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Last I heard, the top three selling RPGs are D&D, Pathfinder, and FFG Star Wars (which seems to be on a hiatus). I do not own Pathfinder and I've never played it. I've read that Pathfinder 1e was a d20 OGL fantasy game and unofficially D&D 3.75. I presume Starfinder is a science fantasy game compatible with Pathfinder 1e. I guess there is now Pathfinder 2e but I do not know if this is still d20, or it technically is but they have evolved the game system in ways that D&D hasn't, or if it is a whole new game system.
Does anyone know anything about these games? Are they good? What can you tell us about the book production value, game system, and setting? I'm curious.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Trying out Starfinder now. It's pretty much Pathfinder... IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!! |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Ray wrote: | | Trying out Starfinder now. It's pretty much Pathfinder... IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!!! |
Probably even more so than WotC Star Wars was D&D... in space. Pathfinder/Starfinder is probably more like how Dragonstar (d20) is D&D... in space.
So Ray, what do you think about Pathfinder?
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Ray
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| Whill wrote: | | So Ray, what do you think about Pathfinder? |
It's D&D 3.75, and a decent system.
I had a group of older folks RPGing for the first time ever and, after some teething issues and a reason why you are damned careful with the Grease Spell, were able to grab it with both hands and love it. |
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oh I recall flipping through a copy of starfinder and noticed it has 20 LEVELS OF LASER PISTOLS! Rap your brain around that. Instead of trying to vcome with a game mechanic to handle hit point creep Piazo was just "Screw it lets just make 20 experience level appropriate versions of every ranged weapon."
On top of that their modern firearms are actually less effective against archaic armor than the black powder firearms in Pathfinder.
So ya after that skim and trying out an organized play session were I was looking for something for my techie class PC to do during the space craft battle. I asked could I jam our opponent's sensors and told yes, BUUTTTT....my PC's exp lvl wasn't high enough.
And so my brief interest in Starfinder ended. D20 Scifi has been done way better. |
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Thanks for the feedback, Brain. Yeah, I didn't find any inspiration in Starfinder's game system or stats. It really helped with fluff for an insectile species I am creating, and it does have some great art. It's still the only Pathfinder-related product I have, and probably ever will have. I have tons of D&D stuff and I'll probably never play those games again. I doubt I'd ever play Pathfinder/Starfinder, but who knows? Never say never.
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I haven't played Starfinder, but I find its fluff interesting.
I played Pathfinder for about a year before the COVID pandemic forced me to stop. I enjoyed playing a cleric thoroughly, but I've shifted my attention to Star Trek Adventures and Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (both by Modiphius) since then. Not that I'm in an actual group for either of them, I just enjoy reading the fluff (for now).
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| Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 8:02 pm Post subject: Starfinder Bundle Deals |
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The Starfinder Core Rulebook Pocket Edition was too small of print for me to read easily and I got tired of trying to use a magnifying bookmark to read it, so I ordered the normal version a while back.
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https://www.humblebundle.com/books/starfinder-bugbuster-bundle-from-paizo-books
This is a limited time bundle deal for Starfinder. There are three all-PDF bundles valued at $5, $10, and $25. The $10 bundle includes the $5 bundle, and the $25 includes all the PDFs. (There is also a $35 bundle that has all the PDFs and adds a physical book, but that book is not the core rules.) I went ahead and got the $25 bundle which is 37 items. The $5 bundle includes the Core Rulebook PDF.
The bundles are only going to be available until next weekend. A portion of the proceeds goes to charity. You do have to create a Paizo.com account to redeem the bundles and download everything.
From what I've seen so far, Starfinder products have some great art and good fluff, so it may be useful for your Star Wars game.
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