Rules Lawyer REACTS to 4e content creator, compares D&D 4e and Pathfinder 2e

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Published on June 23, 2025 4:38:50 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2RbM0rWstc

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A D&D 4e creator talks about "cheating on D&D 4e" and looking at Pathfinder 2e. I react and share some of my thoughts on the two systems!
OldeGreybeard's two-part stream "A 4th Edition Fan Tempted by Pathfinder 2e Remastered":
   • A 4th Edition Fan Tempted by Pathfinder 2e...  
   • A 4th Edition Fan Tempted by Pathfinder 2e...  

0:00 Intro
4:00 Bad experience with PF2e community
8:40 Pathfinder 2e builds on D&D 4e
12:50 Character customization, approachability
18:19 "Illusion of Choice"?
24:34 Some things 4e does better than PF2?

OTHER VIDEOS I REFER TO:
7-minute video by ‪@MrGinp‬ rebutting the "Illusion of Choice":    • Example of choices in a Pathfinder 2e enco...  
My 90-minute Combat & Tactics video rebutting the "Illusion of Choice":    • Let's Test Taking20's "Illusion of Choice"...  
Long-ass stream reacting to Puffin Forest and Taking20 videos disliking PF2:    • I react to and rebut the 3 Puffin Forest a...  

"How Pathfinder 2e FIXES 1e and D&D":    • How Pathfinder 2e FIXES 1e and D&D (The Ru...  

Link to D&D 4e Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/hhVXjtJ

PLAYLIST of my 4e mini-campaign with my former middle schoolers:    • Pathfinder players LIKE D&D 4th Edition!? ...  

PLAYLIST of my long-running 4e Dungeon Delve campaign:    • The Rules Lawyer runs Dungeons & Dragons 4...  

My Reddit post: "The exemplar, the kineticist, "spellcasting" without spell slots, and the continuing influence of D&D 4e"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder2e/comments/1gf2jf2/the_exemplar_the_kineticist_spellcasting_without/

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