
August 15, 2019
Arcane Thesis Vol II: Acting on Both Sides of the Screen: How the Three Action Economy Reinforces a Positive Play Experience for Both Game Masters and Players
When I set out to document my impressions of Pathfinder Second Edition, I thought I’d be able to skip praising the much lauded action economy we’ve heard so much about this past year. But after sitting down and playing the game for the first time, it became apparent just how satisfying and versatile a tool the system becomes for everyone at the table.
Characters are free to do what they want to do during their turns, which only further enhances the modular nature of archetypes. In First Edition Pathfinder multiclass characters frequently found themselves “swift action starved”, having to choose between one of a handful of buffs and being unable to spend their early combat rounds buffing themselves to their full potential.… Read the rest
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