Differences From D&D

List of differences in Pathfinder when coming from D&D

• No more ability scores
  • Now there are just Attribute Modifiers (e.g. +1, +2, +3, etc)
• Three action economy
  • Every round you get 3 action points to spend
  • Wide variety of thing you can spend action points on
• Only characters/monsters with reaction skill can make attack of opportunity
  • This can make combat a little more dynamic with everyone moving more freely once they are in melee
• Critical Hits/Misses
  • No longer based on whether you roll a 1 or 20.
  • Critical hit is getting result 10+ over target value
  • Critical miss getting result 10+ under target value
  • Depending on bonuses at play, then can make a critical hit/miss much more likely to happen (e.g. a boss with a +12 to hit and the effect that’d have on combat)
• Character Creation
  • Ancestry/Race plays a bigger role in development
    • HP determine part of starting HP
    • You’ll get skills feats based Ancestry
    • You’ll get access to additional race-specific feats/skills as you level up
  • Backgrounds more than just flavor text
    • Depending on background, you get different starting attribute mod bonuses plus skills
    • Like ancestry, you’ll get access to more feats/skills as you level up
  • Classes
    • You’ll get skills feats based class
    • You’ll get access to additional class-specific feats/skills as you level up
  • Combination of Ancestry/background/class make each character feel more unique
• Battle Tips
  • Things to do other than just attack 3 times:
    • Its important to work together and set each other up for success
    • trip, flank, Demoralize, debuff spell, buff spell, etc.
    • Recall knowledge to find strength/weakness
  • Have some kind of healing
  • Have full HP before encounters