What do I keep and what do I throw away?


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What do I keep and what do I throw away?


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From what selection of choices and what are your preference parameters?

Verdant Wheel

Ok I'll go.

Keep books with interesting ideas for DMing future games that you wouldn't mind translating.

Purge the rest.


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I'll take your first edition books. How much do you need in postage?


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I still have all my AD&D books and modules, though some of the modules have some damage.


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Throw away the old bookshelf, you'll need a bigger one.
Keep everything else.


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rwglaub wrote:
What do I keep and what do I throw away?

Ultimately, everyone's different. For me, a whole bunch of PF1 stuff I'd never used was a barrier to me enjoying PF2 so I ditched it. For others, it's valuable (either as a reference to plunder in future games, a recollection of past games or to keep the options open). It's pretty hard to give anyone else advice.

I kept barely anything. War For The Crown (which I really want to run one day) and a handful of campaign sourcebooks that I'll probably hold unread for a few years and then give away later. There's also a few collector edition things (signed by staff and so on) that are in their spot.

Dark Archive

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I've still got all my 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition AD&D stuff, so, yeah.

Marie Kondo, I abjure thee!

Verdant Wheel

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Set wrote:

I've still got all my 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition AD&D stuff, so, yeah.

Marie Kondo, I abjure thee!

The only relevant question is: Does this spark joy?

My old 1st ed stuff did not...


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Throw away vibrating Emus, keep dragons as pets.

(did I get the topic right?)


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I have everything P1. I am moving in a month. What will be replaced?


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Don't throw anything away.

My 2nd Edition D&D is beautifully illustrated and has inspiring ideas...even if I have to adapt it to new rules.

I wish I kept all of it.


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scary harpy wrote:

My 2nd Edition D&D is beautifully illustrated and has inspiring ideas...even if I have to adapt it to new rules.

I wish I kept all of it.

What is your THAC0 and your save vs spells and effects that do not allow a save? :P


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The PFRPG1 campaign books are all still valid. The stat-based stuff will be off. But it still has info on the organizations, gods, geography.

I still like to get evil ideas from my Book of Vile Darkness. Sure, it stopped being rules viable a few months ago, but the concepts are still just as creepy.

Find space in your attic. Keep all of it.

Dark Archive

In the keep it all column I ran into a guy who started doing PFS locally a few years ago as returning to a hobby in retirement. He hadn't played since the 80's.

Dark Archive

All the lore books are still relevant in 2e, perhaps even more than in 1e in a way :p(because its unlikely ALL the lore will ever be reprinted in 2e)

Plus its fun stuff to read anyway


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I still have a stack of 2nd edition books. Like hell I'll throw away PF1 books!


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PossibleCabbage wrote:
I still have all my AD&D books and modules, though some of the modules have some damage.

LOL I have my original D&D Set booklets for chainmail, every printed dragon magazine, basic set through 4e d&d and a complete pathfinder 1e collection. When I die, they'll have to get a coffin large enough to fit it all in because I'm taking them with me! ;)


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You people are absolutely no help at all. All I weant is a straight answer. What will be replaced?


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rwglaub wrote:
All I weant is a straight answer. What will be replaced?

Keep an eye on the official Release Schedule, linked at the bottom of every page. No one knows the answer to your question except Paizo staff, and they only discuss material that has been officially announced.

Release Schedule


rwglaub wrote:
All I weant is a straight answer.

What makes you think it wasn't a straight answer: IMO nothing is wasted. I could pull out my OD&D Supplement, Gods, Demi-gods & Heroes and convert info/items or I can pull out Scourge of the Slave Lords or The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan and run them with a bit of conversion. I can say the same with anything I have from PF1.

rwglaub wrote:
What will be replaced?

Who knows? All I can tell you is that ALL of it will be of some use if only for the lore, descriptions and background information. Only the people making the books could give you a definitive answer and they most likely could only give you a limited answer based on what's already in the pipeline.


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rwglaub wrote:
You people are absolutely no help at all. All I weant is a straight answer. What will be replaced?

If you never plan on running PF1 again, you could throw it all out.

Or, you could keep everything but the CRB, and pillage the rest for ideas.

Both are options, but I'm still keeping my CRB and PF1 stuff.


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rwglaub wrote:
You people are absolutely no help at all. All I weant is a straight answer. What will be replaced?

What does that even mean?

On the one hand, PF2 is a completely different game, and other than lore material, nothing from PF1 is (directly) usable in PF2. If you are planning on playing PF2, effectively all of your PF1 material except lore is superfluous and should be disposed of.

On the other hand, PF1 is a completely different game. If you're going to at some point potentially play PF1 again, nothing from PF2 is directly usable in PF1. All of your PF1 material should be kept to draw upon.

You can't look at it as "the APG for PF2 will have the witch in it, so I no longer need to keep APG for PF1 which had the witch". Keeping the APG 1 doesn't do your PF2 games any good.

Other than the setting, these are two completely different games.

Note: I'm not claiming things can't be converted, but odds are if you were going to convert material, you wouldn't be asking about replacing material.


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graystone wrote:
PossibleCabbage wrote:
I still have all my AD&D books and modules, though some of the modules have some damage.
LOL I have my original D&D Set booklets for chainmail, every printed dragon magazine, basic set through 4e d&d and a complete pathfinder 1e collection. When I die, they'll have to get a coffin large enough to fit it all in because I'm taking them with me! ;)

Amen to that! :)

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