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January 19, 2023

Behind the Screens: Pathfinder 2e

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This week, the 2 crew delves into the world of Pathfinder 2e.

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lauren · January 21, 2026

Relistening this to prepare to play in my first Pathfinder session early next month!

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Kurgaah · January 18, 2026

Bought the first 3 core books for Pathfinder 2E after listening to this

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Mike Y · January 15, 2026

shout out to my man Caldwell for a SOLID Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer, reference

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Hoid · November 23, 2025

I love when Murph started they rolling and choosing what to do in voice😂

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Camilla Jefferson · August 16, 2025

would love a campaign with these characters

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Vincent Aguilar · May 14, 2023

Very late to the party here, but: Don’t know much about Pathfinder except for playing that Wrath of the Righteous game on PC. Gotta tell ya, as a fan of DnD style PC games, it’s probably my favorite (next to Baldur’s Gate 2) and I highly recommend it to anyone who likes that stuff. A lot of it has to do with character creation/progression, it’s so much fun and CRUNCHY.

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Joe D’Antonio · April 1, 2023

In my mind Emily is reading all of this from a scroll

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A Tiny Living Room · February 25, 2023

Ready for a Pathfinder campaign with NADDPOD. A one shot would be nice, but man I'd love to listen to Emily play PF2e

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Andrew Aziz · January 31, 2023

Loved this all so much!! I really want to learn pathfinder myself now! The characters y’all made in the short rest too were so creative and fun!! Looking forward to more pathfinder 2e content from y’all!!

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caustic-laz · January 31, 2023

I really love the insane feat selection most of all tbh. The fact you can specialize in specific subskills, like Arcana(Planar), and schools like Conjuration, means I can finally live out my perfect power fantasy. Being able to teleport at will with basically no issues.

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BeanCurdHero · January 30, 2023

This may be my favorite format of any show. I would listen to Emily talk about rules all day, just an insanely solid overview of this system and the energy was infectious. Really really fun ep, would love more of this and would legit subscribe to a higher teir to get more of this kind of stuff.

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William Bowen · January 30, 2023

Worth noting is Pathfinder 2e owns my favorite classes of all time including Magus, Summoner, and Oracle

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ZZYZZXX · January 28, 2023

That sleepover to a new church analogy was the best way to describe how listening to this felt

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Emily · January 27, 2023

Hope you end up doing a one shot (or more) for pathfinder 2e! Great listen. 🙂

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Rohan Kallianpur · January 27, 2023

Would really love to listen to you guys play some Pathfinder 2e one-shots or mini campaigns!

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Thadius Walgamott · January 27, 2023

Please play a campaign of pathfinder that would be amazing

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Lauren Boys · January 25, 2023

Olaf dies in Pathfinder 2

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Alexis Rausch · January 24, 2023

Literally listening to this while weighing out bone collagen - I am a bone oracle

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WolfRunner · January 24, 2023

My DnD group is ditching 5e and moving to Pathfinder 2e. I am really nervous... but they made it fun helping me switch over.... still nervous but wow the timing of this ep!

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Faith · January 23, 2023

Bon mot gave me major bahn mi and bone moat flashbacks

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Sanjay Ramsamooj · January 24, 2023

Bon mot is actually what Brennan was talking about in the bahn mi episode

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Noah Smith · January 23, 2023

Haven’t listened to the short rest yet but jakes character literally sounds like deidara from naruto shippuden

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Jess Wagoner · January 23, 2023

There are soooo many comments so likely someone mentioned this already, but regarding making 20s and 1s still feel special, PF2E does have critical and fumble decks which can add an extra fun effect to these occurrences. Also I'll admit I'm a PF2E convert and really like a lot of the aspects of the game discussed in this episode, especially character progression from level to level.

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Bungeon Dastard · January 23, 2023

Would love more and would love to see some oneshots using other game systems!

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S Koster · January 23, 2023

Do more!

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Beatrix · January 22, 2023

As a series, and doubly as an episode, this is laser-targeted at me specifically and I'm so happy

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Ash James · January 22, 2023

Really enjoyed and appreciated this episode. I'd love to see other game systems explored a bit and Emily was awesome at presenting one in a way that highlights what's cool about it.

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tacticalgrandma · January 22, 2023

Thank you guys so much for doing this!!! I’ve always been intimidated by Pathfinder, and this is really helpful. I would adore a one shot with those characters too!!!

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Nicholas Bassett · January 22, 2023

Wow - amazing score for this episode! Made it super enjoyable. Love your work Emily! ☺️

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tacticalgrandma · January 22, 2023

Yes!! I thought that was so cool.

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Caitlin Sievert · January 21, 2023

I would love to see the 2 crew play Pathfinder! My first ever actual play podcast was on pathfinder and it would be awesome to see how Naddpod translates it. And for anyone interested in listening to pathfinder played/how it translates to theatre of the mind I would recommend checking Rusty Quill Gaming out! (They do have a content warning of pandemic/epidemic themes).

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Paul Coley · January 21, 2023

I'd love to see you folks play some Pathfinder 2e!

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Miles Mateus · January 21, 2023

Would definitely to see you guys try this system out! Have always wanted to try it out as someone is really only played 5e

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Kyle Hopkins · January 21, 2023

FYI Nat 1s and Nat 20s do matter. They decrease and increase the degree of success. For example, if your bonus to attack is high and normally you hit with most attacks but you rolled a nat 1 this reduces the normal hit to a miss. If you roll an attack that missed but you rolled a nat 20 this would make the attack hit. If you roll for a strike and get 10 over their AC this would be a crit, but if you rolled a nat 1 this crit would now turn into a normal hit.

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L'Escalade · January 21, 2023

This was just what I needed to get myself over the mental block of reading my copy of the core rulebook. I really want to hear y'all do a one shot to get a feel of the game!

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lucilia_illustris · January 21, 2023

this genuinely makes me interested in pathfinder! yay

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Jack Parsons · January 21, 2023

Thank you for doing the research for this, it's incredibly hard for me to soak up a new system, but y'all killed it. I'm so excited to get home and read more about this system and i never would have without your primer!

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Donny · January 21, 2023

I'm listening to this for the third time and am comtemplating a fourth pleas help

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Peter J. Kremer · January 21, 2023

As someone who generally enjoys PF2E, I was super happy to hear you all's thoughts. Made my day. Thank you. :)

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jawnster · January 21, 2023

Go up, Caldy

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Prince.3ric · January 21, 2023

Stop getting me excited for table top games

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HellishRebuker the NB DM PhD with diagnosed ADHD · January 21, 2023

Listening to the start of NADDPOD really helped me learn about D&D and got me interested enough to try it myself. I've been really curious about Pathfinder, so I'd be thrilled to passively learn about it while enjoying a oneshot for you guys!

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H-Train · January 21, 2023

not sure if they end up mentioning it, but movement takes up one of the 3 actions

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Justin Miller · January 21, 2023

I would absolutely love to see you all try pathfinder. Murph said it best, there are pros and cons to both systems and every group will have their preferences. What better way to find out than by giving it a shot?

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Austin Johnson · January 20, 2023

I'm not going to lie, pathfinder was for me the worst gaming experience of my life. Character creation was fun but everything else felt like a slog. We spent half an hour trying to resolve what happened when our thaumaturge tried to trip a guy on a bridge, made a ton of rolls, and nothing happened. In 5e that failure would've taken 5 minutes tops.

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Mortimer Lunch · January 20, 2023

Pathfinder is a fun system to play with friends but man it seems waaaay too “crunchy” as others have said to really be a “fun” system to listen to. Not saying NADDPOD can’t do it, I believe in you! I’d love to be proven wrong.

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Craig Weatherhead · January 20, 2023

This was amazing to listen to. Any continued content with these 3 characters and Emily as DM would be awesome!

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Caitrin · January 20, 2023

Hell yeah! To your crit questions: Critically failing on an attack role will not have any consequence UNLESS your weapon has a critical failure quality or your foe has an ability that allows them to exploit it! And rolling a crit success or fail on a save or attack does not auto succeed— but a Nat 20 brings the success up by a degree. If a Nat 20 attack would not have hit, the Nat 20 makes your miss a hit. If you would have hit with a Nat 20, the hit becomes a crit. And reverse for Nat 1s! I would DIE to hear a PF2e oneshot! It’s my favorite system to run!

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Dan · January 20, 2023

Dungeon world with a d20?

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Ant · January 20, 2023

Would so love for you guys to switch over or at least use other systems for your mini campaigns.

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humbiglio · January 20, 2023

Id love to listen to you guys play some pathfinder itd be so sick

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Emma · January 20, 2023

Ready for NAPFpod

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Colin Fitz · January 20, 2023

I'd be all in for an Emily DM-ed PF2E spin off. One shot, side quest, campaign... I'll take it all

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Scott · January 20, 2023

Jake might never have seen a skill tree, but Hardwon has definitely played as himself on Skyrim

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Ali T Rashed · January 20, 2023

This was such a fun episode. I would love to see future Pathfinder2e content from y'all (one-shots, mini-series, campaigns- I'd devour it all) . That said, I love the idea of y'all also diving into other systems, I think it's really cool!

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Verdigree · January 20, 2023

I love that the Oracle is that centre of the Venn Diagram of a shared domain, so if your mystery is Fire, you can have Neutral Good Sarenrae AND Lawful Evil Asmodeus, And! Chaotic Neutral Fire Elementals all whispering or yelling to you about fire

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Rowan T Buck · January 20, 2023

Very cool to see Pathfinder 2e get a spotlight by Naddpod! And very interesting new series, I'd love to see more like these. And I'd definitely listen to a 2e one shot (or even campaign!)

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Andrew · January 20, 2023

If you like your granola so crunchy it cracks your teeth, you’ll love pathfinder (I’ve played 2 campaigns in 2e and have since switched back to dnd 5e)

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Kalleberg · January 20, 2023

Would be fun if you replayed the first episode of C1 in pathfinder as a one shot

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Charlie Hoskin · January 20, 2023

Hot Boy Summer in Pathfinder would have been fun as hell - Tread or Dave critically failing a medicine check in Mac and hurting him would have lead to even more intrateam drama beyond

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Lindsay Rodgers · January 20, 2023

As an avid pathfinder 2e player I love this system. My friends and I treat nat 20's and 1's as one degree of success better than your result, which often means a crit, and can also save you from (or cause) some pretty bad consequences. If anyone wants to play around with character creation, Wanderer's Guide is an incredible tool that makes the process really easy and guides you through every level

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Pavares V. Sittiphong · January 20, 2023

Please, please, please do city of mist next.

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Maia Costea · January 20, 2023

As a DnD player for 10 years, i enjoy the crunchy talks, especially since you're so good at it :) I am always milking my PCs / encounter creations for inspiration and seeing how other people view the system/classes. Thanks for introducing me to Koboldpress (changed the way i run stuff for 1-2 years) and now onto discovering more stuff! Also Murph has always been flexible with items/boons and stuff, makes me think of 5e more creatively and loosely, while still backpeddling if i mess up. Better to mess up, instead of not trying! :)

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Jack Jones · January 20, 2023

Just to let you all know and I think I speak for most of us here when none of us are here for DnD's arbitrary rule system but here to listen to you guys tell stories!

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Professor Pratt · January 20, 2023

The best description of Pathfinder when I started DND, 5e had just came out and I asked what are the differences among DND editions. My good friend explained that 3.5 was great and 4.0 sucked. Pathfinder started being called 3.75. Better than 3.5 but without the shit in 4. I had also just discovered Critical Role and they were still early on in campaign 1. I learned that they were now using 5.0 but had started the group on Pathfinder. Realizing now that Matt Mercier “created” gunslinger for Talisin Jaffe and that was what you guys ended up using for Brennan when he was Dead Eye. Anyhoo, love ya guys. See ya Saturday in Boston.

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drednauht · January 20, 2023

He converted it. Gunslinger is in PF1. Needed a 5e equivalent

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Rueben Winter · January 20, 2023

Myself and my partner just started our Pathfinder 2e campaign last night so this was absolutely an unexpected yet delightful surprise to wake up and see

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Doleth · January 20, 2023

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Doleth · January 20, 2023

About Multiple Attack Penalities, many martial have feats that will let them do multiple attack without the penalities of you want to do that.

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Noah Harrison · January 20, 2023

I played Pathfinder 2e once as a halfling oracle/cavalry who rode a large saint Bernard for a couple sessions. It was delightful. Besides leveling up, I found the system is super streamlined. This has me thinking I might need to look into the starter set now..

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Rachel Pederson · January 20, 2023

having just grabbed a copy of the core rule book a few days ago this was perfect timing and helped wrap my head around the basic concept! now looking forward to diving in more to this system

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James Hailstone · January 20, 2023

Have you guys given much consideration to how well PF2E would work as an audio podcast? I find playing the two systems there are alot of breaks to check rules and DM needing to consult the books as the system is very internally consistent that when making quick rulings on the fly like you can in 5e it starts the crumble.

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drednauht · January 20, 2023

This. Many in the community are lauding PF2 without realizing the crunch is there. 5e is streamlined and works better for improv and speed. It sucks when the story is lost to a rules check.

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JR Lonergan · January 20, 2023

Please play P2E! I think it would match your play style so well

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Jesper Greve Kristensen · January 20, 2023

I’ve also spent a couple of weeks wrapping my head around Pathfinder 2e! One thing I noticed is the fighter feat Exacting Strike that means that failure doesn’t count towards your multiple attack penalty. And that you can spend ten minutes to regain focus points, meaning focus spells work somewhat like 5e warlock spell slots.

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Jesper Greve Kristensen · January 20, 2023

Oh and I might be wrong here, but another thing to go on the hard pill to swallow list is that movement is an action, called Stride. So those three wonderful actions get whittled down fast. It also explains why I read that characters should have ranged options

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GC · January 20, 2023

pathfinder campaign if wotc/hasbro decide to double down on their foolishness? maybe pathfinder campaign anyways 😇

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Matt Kilsby · January 20, 2023

This was awesome, everyone was on great form. Em as host was 👌🏻

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The Stu · January 20, 2023

Hugh!!??

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Alex Moore · January 20, 2023

Hasbro will never find you and steal your money, you anticipated their move years ago by calling yourself NOT another D&D podcast

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wasabibagel · January 20, 2023

Do it!!!!

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jsteeze · January 20, 2023

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Ethan Armstrong · January 20, 2023

Another thing I don't think is mentioned is "Secret" checks where the DM rolls checks for stealth and recall knowledge behind the screen so players aren't sure of their level of success with some skills.

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aiyana graham art · January 20, 2023

I was gonna say that emily did a great job on selling me on pathfinder, but also emily could sell me on literally anything

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Polly Theobald · January 20, 2023

Definitely would love to see this in action!!!

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Nathan Wilson · January 20, 2023

I would absolutely listen to y'all play some pathfinder 2E

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foster the boneless duck · January 20, 2023

emily you've made this sound so absolutely fun, me and naddpod friends have all just decided we simply have to try it now! so thanks!!

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Jeff Foresee · January 20, 2023

This is awesome! Please check out the Genesys system, I think y'all would love the narrative dice.

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drednauht · January 20, 2023

The OGL backlash is real, but that doesn't change how easy 5e is to run, and adapt for a radio style live play podcast. I hope y'all don't switch to crunchiness

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Donovan Phillips · January 20, 2023

Dnd is already fairly crunchy, I'm sure they would be able to adapt to pathfinder without too much difficulty if they decided to

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Connor Bennett · January 20, 2023

can anyone tell me how caulder uses three ray of frosts in kne turn

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Tyler Sharp · January 20, 2023

He’s not using the ray of frost cantrip, he’s using scorching ray reskinned to be ice theme

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Ben Delahay · January 20, 2023

Start the Not A D&D Podcast era and play Pathfinder 2e

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Meghan · January 20, 2023

I love 2e! It can be a little rules heavy but if ur down for chunky rpg it’s great

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lawless-crows · January 20, 2023

Even is this is just like a once every other month one-shot that would be so fun, other systems are so interesting but it’s hard to learn them just by yourself

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Stephanie Karisny · January 20, 2023

Would love to see another system outside of 5e and appreciate that lots like PF2E but would prefer a PBTA or a Forged in the Dark game for narrative purposes.

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Sadie Greene · January 20, 2023

Honestly I’d really enjoy it if you guys moved away from D&D for the next season of the show. As much as I love D&D, so many other great TTRPGs are out there

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Christopher Reeves · January 20, 2023

This was so much fun, and Emily did an amazing job breaking down PF2! I'll keep my fingers crossed for future installments of Behind the Screens! 13th Age, Blades in the Dark, Shadow of the Demon Lord, and the list goes on!

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Gurl Luigi · January 20, 2023

god i hope you all play pathfinder and i hope emily gms

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C Tomé · January 20, 2023

Firstly, I would like to say that I would LOVE to see Emily GMing Pathfinder 2e one shots. Honestly, if you guys fully switched from 5e to PF2e for your next campaign, I don't think I would be against it. Secondly, a quick anecdote surrounding how things like Aid only provide a +1 bonus: a thing to consider in PF2e is that since a +10 means a Critical Success, a +1 matters more than it does in 5e because you're not only increasing your chances of success but also your crit range! So even a +1 can make a big difference in that way.

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JR Lonergan · January 20, 2023

Awwww yeeeeah

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Bruce Burton · January 20, 2023

Putting the "Not" in NADDPOD! Love it

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Tucker Collins · January 20, 2023

lovin the trinyvale beat

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Robert Z. · January 20, 2023

Emily did a great overview of the system, especially considering she just studied the rules and hasn’t played yet. I play a gnome oracle in a pf2 game and have recently started running one of the modules for some of my old high school friends. My favorite things about the system are the depth of character creation and the degrees of success. I love how it changes save or suck spells so that they still have a minor effect on any non-critical successes. Eagerly looking forward to PF2 one-shots, and I think it would be fun to see deep dives into PF2 setting lore, like a wiki wander of the PF2 gods. Hope to see some other systems get covered too!

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Garga Lenoir · January 20, 2023

For anyone who wants to discover Pathfinder's world (or just likes good video games) PLEASE try Pathfinder: Path of the Righteous. It's an amazing rpg where you command an entire crusade, you got ton of classes and subclasses, and mythical paths where you turn into a godlike entity (like angel, demon, trickster god, lich...). However it's pretty hard so please play on Normal if you're used to CRPGs, easy if you're not. And look into the mods, especially Toybox and Bubble Buff for later in the game.

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jbyrd · January 20, 2023

I am mildly intimidated by pathfinder (sounds crunchy but tasty... Basically cool ranch corn nuts) but I feel like I could give in to this system and I think it could be big fun... And fuuuuuuck the hasBro(s)... So I'm all in. The learning curve is steep but you all are so fun that I would love to learn with you.

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Grass · January 20, 2023

This is a really good episode and I appreciate Emily sugar coating all the pills to make me less fearful of change!

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THEJordonBrown · January 20, 2023

We would follow you to the gates of Mordor. Whatever the system is, we’re here.

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Duke Orterra · January 20, 2023

Well done! As a pathfinder guy, I gotta say you nailed it Em! I have been playing both editions since they came out and you explained it perfectly!

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g-unit0301 · January 19, 2023

Sorry but I’ll stop watching if they play pathfinder. So anyone else out there thinking the same know your not alone. To gritty, to many rules, way to munch crunch. No where near as smooth a listen. For anyone about to complain or cry. These are opinions and yours are no more valid then mine

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Artemis · January 20, 2023

This isn't an airport mate, no need to notify your departure

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Sam Johnston · January 19, 2023

So happy you guys are looking at other stuff. I would love to see the podcast move away from 5E after C3

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Garrett Muir · January 19, 2023

This is such a cool segment, I love that you did this! I’ve always heard about pathfinder but I never really looked into it! I hope you this again, though I know it’s a lot of work figuring out a new system!

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Potato Muffin · January 19, 2023

I'd probably play more Pathfinder if fewer people I talked to about it weren't such dicks about DnD 5e for really no reason.

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Con · January 19, 2023

I had my group make the jump to PF2e with me and we're loving it. I'm still willing to play 5e, but I'm so sick of running it now that I can't make myself do it anymore. Hoping to see more PF content from y'all, but I'll always be a listener no matter what!

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Patrick C McAuliffe · January 19, 2023

I am excited to hear pathfinder one-shots! I am definitely more interested in the group dynamic / humor and narrative aspects. I find it interesting to see how the game provides a launch point for these, so any system that does that is something I'd listen to.

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Alexie Smith · January 19, 2023

The music is the best!!!

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Bep Bingus · January 19, 2023

What a fantastic episode, I've been hoping you guys would try pathfinder 2e for so long. I can't wait to see everyone's reactions to the wild spells pathfinder has. I think Curse of the Spirit Orchestra is one of my favorites, it's worth a look lol

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The Lady Of Cram Over A Field Of Daniels · January 19, 2023

I love this so much. Thanks for the great presentation Emily, it really shows the fun ways you can play pathfinder. I’ve only played one E in the past, but I’m super excited to try second edition. I’d love to see more of other systems like y’all did with this one

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Mario Avila · January 19, 2023

I would love to see a Pathfinder campaign or short adventures

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Clemming · January 19, 2023

As a DM with sensibilities similar to Murph, so much of what I love about the pathfinder 2e system is the balance, 5E falls apart at higher levels and a lot of the mechanics kinda become an illusion that you balance in the moment unless you spend a ton of time playtesting encounters.

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Pagos, Self-Proclaimed Fae King, Now with Real Musical Improv Action · January 19, 2023

I picked up 2e recently with the mess of stuff. But my biggest issue is I don’t like counterspelling in PF2E

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Magnoliidae · January 19, 2023

Of all the things I've seen promoting pf 2e this has by far worked the best on me (And also gosh the use of my fav trineyvale track 👌👌👌👌)

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Elizabeth Hart · January 19, 2023

Hype! I love Pathfinder and would love to see some NADDPod gameplay, and I'm also excited to see where else "Behind the Screens" goes!

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ptak_sobie · January 19, 2023

This is so cool

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ToastyFuture · January 19, 2023

This was great! As someone who is excitedly looking into Pathfinder because of the OGL stuff this episode couldn’t be more perfectly timed! I’m thrilled that the 2 Crew is jazzed about trying it out and I’ll definitely be along for the ride!

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Graham · January 19, 2023

If you think combat drags in D&D it's absolutely glacial in Pathfinder. There is a reason it's not been adopted by a lot of actual play groups. There's a lot more to keep track of when it comes to penalties and conditions.

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Sam Johnston · January 19, 2023

That’s true. There would definitely be more editing out of math

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TheOriginalOats · January 19, 2023

Would love to see some one shots or a mini arc in pathfinder 2e

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Espen Hodne · January 19, 2023

As to the multiple attack penalty, there are abilities to work around it. For example, if you're dual wielding, there is a feat that lets you use two actions to attack twice with no penalty, and then the third attack gets the full -10. So it's really good if you want to run up and attack twice, or first demoralise and then smack.

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bj cox · January 19, 2023

Is this because of the OGL

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ananarama · January 19, 2023

This got me excited about the idea of playing pathfinder

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Skootsby · January 19, 2023

If you're looking for more systems to look into, I have a couple recommendations! Spheres of Power (and Spheres of Might) started as a subsystem for Partner first edition, but Drop Dead Studios has also made a version that is 5e compatible. Basically it restructures how magic works to be more flexible (similar for Spheres of Might, which focuses on martials), so if you want to be a spellcaster who specializes in time magic, you can do that from level 1. I've only played the PF version, but it's one of my favorites to build for, because I can just pick a theme and go for it. Also, there's Lancer, a sci-fi RPG from the author of Kill Six Billion Demons. You play as mech pilots in the far flung future, building and customizing your mech.

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Nesve Fowl · January 19, 2023

I have been playing a PF 1e game and really love it.

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Gettier · January 19, 2023

❤️❤️❤️

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Thomas Kratofil · January 19, 2023

Thank you so much for this discussion! I've been PF-curious for so long, but held off between intimidation looking at the book and already being so committed to D&D. This has increased my resolve to go out and give it a try!

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Zac Parker · January 19, 2023

Great ep y’all! I’m trying out pathfinder and have been wanting to hear others giving it a shot. Would love to hear these characters in action!

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Gabe Barney · January 19, 2023

Hyperborea 3e is a great system I would love to hear Emily dive into!

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Corvo_CB · January 19, 2023

The nat 1 & 20 is still a large focus in PF2e!! A nat 20 automatically increases the success of the action by one degree! A nat 1 automatically decreases the success of the action by one degree! Example: DC 24, you have a modifier of +5 if ou roll a Nat 20 (20+5=25) rather than being a regular success the nat 20 turns it into a critical success! And the opposite for the Nat1.

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Sam Johnston · January 19, 2023

This!^

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Ivy Stocking · January 19, 2023

Please play! I’ve been checking it out for months but haven’t tried yet.

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Toe · January 19, 2023

loving behind the screens!!! hopeful and excited for y’all to talk about more games to come!

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Vivid Void · January 19, 2023

Love the presentation by Emily and the oddly mysterious/creepy piano track throughout! I really hope you all give PF2e a shot, it's an awesome system that the gang could have a lot of fun with.

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Roo · January 19, 2023

oooohhhhh!!! I would love to hear you all play in PF2E!!!!! Full support if you all want to explore and play in this system!!

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Cack · January 19, 2023

Would love to get a pathfinder one shot, but you'll have to change the podcast name to Napfpod

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Nye-Low · January 19, 2023

Seems interesting, but a lot more going on than I’m interested in keeping track of.

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Kirby Glover · January 19, 2023

Another fun thing about the action economy is that monsters rarely have attacks of opportunity, so movement is much more free. The system definitely works best with a battle mat, but they have tips in the game master section of the CRB on how to best use the system for TotM

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Nick Neverman · January 19, 2023

PLEASE DO A PF2E ONE SHOT!!

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Nick Neverman · January 19, 2023

This crew would work wonders with the free archetypes.

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Megan · January 19, 2023

just finished listening. I LOVE IIIT!! definitely sounds like a system made for shenanigans! I even dont mind the hit penalty since there is so much other stuff you can do instead! XD I was curious about pathfinder after all the OGL and you guys made me super excited for it!! ^_^ I hope you guys transition to pathfinder 2E! would love to see what you guys could do in this system!!

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Jacob Schaller · January 19, 2023

This has amped me up so much to dive into pathfinder, can't wait for other Behind the Screen episodes!

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Abigail Harden · January 19, 2023

My main campaign (as a player) is a Pathfinder campaign! I love it. Please do a one shot!

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James Paul McNeil · January 19, 2023

Yes! I’m trying to get my group to convert, but the newbies are scared, maybe hearing y’alls take could convince them.

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Kristen with-a-K · January 19, 2023

I've been using PF2 material as supplements for my 5e games for the last couple of years and I really like what's out there, as do my players. My group is considering taking the full leap over and will probably do so in the next month or so. This ep and the short rest couldn't have come at a better time.

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lloyd hernandez · January 19, 2023

Top 4 works because it's like the Mt Rushmore of things. It's nice and tidy

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Steven · January 19, 2023

If this was to trial balloon moving to Pathfinder, consider me on board

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Patrick C McAuliffe · January 19, 2023

Same

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Adam Gomez · January 19, 2023

Lmao once again Caldwell has to pivot

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Jonah Daw · January 19, 2023

Super excited for you guys to play pathfinder! My group might just switch over with yall!

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Everything Baygo, the Eladrin who just wants to hang out with his pet Badger, Stripy · January 19, 2023

Are you guys leaving DnD? I am up for different systems and learning about them, but I still love DnD

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MMMash · January 19, 2023

Definitely for the next episode of this Emily should cover Mutants and Masterminds.

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Stephen Laster · January 19, 2023

Pathfinder skiill check numbers can get CRAZY high. If you're not trained in a skill, if you can't sing, a performance check is 25, why would you magically be able to sing if you rolled a nat 20, so it's still under? on the other hand, should a trained musician fail a basic performance check if they roll a nat1, but their bonus is +15 at even moderate levels? I've always enjoyed that PF did away with auto fail and success skill checks

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HolyFatFish · January 19, 2023

There's no auto pass or fail to anything I'm 5e besides attacking

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woodsorrel · January 19, 2023

Thank you so much for this episode and new series! I’ve found Pathfinder a bit intimidating to start looking into. Having Emily, whose understanding of mechanics is so masterful, lead us all through this system was the best possible introduction!

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Scott · January 19, 2023

Will there be a name change to “Not A D&D Podcast”?

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HolyFatFish · January 19, 2023

Well it's still technically correct lol

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biblioprincess, the executive dysfunction fairy · January 19, 2023

If you do more, I would love to see y'alls take on Monte Cook Games's Cypher System. Their Numenera setting was my first ttrpg love, and it's a real good time.

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Garga Lenoir · January 19, 2023

Have you played Tides of Numenera? It's a pretty cool game once you get the hang of it.

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Simp4EmilyAxford · January 19, 2023

Ready for a lil sleepy time with NAPPOD

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Dylan C · January 19, 2023

I LOVE that they did this! After the OGL stuff, I want to move my game over to a new system and this makes me excited to look at pathfinder! I hope they do more of these!

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Magnaz · January 19, 2023

A great system I would recommend is Troika! It's got a crazy character creation system where you can basically play as anything. I've played as a yeti, a tiny man inside a human-sized mech suit, and many other absurd backgrounds. This is a system that could very VERY easily support Binky Fiasco.

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EggBilly · January 19, 2023

Is the intro the same as her winter solstice music?

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Mr. Dude Sky · January 19, 2023

A cool look into their thoughts on the system. I’ve tried PF2E and I can’t say it’s for me personally. I’ve played 3.5 for so long that I can’t stand seeing feat trees and attack penalties. They mention a lot of things they feel are missing from 5e combat and I would like them to take a look at chapter 9 of the DMG. There’s a lot of combat actions that they just described with concrete rules. Also on the point of the healers kit, that can also be done in 5e the same way with the herbalism kit. A lot of the things they say they were looking for can be found in the books. Personally I’d love them to take a look at some other systems, but I’d rather hear Hardwon swing 5 times than PF2E.

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roomwithoutawindow · January 19, 2023

LETS GO PATHFINDER 2E! I would really love to see you all play World of Darkness or Chronicles of Darkness. I think the fact that it throws out the class/level systems of other rpgs would be a boon to improv. There’s also a much more fine tuned focus on roleplaying stats for things like “Etiquette” or “Politics”. Also just fun supernatural horror stories to tell. I personally run Werewolf: The Apocalypse and while some of the narrative can be heavy handed it doesn’t get in the way of it being hilarious by nature of being a tabletop rpg

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Garga Lenoir · January 20, 2023

The two best campaigns I ever GMed were on Mage : The Ascension and Orpheus! WoD for the win!

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Leo's All Purpose Channel · January 19, 2023

Caldwell's church analogy is so true. I remember going to my friends church once and we all sat in a circle and sang songs like it blew my mind.

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Blinky · January 19, 2023

Another fun system worth looking into is Savage Worlds, which absolutely would work for something pulpy like the 3rd campaign.

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saavikams · January 19, 2023

My girlfriend (our gm) and I have been looking into pathfinder and I love all the character choices so much, I always have such specific ideas I cant do with dnd

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Donny · January 19, 2023

I'm still new to it, so IDK if it's as fun as advertised, but the FATE system is designed to let you do whatever you want regarding setting and system mechanics. So for hard shifts into systems that won't extort you for money, FATE might be an easy transition.

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RuinedDruid · January 19, 2023

Super down for more of this! I don't think this is the best recommendation, but Shadowrun could make for an interesting conversation. I have only played 5e and 6e Shadowrun so I could only recommend those.

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SnuggieWielder · January 19, 2023

I love this!! I would love to see you guys explore other systems!!

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DK Benjamin · January 19, 2023

if you're going to do more of these, might I recommend - Shadow of the Demon Lord - Worlds Without Number - Blades in the Dark - Apocalypse World (or any PbtA) - Errant

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Shane C · January 19, 2023

I literally bought the 2E PDF a couple days ago so I’m very excited to listen to this!

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Nate Brass · January 19, 2023

In Pathfinder2e a nat 20 makes your roll 1 degree of success higher. So if you roll a nat 20 but still don't get a high enough number to crit but still succeed, the roll will count as a crit success

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Chris · January 19, 2023

Sweeet, never heard of it but it sounds fun!

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H-Train · January 19, 2023

this is a classic naddpod extra epsiode

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CARROT SNATCH · January 19, 2023

SUCK MY NARDS WOTC

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FusRohNahSon · January 19, 2023

You gotta delve into Powered By The Apocalypse' "Monster of the Week"

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squalor and splendor · January 19, 2023

Also yes. Nat 20 is also a crit. Nat 20 or +10

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An_Armed_Bear · January 19, 2023

I believe Nat 20s are one extra degree of success, not an auto crit. So a success becomes a crit success, a fail becomes a success, etc.

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trashclown · January 19, 2023

Pathfinder 2e is absolutely my favourite RPG of all time, it's an amazing system. PF2E Represent!!

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Eric Olberding · January 19, 2023

I second the person who mentioned Blades in the Dark. It's lighter on rules and combat mechanics than DnDesque systems, but because of that the combat moves much faster. Generally in TTRPGs, there are one's that lean more towards crunchy math and combat simulation, and there are games that lean more towards narrative and fiction building. Blades in the Dark leans more towards the narrative side of things. It'd be fun to see how you guys play a more narrative/fiction based TTRPG given your improv and comedy backgrounds. Maybe like a one-shot or something.

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MindFlayerInABathrobe · January 19, 2023

Pathfinder vet here. Would be so dope to see you guys get into Pathfinder, I think it would fit your playstyle really well. Also, on the nat 20/1 question: on skill checks and saves, a nat 20 means you get one degree of success better than you would otherwise (i.e. turns a failure into a success, or a success into a critical success). A nat 1 does the opposite and makes it one degree worse (success to failure, failure to crit failure). The sole exception to this is attacks: a nat 20 on an attack roll is a guaranteed crit success no matter what, and a 1 is a guaranteed crit fail. Usually crit fail attacks aren't worse than normal fails, but some feats can give your attacks effects that trigger on a normal failure, but not a crit failure.

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DemonLordSparda · January 19, 2023

That's actually sick. It means that even if a crit success is typically impossible a nat 20 makes it happen. I love that.

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Chloe Louise · January 19, 2023

Yes to Pathfinder one-shots please!!!

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Nick · January 19, 2023

Y E S S S

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Dallon Taylor · January 19, 2023

with WOTC being garbage i was hoping youd find a new system! heres hoping this leads to that

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Andrew Schrader · January 19, 2023

I like Pathfinder a bit more than 5th edition in general. I'd love to hear one shots or campaigns in Pathfinder 2e!

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Tyler Dhunjishaw · January 19, 2023

I love Pathfinder 2e! Please switch over! All of the character feats are so juicy and flavorful. I would love to see what all of you can do inside this system.

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YourAnimeDad · January 19, 2023

The audible drooling during the character creation part

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Andrew Albaugh · January 19, 2023

So excited to see the 2 Crew play Pathfinder 2e! Also to anyone else interested, the Archives of Nethys website is the official rule set of the system and ALL of it is free!

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Austin Trammell · January 19, 2023

Was hoping you guys would dabble into some other things after the news this past week

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squalor and splendor · January 19, 2023

I'm currently moving my group to pathfinder 2e. We're playing our first session today

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Sam A. · January 19, 2023

Thumb chums represent

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D'ran Dana · January 19, 2023

Basically, if y'all play PC games, Pathfinder is to 4e as Path of Exile is to Diablo 3.

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Ben · January 19, 2023

Is this Chrono Trigger inspired bgm? Love it!

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Runcible Shaw · January 19, 2023

I also love this idea! I would love if you would talk about Blades in the Dark or the Forged in the Dark system in general. It lacks the tactical grid combat of Pathfinder or 5e, but it's an incredibly streamlined system for running high action cinematic heists. (DM me if you want to listen to someone talk for way too long about what a cool system it is)

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David Lipscomb · January 19, 2023

Thumbs are responsible for 60% of your hand's functionality

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Declan Konesky · January 19, 2023

I support y'all playing PF2e so I don't have to. Played a good bit of 1e and I did enjoy it. Not for me anymore though as I'm into old school now

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Eric G · January 19, 2023

Love to see them doing something like this! Based on all the recent wotc stuff it's great to see the crew learning about different systems. Helps others like me feel less nervous about taking the leap of faith to another system

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Xacris · January 19, 2023

So excited! I've been playing Pathfinder since 2008 and always love hearing about people checking it out. 2e is a fun system

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Kelsey Griffiths · January 19, 2023

As a Pathfinder 2e player/GM/evangelist, I am SO EXCITED to listen to this. Emily running 2e oneshots? YES YES YES I need to see Emily's mad system masteries in the 2e system. The free archetype system is ripe for making unique characters.

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Omar · January 19, 2023

I would LOVE to see you guys play PF2e!!

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Gregório Avellar the goblin rogue warlock that is happy because Brazil is not that dystopian anymore · January 19, 2023

Based ..woke...such wow ( not irony)

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Runcible Shaw · January 19, 2023

everything okay there, bud?

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Veronica Plante · January 19, 2023

Whoa this idea is so exciting for a series! Would love to hear you guys talk about Lancer, it's a 4e inspired system about mechs in space with Incredible art.

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Zoe · January 19, 2023

Love to see a Lancer fan. great system, bit crunchy, but you get mechs.

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Grace Seiberling · January 19, 2023

Oooooh! I’m very interested.

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Luke · January 19, 2023

My game transitioned to pathfinder 2e recently and having played it my whole group (3 DMs) have chosen to change too.

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Kestrel · January 19, 2023

This is so exciting!! I love this as an idea for a series. Would love to hear you talk about Greg Leatherman’s Glitter Hearts; it’s a magical girl PBTA game based around a monster of the week structure. And it’s got awesome art

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Adam Gomez · January 19, 2023

Y’all petty… I love to see it 😌

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Aaron Burnell · January 19, 2023

I have been playing pathfinder 1e since 2011. I think it is by far the most fun system for "classic" ttrpg/dnd. 2crew, joooooooin us

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barrowlight · January 19, 2023

Hell yeah Murph!

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saberbear · January 19, 2023

This is so exciting guys

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William St Peter · January 19, 2023

Don’t let WOTC bully you guys out of playing 5E- but at the same time pathfinder sounds cool

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Duncan Longtrunks · January 19, 2023

Yes to this!!! 5e is more than just WOTC being capitalist bullies. I like that the community is standing up to the company but I don’t want the game to suffer.

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Chloe Louise · January 19, 2023

Was literally looking for pathfinder content today, thank you for this gift

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Ross Minick · January 19, 2023

Figured it was coming especially after Murphs tweets. I’m excited to listen, I’ve heard good things about Pathfinder

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Adam Golden · January 19, 2023

This is awesome. I first learned to play ttrpg from pathfinder and only learned 5e at college since that's what everyone wants to play but haven't had the chance to try pathfinder 2e yet.

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Chloe Peifly · January 19, 2023

at work so i’ll listen later, but i am stoked to see them consider stuff other than wotc considering all the drama lately

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Josh O'Brien · January 19, 2023

I would kill to see the team discuss any of the World of Darkness settings - I love Mage, but Vampire is probably a better starter

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Chance Hofmann · January 19, 2023

This is so cool, I’ve been meaning to learn more about pathfinder but just memorizing the books seem so unapproachable

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Jeffrey Steck, Lord of the Fjord · January 19, 2023

Interesting 🤔

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Declane Gilhooley · January 19, 2023

Listing to it right now

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Noah Jay · January 19, 2023

Oh weird... My DnD group is considering transitioning our current campaign to Pathfinder. Will be interesting to hear y'all talk about it... I've only read the first half of the handbook and it's definitely different.

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Adrian Herrera · January 19, 2023

Very topical

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Carson Kleinbeck · January 19, 2023

So excited for this!!!

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Megan · January 19, 2023

YAAAAY

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Grass · January 19, 2023

I’m gonna take an early lunch to listen!

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Gabriel Miller · January 19, 2023

hellllll yesssss

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Ava · January 19, 2023

wow I’ve never been so early I’m fuckin stoked !!