Mummelmann said:
Agreed, the 3.5 system lends itself a lot better to games like this with its sheer depth and breadth of choice. That's one of the reasons why I love Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous so much, the PF1 system is very similar to 3.5 and full of choice and breadth. The downside of it is the insane OP builds you can do by exploiting the mechanics (cough cough - my Halfling tank sporting 84AC at level 18...). |
Yeah, PF2e is much better system than DnD 5e, when you look at class/level based TTRPG systems. Though (as I said in that other conversation we had), I'd rather PF2e went away completely with DnD legacy of AC being determining factor of your defense, and went with skill based combat (like Hackmaster 5e did).
Of course, once you get rid of DnD completely, there's plethora of skilled based TTRPGs that, IMO, play much better than any DnD or its offshoots, but that comes down to personal preference of class/level based VS no class/no level based approaches.
Mnementh said:
I'm actually surprised how many play Pen&Paper here. I cannot say much to D&D5 (or4) as the last D&D I played was 3.5. I like Pathfinder too. And yes, friends of me also complain about more modern D&D, as apparently each class plays the same. but as I said, no personal experience here. |
Well, classes don't feel quite the same in 5e, but lot (if not most) of classes have magic in 5e, so that may be one of the reasons why people feel that way.
Problems of 5e are too numerous for this thread, but bottom line is that it becomes too simplistic for players very quickly (in a bad way) and DM tools are either bad or non existent, so you have to go to homebrew or make up your own if you're running any resemblance of actual world and not linear narrative campaigns.
As for Pen&Paper - there is nothing like it in my opinion. Devs can spend hundreds of millions of dollars for single video game RPG and yet well DM/GMed TTRPG campaign will trounce it for me every time due to how flexible DM can be and react to player actions. Eventually, there will be video game RPGs with AI DMs, so maybe that will change my feeling toward the balance of the two.