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Why do D&D books have to be so expensive?
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Dungeons and Dragons is like a specific name-brand RPG product owned by a shitty company called Wizards of the Coast.
Other people and companies make other RPG systems. Pathfinder is probably the biggest and is pretty similar to DnD and has a similar setting. However there's so many games and settings that you can really find something for anyone. Like giant robots? Magical girls? 80s "kids on bikes" adventures? Post apocalypse wastelands? Vampires and werewolves? Etc - there's probably a game that would suit your group
Advising Pathfinder is a terrible for new player. Heck, i played and GM'ed dozens of different systems over 30 years and Pathfinder has been one of the most miserable and abysmal experiences for me.
i'm genuinely curious as to what makes you feel that way, if you're interested in sharing (i promise this is not a weird gotcha)
Pathfinder have huge crunch which is imo completely unnecessary. I know there are people loving that, but i'm not one of them. I mean when my players start to moan and growl instead of cheer when levelling it's time to change system, asap.
understandable, i grew up on 3.0 and 3.5 so pf always felt relatively intuitive for me, but it's definitely not for everyone.
personally i don't think the crunch is unnecessary per se but i think i would have liked to see a little more care taken to which pieces were ported over. i suppose that's what 2e is for