For those with the book, what Starfinder rules do you think could be a decent improvement over the Pathfinder methods? Are (m)any of them useable as modular changes, or are they too tied into the overall system to be feasible as plug and play changes to Pathfinder?
I like the ability score generation system a lot.
Which basically boils down to:
Every starts with a 10 in every stat
Normal race adjustment like Pathfinder
Theme adjustment (which equates to 1 point increase to any ability score)
Then 10 point buy (with 1 for 1 cost), and you can't sell scores down to get points back (though you can start with a lower score just to have a disadvantage if you want).
Scores max out at 18 to start with.
Alright I'll be honest, I think Pathfinder should just have a cap that you can't start with higher than 18 in a score.
Starfinder got rid of a lot of numebers creep that was present in Pathfinder, and I'm a big fan.
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I like the ability score generation system a lot.
Which basically boils down to:
Every starts with a 10 in every stat
Normal race adjustment like Pathfinder
Theme adjustment (which equates to 1 point increase to any ability score)
Then 10 point buy (with 1 for 1 cost), and you can't sell scores down to get points back (though you can start with a lower score just to have a disadvantage if you want).Scores max out at 18 to start with.
Alright I'll be honest, I think Pathfinder should just have a cap that you can't start with higher than 18 in a score.
Starfinder got rid of a lot of numbers creep that was present in Pathfinder, and I'm a big fan.
That seems a little bit on the low side. For comparison, 4d6 drop lowest would on average get you 18 points for the Pathfinder method. That would result in 6x13 for Pathfinder versus 5x12 for Starfinder. Ofcourse, spending 5 points to get an 18 is a pretty good deal...
You can't compare Pathfinder point buy to Starfinder point buy because Starfinder is a 1 for 1 point buy, while Pathfinder is not.
You can achieve a reasonable set character stats consisting of:
18 16 11 10 10 8, which is equivalent to a 16 point buy.
And as a mentioned, Starfinder has reduced number creep and I'm a big fan of this. Smaller numbers across the board for everything everywhere.