Gamers rise up.

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]
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    3 years ago

    Yes. My group started out with 3.5 then moved to PF and when we looked back at 3.5 it was like, "How did we ever put up with this?" Not to riff too hard on it but like for example, 3.5 Barbarian gets some cool stuff at level 1, and then basically a bunch of garbage until like level 11, and they don't make a single decision in the entire progression, so mechanically every barbarian is pretty much exactly the same. Pathfinder Barbarians get rage powers which make the progression more natural and gives some options for customization. Pathfinder gives everyone more stuff, and while I can understand that some people prefer a lower power level, there's a lot more "dead" levels in 3.5 where you don't really get anything, which is pretty frustrating.

    Personally, I'd say skip PF and go straight to 5E because I think it's a smoother, more balanced system, but if you do like 3.5, you'll probably also like PF because it's very similar but improves some stuff.

    • Des [she/her, they/them]
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      3 years ago

      i stick with 3.5 because years ago i pirated the complete collection of all the books lol. i haven't messed with the torrent scene in awhile so i haven't had a chance to look at the 5e books and refuse to buy them.