D&D is NOT rules light + other takeaways from running the same combat in D&D + Pathfinder 2e @TheRulesLawyerRPG
D&D is NOT rules light + other takeaways from running the same combat in D&D + Pathfinder 2e  @TheRulesLawyerRPG
Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 52 minutes ago
In Part 2 of the THIRD(!) course in "Pathfinder Law School," I give some takeaways after the side-by-side combats run in D&D 5E and Pathfinder 2E.

Part 1 (The Combat): youtu.be/iGCLL8ZUIVE

0:00 Introduction
0:52 Comparing their complexity
6:57 Ambushes
8:54 Action systems
12:36 Modifiers
15:31 Critical successes + failures
18:02 Mobility
22:51 Difficulty
26:12 Death + dying
29:22 Spellcasting
32:11 Party endurance
35:55 Wrap-up

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