Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
These excerpts from my recent video are better proof than any that new players should start at Level 1 when learning Pathfinder 2e! (NOTE: There are legitimate reasons for some new player(s) to start at a higher level. This is an answer to the tendency of players from D&D 5e and other systems to assume "the real game" starts at higher level.)
These are clips from "Let's Make ABSERD in Pathfinder 2e": youtu.be/8NvlgkARcpY
(ABSERD is a character by Puffin Forest, who took one level of every D&D class! Here's the video that started it all: youtube.com/watch?v=4ZCIh_3b5K8 )
Check out my 2021 Christmas Carol "The Twelve Rounds of Combat," a joyful ode to the many ways Rogues can make an enemy flat-footed (now off-guard) in Pathfinder 2e:
youtu.be/SHcpmgPXxW8
0:00 Character creation
2:40 Combat options
7:18 Takeaways
My current list of FOUNDRY modules is in a pinned link in my Discord server, under #vtt-advice. Link to the channel: discord.com/channels/870925179570753616/943926525688954930
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LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! I'm a lawyer who teaches and runs tabletop RPGs (Pathfinder, D&D, Starfinder) for kids, teens, and adults, and making videos related to TTRPGs and board games.
JOIN MY DISCORD to chat with our community and/or try the Pathfinder Beginner Box or our drop-in PF2e play system! discord.gg/ruleslawyer
SUPPORT MY PATREON for early access to many of my videos and access to exclusive content, and to support me! I do unpaid public-interest legal work and rely on the Patreon and private GMing.
patreon.com/theruleslawyer
For PF2E actual plays, SUBSCRIBE to my other channel, "RULES LAWYER DISCORD COMMUNITY CHANNEL":
youtube.com/channel/UCc1K95QD8Mv2Tr6Wne6KS9g
Follow me on TWITTER at: twitter.com/theruleslawyer1
Pick up your Pathfinder 2e book on Amazon using my affiliate links below. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases which helps me continue doing what I love!
Pathfinder 2e Player Core: amzn.to/3FIRaAR
Pathfinder 2e GM Core: amzn.to/3FIRaAR
Pathfinder 2e Beginner Box: amzn.to/3eVsUBB
These excerpts from my recent video are better proof than any that new players should start at Level 1 when learning Pathfinder 2e! (NOTE: There are legitimate reasons for some new player(s) to start at a higher level. This is an answer to the tendency of players from D&D 5e and other systems to assume "the real game" starts at higher level.)
These are clips from "Let's Make ABSERD in Pathfinder 2e": youtu.be/8NvlgkARcpY
(ABSERD is a character by Puffin Forest, who took one level of every D&D class! Here's the video that started it all: youtube.com/watch?v=4ZCIh_3b5K8 )
Check out my 2021 Christmas Carol "The Twelve Rounds of Combat," a joyful ode to the many ways Rogues can make an enemy flat-footed (now off-guard) in Pathfinder 2e:
youtu.be/SHcpmgPXxW8
0:00 Character creation
2:40 Combat options
7:18 Takeaways
My current list of FOUNDRY modules is in a pinned link in my Discord server, under #vtt-advice. Link to the channel: discord.com/channels/870925179570753616/943926525688954930
=============================
LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! I'm a lawyer who teaches and runs tabletop RPGs (Pathfinder, D&D, Starfinder) for kids, teens, and adults, and making videos related to TTRPGs and board games.
JOIN MY DISCORD to chat with our community and/or try the Pathfinder Beginner Box or our drop-in PF2e play system! discord.gg/ruleslawyer
SUPPORT MY PATREON for early access to many of my videos and access to exclusive content, and to support me! I do unpaid public-interest legal work and rely on the Patreon and private GMing.
patreon.com/theruleslawyer
For PF2E actual plays, SUBSCRIBE to my other channel, "RULES LAWYER DISCORD COMMUNITY CHANNEL":
youtube.com/channel/UCc1K95QD8Mv2Tr6Wne6KS9g
Follow me on TWITTER at: twitter.com/theruleslawyer1
Pick up your Pathfinder 2e book on Amazon using my affiliate links below. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases which helps me continue doing what I love!
Pathfinder 2e Player Core: amzn.to/3FIRaAR
Pathfinder 2e GM Core: amzn.to/3FIRaAR
Pathfinder 2e Beginner Box: amzn.to/3eVsUBB
