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Pathfinder Read-through – Chapter 2: Races

This is the first real “meat” chapter in the Pathfinder RPG book, and it’s a short one. Still, it gives a flavor for what is to come from a game design point of view. The chapter opens with seven individuals who can probably divide up 7% body fat between them. I’m not sure if that’s…

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Pathfinder Read-through – Chapter 1: Getting Started

Actually, I’ll start with the Table of Contents. Sixteen Chapters, about 572 pages to the index; compare GURPS Basic Set, Fourth Edition at . . . 569. Coincidence? I think not! The first chapter is preceded by the Introduction, which is about what forces led to Pathfinder as a game. That’s an interesting read, and…

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Pathfinder read-through: Here we go/prelude

Over the next few days/weeks, I’ll be reading through the Pathfinder rules cover-to-cover and making comments. This serves two purposes – a very long series of blog entries, which since I like to post something fresh every day or so, is nice to have a go-to source for something to write. Also, I’ll be comparing…