack bonus is. I'll probably get to doing that soon enough.

In the meantime, thank you Carbon, that PDF seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

The forum thread looks useful, but long, very long. I'll get around to it ;)

[Carbon D. Metric]

Pluribus wrote:

While I suppose a refresher isn't uncalled for I also wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything if my eyes glazed over while relearning what a base attack bonus is. I'll probably get to doing that soon enough.

In the meantime, thank you Carbon, that PDF seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

The forum thread looks useful, but long, very long. I'll get around to it ;)

Np, don't forget if you ever have any questions about anything these messageboards are always here. Just make sure you do a quick search to see if your question has already been answered.

[Sekret_One]

As someone who also transitioned from 3.5 to pathfinder, I'd safely say that a full read is in order. They really did do a lot of tweaks and low alterations, sometimes subtle but pervasive. A comprehensive list of changes would actually be really really long.

A lot of the weird exception rules got standardized. Overall, it makes some pretty big changes.

Still trip up sometimes and do something wrong because of 3.5 confusion.