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[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I feel like it's mostly brand recognition. Are there any media tie-ins for pathfinder? I assume critical role and others like it are still D&D.

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Kingmaker and Wrath of the Righteous are a couple of the most well regarded CRPGs in the past several years.

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wrath of the Righteous is one of the best CRPGs ever. It’s better than Baldurs Gate 3 in so many ways and worse in some and honestly the ability to use Level 10 spells alone makes the combat far better.

[–] Smeagolicious@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

Hate that BG3 doesn't even let you get into the somewhat interesting later level abilities and spells, that's a fundamental 5e leveling problem though. Now WotR on the other hand lets you become a horrific avatar of decay and spread plagues across the land...

Love the characters and presentation of BG3 and all, but I really want that ttrpg freedom and room for growth.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago

It's 100% a brand recognition thing, but D&D has 50 years of being the face of all TTRPGs to Paizo's not even 20 of being the second most famous D&D-like TTRPG. Even in the TTRPG community plenty of people say "D&D" to refer to anything from Call of Cthulhu to Shadowrun.