Important to note is that in PF2e, enemies having attack of opportunity are a rarity rather than the rule. As a monk, you can quite reliably dance across the battlefield and accomplish hit and run tactics if you wish to play that way.

".... you can also explode. Voluntarily." You have my attention!

Even after watching the video, I still can't get over the dude at the start was eating his dice.

One reason I love pathfinder is that while 5e characters feel very linear, with the biggest choice you make being your subclass, pathfinder characters feel like jenga towers that allow you to change out blocks for different ones you like better, with your race and class providing only the foundation of the tower, rather than a vast majority of it.

My first character was a cat folk alchemist. His specialty was bomber, yet also helped with making elixirs for my team. (lack of designated support). I love Niko and would pick him back up in a heartbeat if given the chance.

The coolest thing about pathfinder 2 that makes me want to try it out is that Intelligence is actually utilized more as a base stat for more than just a wizard or artificer

What I love about Pathfinder vs DND is how your character's race matters more. It's like a subclass in and of itself. In DND, you pick your race (or species I think they're calling it now) and you add some to your ability scores, subtract some, get a racial ability you'll use once and forget about, and probably get darkvision, because of course you do. And that's it. Most racial options have barely any impact on your character outside of RP. Meanwhile in Pathfinder, you could choose to be a goblin, and later get to play as a living meteorite that's IMMUNE TO FALL DAMAGE! You get new feats and abilities according to your race as you go, which can synergize and unlock new options later, AS WELL as all the customization options you get from your class and everything else! This shit blew my mind when I read it!

I recently got a Pathfinder book. I stared at it for a few moments before promptly closing it. I could barely wrap my head around it! But this definitely gave me some motivation to get back in there. The Investigator is really appealing to me!!

I'd love more in depth class reviews! Either way I love your work, here's to many years of more awesome content!

Magus has always been a fave of mine PF1 and it's even better in PF2. Would love to actually get a chance to play it sometime. I like how Magus and Witch are like the two different sides of the 5e Warlock. Magus is the martial limited caster with a spellbook, Witch is the caster with hexes and weird spells and a familiar

My immediate thought upon seeing Ranger was "Monster Hunter time?" then realizing that "Yes, Monster Hunter time!" Plus, we haven't even touched on Archetypes. Being able to play a Lv 20 Fighter who also happens to be able to cast Lv 8 spells as a Wizard, or a Cleric of Gorum who is able to Rage like a Barbarian, is so much fun for theme builds.

I've been curious about pathfinder but I've been really overwhelmed by all the stuff you need to do for character creation. so videos like this are a major help. thank you

Did he just kill a man and then talk to an empty room for 20 minutes?

really refreshing to see a pathfinder 2e video be under 20 minutes, would love to see more!

Pathfinder 2E Ranger DEFFINITLY feel like what i thought 5E Ranger was supposed to be Not fully commit to be Guardian to specific thing, more like freelancer Guardians lmao Either stop Outer entities from invading or Not make Animals or Humans go ape shit on each other

My TTRPG party moved over to Pathfinder 2e after a long 2 year campaign playing on D&D 5e. On P2e I knew I wanted to create a martial character, but I wasn’t sure which. Then I went and made a Giant Mauler Barbarian. I have been enjoying the game well since.

This is absolutely amazing. This feels like a laid back jocrap video. Would love to see you get into more detail with this game. Been meaning to look into it

That video really is amazing. It brings a good chunk of information but not exaggerating in said information. It straight to the point. I love it! If possible, a video about Pathfinder 2e races would be interesting (either in the Core book, or the supplement ones).

This was really helpful, as one of the horde making a switch from dnd 5e to Pathfinder 2e bite-sized info compilations like this with a bit of play experience and game history thrown in are perfect for building up confidence and actually getting a respectful handle on the new system I'm diving into. I'd love if you do more guides but if not, thanks a bunch for this one!

This was a wonderful watch. Excellent brief breakdowns and a fun, engaging video all the while. Thanks! I feel a little more educated about PF2E now.

Love the breakdown - very easy to digest! I'd happily send this to my players who are new to Pathfinder2e!

A note: "Arcane Trickster" is actually a completely separate Archetype that allows a caster - ANY caster - to overoptimize his spells, starting from cantrips and going up. It's incredibly good, but probably not for a rogue - but if you feel like giving the Thievery skill to your Wizard, Witch or Bard you're golden. But seriously, look it up - it's several layers of awesome.

it makes me so happy seeing big creators making pf2e content banger video, keep it up

Haha, now you've gotten me wanting to actually look into trying to get into pathfinder since some of those were really neat. Thaumaturge especially.

Awesome video, great content, and very thankful for having quality Pathfinder video creators. Thanks!

Thank you for the info, will show it to my friends who are interested in the system

Love PF2E and all its classes. Of the ones I've played, I'd say Rogue and Magus are my favorites. Can't wait to try out Barbarian in a new upcoming campaign!

This is a fantastic breakdown of the basics for all the current classes available in PF2, and I'm always here for this kinda stuff. I've been a long-time Pathfinder player, and was really excited for PF2 when the playtest material was announced. One of the biggest things I've loved about PF2--you briefly touched on it when talking about the Rogue's Racket--is the absurd build diversity. Individual classes have their specialties and focuses, but the individual classes have enough options built into them that you could have two party members pick the same class, but choose different specializations and fulfill different subroles within the party. You could do this to some degree in PF1 thanks to archetypes, but PF2 made it a central function of all the classes to be able to choose what specific aspects of your character's class is their personal forte, and I love it.

Great video! You summarized the classes in less than 15 minutes that i have spent months trying to understand.

This was simple enough for someone like myself who just bought the Pathfinder 2e set form humble bundle to get a grasp at this without feeling overwhelmed. Thank you.

I'm definitely saving this video for the next time I want to summarize the classes for new players, this was pretty darn good!

Love the pathfinder 2e vids! I am a 5e player, but finding elaborate videos like this is a real hard challenge! Now I will be able to learn this system easier :D Thanks man, you've just got a new sub :)

This is a great video, I'll probably be sharing this with my players when I run my first pf2e game.

Ty for a fantastic intro for Pathfinder 2e classes!

this is soooo helpful, thank you!!

Dragon summoner, mirror thaumaturge and bastard sword inventor are my three big stand-out favorites for being interesting as heck to both roleplay and fight with.

Welcome to Pathfinder, friend! Love the video, sound quality and music choice were both great!

This was so incredibly well done! Definitely saving this to share with perspective players. As a forever GM the alchemist really calls to me as a jack of all trades. Using a familiar to mess with the action economy and playing as a healer sounds like a boatload of fun. Although Wizards thematic dedication to one school of magic also sounds like a blast. Then the fighters seemingly endless customization through feats would be so cool, and a champion's ability to protect their team and tank hits is badass. Lucky for me the monsters I get to pilot also do awesome things so it's like sampling a bunch of micro characters. Man I love this game :)

I've played an Investigator and an Alchemist so far, enjoyed both, but it was a major learning curve to get into PF2e.

This was so cool. Your Pathfinder vids are awesome 🤩

Always like seeing videos about Pathfinder

Excelent vídeo, definitely subbing to the channel, keep up the good work.

Thank you! Given the huge OGL fiasco, I’ve been heavily considering picking up Pathfinder. This couldn’t have come at a better time.

I'm _so_ glad they brought the Investigator back. It fits my primary character better than even I would've thought.

I really hope we get some PF2e based video games eventually because this system is so much fun

Thanks for the incredibly handy breakdown. 2E is the next ruleset I'm taking (one) of my groups into after their current D&D adventure.

Where the boi go?

Thank you ❤

Very helpful to someone like me who has always heard about Pathfinder through the grapevine since Critical Role started but hasn't actually played or really researched the system, a friend of mine from an old D&D campaign I was in last year came to me a couple months back with the offer of joining a future Pathfinder campaign he was planning, I'm not sure if I want to since the world and races are homebrew and I'd prefer to experience a more standard experience of a system first before one with lots of changes from things I can research, this video definitely helped me understand how the classes are different in Pathfinder and what is available to me should I choose to play in the future.

I like the sound of building your own subclasses out of the equivalent of battlemaster manoeuvres and Eldritch invocations.

Great video, lots of wisdom here

Amazing. I loved the cheeky little intro, and the way you sorted classes was interesting. Definitely gonna subscribe now. One minor disagreement is that I'd say Magus is more of a Dragon Ball class thanks to Z and Super relying so much on energy blasts.

Honestly I'd love to see more Pathfinder videos in the future. I've always wanted to learn how to play.

Always been looking forward to content from you involving RPGs, glad that you're devoting that attention to Pathfinder 2nd Ed. Any particular iconic you like?

Amazing video! Sums all the classes perfectly. Just a few corrections: Champion's Core Ability can be Strenght or Dexterity, while Magus Core Ability cannot be Intelligence (I know, weird), instead they also use Strenght or Dexterity.

This honestly comes closer to a character I played named Cold front, from what I've heard of races and classes for PF2E. He was a sorcerer/cleric of the storm, and a reflavored air genasi, where in game he was basically Cell but good guy and weather themed. Despite it being a bad idea damage wise, he didn't have a weapon until the very end, as he was cursed to only be able to fight with his own strength, same with actual armour. Eventually he got a legally distinct monado when we fought the final boss.

Great summary

Great video!😊

I just finished taking my buddies under Otari and are now on the way down the road to the book of the dead one shot. So dang fun

I've got a cleric built up for when my group starts its 2e AP, but I really like the Thaumaturge and Alchemist.

The were-frog note on Barbarian, I appreciate that you picked best animal for that instinct. XD

I've not played pathfinder yet. This is so helpful. I didn't understand really the theme of the classes besides the originals. Now I'm sure I'd pick either a druid, witch, or summoner. All for different reasons too.

I played a ranger in my first 2e game and loved how it felt.

I really like the bard it is the first class I've ever played in PF2. It was really fun 😊

My favs are the alchemist and summoner. I just love their versatility. My fetching shadow summoner (race archetype) was a blast having my shadow be my Eidolon in 1e. It’s also great that theyve more or less moved most of their races/classes (ignoring the later ones) from 1e into their 2nd edition. I think Inquisitor is the only one missing still?

This is EXACTLY the intro I've been hoping for. I wonder if you've got an intro to Golarion like this.

This is awesome, would be cool of you made a video on ancestry

I'm currently playing a sprite flame soul druid and I absolutely love it. Such a fun class, and such a fun race, plus I made a character that I just really enjoying roleplaying as. I'm thinking my next pathfinder character is gonna be an inventor or summoner, I really like the ideas of those classes. When I play 5e my favorite class is warlock, but I haven't played enough pf2e to figure out my favorite class over here yet, since I've only played a rather poorly built bard and this druid.

Useful guide!

I need to convince my group to try 2e again. We did a test game way back when....it didn't go well. Now with the revision happening I feel like it's the perfect system for us!

Thank god for this. I try looking up info on pathfinder and so much of it is just kinda boring essays. This is something I can watch!

I didn't need any of this information but that thumbnail got me

I love playing spellswords, so magus looks really good! What's nice though is just how many options there are for casting martials, or martial casters!

This has helped my party of brand new characters a lot.

After giving up on trying 2e a few years ago because my group is too locked on 1e, you now have reignited my passion for it. Thank you.

This video was really needed for pf2e

I have a character concept that, at first I was going to build in D&D, but the Inventor class just sounds perfect for. basically, a gnome who set off to master the art of tinkering, and accidentally made a clockwork man so good it came to life. iirc, I've had that character idea for longer than the artificer class was around (in 5e, at least), but I've just never gotten around to really trying to build it.

3:08: Ooh, I love playing brucely! 10:10: New to PF2 (though inspired by a variant of the same name from 3.5's Unearthed Arcana).

It's genuinely the best ttrpg right now. Nice overview

I'd love to see a short summary of the ancestries unique to Pathfinder, there's some really interesting ones

I like the sound of the Investigator, Inventor and Summoner. All about those pet classes.

Gotta love that iconic character Juralt of Rivia.

Creative video! The tunes made me feel like I had 19 jack and cokes and woke up at a corner table out of cash, disoriented, and greasy, but the dialog was awesome.

Looking forward to playing a Mafus at some point.

One of the most watched guide about PF2e is presenting itself as a tentacular eldritch abomination beyond your comprehension. *Great.*

I'm playing a Psychic at the moment, which I love, but I've always wanted to try an Oracle.

That was a great summary. If you were planning on making more PF2 videos, I'd definitely subscribe.

My favorite p2 character was a kenku eldritch trickster with witch as the caster choice, she was also fairly old and had empty nest syndrome (lol). Her patron was baba yaga and the animate object spell you get from her is absolutely insane at solving problems and just being a nuisance, i was regularly able to flank with myself using this spell.

i started running a campaign of pf2e back in december, and my players are all brand new to pathfinder and one in particular is pretty new to the tabletop hobby in general. session zero i helped them make a ranger, a barbarian, and a sorcerer, taking purely CRB content to ease them in. last session the shorty squad fought 2 dragons simultaneously - the barbarian set a trap for one of them which made it comparatively easier to kill with the assistance of the sorcerer, and my ranger.... he solo'd the other dragon in Two Turns. little level 7 Bobbin the Gobbin went to TOWN on that Adult Black Dragon, I've never been more proud as a DM.

My first character was a summoner and this was my first campaign of pathfinder. I absolutely LOVED the classes, races, flavor and everything about it but I went down in combat every time cuz I just did not position well

My ttrpg group just switched over to pathfinder from 5e 3 weeks ago and I switched my character from a dragonborn wizard to a human druid and so far it's been really fun. I've been making good berries and using gravitational pull with the flick of a finger here and a few weird words there it's nice but, it's weird no longer having a wand (I carved one out of a stick but it's kristhaken's wand) but the 3 action system is really cool

My first character's been a kobold summoner with a dragon eidolon. It's been pretty fun so far and it's so satisfying to destroy enemies weak to either fire or AoE damage with eidolon breath every once in a while. Also had a really cool moment when we were fleeing a gibbering mouther and our champion got swallowed before she could run. I'd just got a staff of air, so was able to use air bubble to stop her suffocating. My eidolon was 10ft away, so I used evolution surge to make it large. Then it was able to slash the champion free while being far enough away to get an attack of opportunity. That felt epic after 3 sessions of having no spell slots left because we didn't rest.

Big fan of the thaumaturge, always love characters who specialize in hunting monsters

im currently on my very first pf2e experience, playing a catfolk jester, throwing weapon swashbuckler, and although we could only do half a session thanks to technical difficulties, i still had a lot of fun figuring out the mechanics, trying to finagle my way into getting panache with very silly actions

There are two gods (one is third party) called Milani and Tulis who are the goddesses of Rebellion and Martyrdom respectively and ever since I discovered them I have wanted to play a paladin of them so badly. Well in this video I discovered that the champion has a CG oath about freeing people from their chains and it's PERFECT

I recently picked up PF2e. Idk if this is true (so I hope someone who knows can actually comment on this) but I thought it is easier to play than PF1e. It's easier to understand and build characters, it's way more streamlined without compromising the abundance of options :)

My first character I played was a Human Champion who was basically a big himbo. He died to the Giant Rats under Otari so his brother took his place; another human Champion but this time with Brestplate, shield, and a Bonk stick.

I also recently made a human thaumaturge with tome, weapon and mirror implements Had a lot of inspiration that it ended up a mess XD The tome and weapon while speccing to counter mostly magic i got from Asta of Black Clover The tome and possible nerdy takes i got from Midoriya "Deku" Izuku of Boku no Hero Academia I also made sure this Thaumaturge is as athletic and acrobatic as the above 2 The mirror because of Mirror's reflection Lots of inspiration from Vergil of Devil May Cry 5 with his "normal" Devil Trigger has him summon a clone of himself Then some non magic medical expertise i got from Dr Black Jack

The Investigator is why I wanted to play Pathfinder 2 when i heard about it. I'm no Sherlock Holmes fan, but the idea that what I bring to the table is my intelligence and not having that applied through magic but real world knowledge? I absolutely love it.

So just started to get interested in pathfinder 2e, since the whole one dnd debacle just finally put the nail in the coffin for me. And so far I have liked what I have found out. Like it seems once you learn the system it will be easy to run/play. It offers a lot more customability in the classes and races( even more so than 3.5) and so much more