D&D Player tries to decipher Exotic Pathfinder 2e System

Levi Brown has been playing Dungeons & Dragons 5^th Edition for several years now, and is just starting to dip their toes into the strange and terrifying world of Pathfinder’s Second Edition. “With whatever OneD&D is going to turn out to be coming down the line, I thought I might as well see what other D&Ds out there were like,” the player said, thumbing their way through the book. “It’s all so big and strange. I opened the book and all I saw were these alien phrases like AC and DC and proficiency. Like, feats are just a part of the game, instead of pretending they’re an optional rule? I don’t get it.”

It took some time before Brown realized that they were reading the Pathfinder 2e Remastered edition, and they were thrown into an entirely new realm of confusion. “You’re telling me that they removed alignment?” They shook their head. “I’m trying to wrap my head around a D&D game that doesn’t care about fitting my character’s entire personality into a three-by-three grid, and I’m just hitting this wall. I’ve invested a lot of time in collecting alignment memes.”

Brown was further disappointed to discover that if they want to run the latest version of Pathfinder, they’ll need to buy several books for players and themselves to get the whole experience. “I’m not going crazy, right? This feels like a cash grab. What’s so special about your system that I need three books to even start playing the game?” Brown finally put the book down. “I think I’ll just stick with 5e for now. At least with D&D I know that there’s a proprietary license that allows for independent creators to add to the game. That way I know that any holes in the system can be filled by people who are passionate about the game.”