In post 31, xRECKONERx wrote:My LGS has a pathfinder night every week. What's the difference between that and DnD?
Okay. Pathfinder is mechanically superior to 3.5 D&D. Classes are closer to balanced (though nowhere near actually
Otherwise, if you know how to play one you know how to play the other well enough to get by-- though there are dozens of stupid little rules that are different between the two games, that aren't important enough to actually remember.
If you are new to Pathfinder, play a Fighter. They're simple, they have fewer daily resources to worry about, and they can bring the pain.
If you are new to D&D 3.5, play a Warlock. It's like playing a spellcaster but you have less to keep track of. You're not nearly as powerful as a well-played Wizard or even a Sorcerer, but you have a reliable repertoire of tricks that will allow you to contribute most of the time.
A lot of groups treat D&D 3.0, 3.5, and Pathfinder as one contiguous cross-compatible game. I encourage this as much as I can.
If you're new to D&D 4e, it doesn't matter what class you play-- basically, pick the party role you want, pick the power source you like best, and play the class that combines the two. If you bottled up all of the hatred I felt toward 4e, it would probably be considered a Weapon of Mass Destruction... but one thing they did right is they made it