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[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Pathfinder. For people that play D&D and think “I wish this had more complicated rules…”

But yes, that’s how crits work in Pathfinder - if you beat the target number by 10, that’s a crit success. Conversely, if you miss the target number by 10, that’s a crit fail.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For people that play D&D and think “I wish this had more complicated rules…”

2e generally has rules that are on par with 5e, or even simpler in many cases, just written in a way that makes them sound like a software development reference text. The number of times I've been "Ohhhh, they mean X! Why didn't they just say so?!?!?"

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn't say more complicated, more like "more complex rules"

[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I could try and get into a semantic argument about the difference between “more complicated” and “more complex”, but I won’t 😉

Full disclosure: I play Pathfinder. I haven’t touched D&D in years…

[–] Pooptimist@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Or pathfinder: for people who wish DnD had more balanced rules that they don't have to houserule/homebrew to make it good

[–] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I started with PF1E, so 5E kinda feels.. overly simple at times lol