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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

All of the game content is available for free. The only things they limit are some of the flavour text in the splatbooks and of course the adventure paths. All of the mechanical content is fully open. I think that's a pretty good system.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't disagree that it's a good system. I run Pathfinder. I didn't contest that it was a good system.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I didn't suggest that's what you were saying. I'm saying the content is fully open.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The base content is free, the entirety of PF1/2 is not "fully" open.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, the expansion content is free as well as the base. Every time a new PF2e content expansion book comes out, the entirety of the game mechanics in that book is freely available for anyone to use and redistribute. The only things for which that's not the case are the adventure modules.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't believe "fully" means what you think it means. If you loan me $100 to be fully repaid, I'm good just giving you $30 back, right? Cool cool. Send it right over.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

IMO adventure modules aren't a part of the game system. The game system is completely open. The adventures are extra. But even the mechanical content introduced in those adventures like unique items and monsters are made open.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I mean, no, not all the content is fully open.