Why Pathfinder 2e's 4 DEGREES OF SUCCESS is the key to its balance (Pathfinder Law School)
788ADDITIONS/ERRATA:
-Commenter Kirinboy39 makes a good point: the system gives GMs who want to reward natural 20s/high rolls in other systems a ready way to reward them.
-In the "mitigating luck" section, I probably should have mentioned that PF2e departs from D&D and PF1e in making ALMOST all knockouts result in you just gaining the Dying condition. (No instant death at 0 or at negative X hit points) Of course, there is the Massive Damage rule, but it comes up much more rarely than in those systems.
0:00 Intro
1:22 4 degrees of success
4:19 How it helps the game
4:44 More excitement
6:09 More tactics + teamwork
14:15 Balances "save or suck"
16:53 Sense of progression
19:48 More predictable!?
24:26 Protecting PCs
27:37 Closing statement
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