Subject: MYSTARA-L Digest - 5 Jul 2010 to 6 Jul 2010 (#2010-13) From: MYSTARA-L automatic digest system Date: 07/07/2010, 20:03 To: MYSTARA-L@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM Reply-to: Mystara RPG Discussion There is 1 message totalling 68 lines in this issue. Topics of the day: 1. Pathfinder, what is... ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 11:08:20 -0300 From: Vinicius Rodrigues de Moraes Subject: Re: Pathfinder, what is... Thanks, gentlemen !Well, I like the idea! I'm going to take a look at both! Darkblood has been, like myself, playing 3.X* in Mystara. DB, are you there? * He is playing 3.0; me, 3.5. The both of us don't care much for rules though - we are much more interested in rolepalying. Cheers! ---------------------- Vini Not sent from my iPhone On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Eric Anondson wrote: > On Jul 5, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > > > Paizo used to make Dragon and Dungeon until Hasbro pulled the plug. As > Hasbro ditched DnD like system, and went to 4e (which IMHO is more like a > video game on paper), Paizo took the mantle and continued the evolution of > DnD3.5e. Some are calling it 3.6e or 3.75e. > > > > There's MM, DMG, and PH type of books and many adventures. I like their > system actually, cleaned up a lot of structural flaws with prior system. > > Paizo took the mantle of 3.x because it meant bankruptcy as a company and > unemployment in the game industry otherwise. > > I'm preferring the toolbox of fixes in Trailblazer more than the rules of > Pathfinder as an evolution of 3.x. They could have gone further to fix some > serious flaws, big, IMO, chickened out (I say that affectionately) in order > to maximize compatibility with existing 3.5 products. Where Pathfinder has a > greater success, IMO, is in the tremendous level of adventure support for > its rules. > > I know a bunch of people who have bought the $5 Trailblazer 180 page .pdf > and mined it for patches to their Pathfinder games. > > I just started a Trailblazer-inspired 3.x game set in Karameikos a couple > weeks ago. > > > Eric Anondson > ******************************************************************** > The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp > The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com > To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM > with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. > ******************************************************************** The Other Worlds Homepage: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/OtherWorlds.asp The Mystara Homepage: http://www.pandius.com To unsubscribe, send email to LISTSERV@ORACLE.WIZARDS.COM with UNSUB MYSTARA-L in the body of the message. ------------------------------ End of MYSTARA-L Digest - 5 Jul 2010 to 6 Jul 2010 (#2010-13) *************************************************************