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Hello, title. I have been playing pf2e coming on 2 years now. Unfortunately, I have never enjoyed character creation or progression in this system. I like playing with my group, but would rather never again make a decision when it comes to character options.

I am surprised because it seems like there are very few written resources or videos which just make a build with feats/spells chosen, retraining recommendations by level, etc. Any recommendations?

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[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

What is it you don't like about the character creation process? Is it that there are too many choices? That you feel the need to make the "optimal" choice?

[–] dodos@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not OP, but these are the two problems I run into in any crpg / arpg / trpg I play. I also find when I try to avoid stressing over it I end up too under powered to actually do anything in the game in playing. Very open to advice if you have any!

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

The reason I asked about those two things specifically was because in PF2E, it's very difficult to make a "wrong" choice. Most of your power comes directly from leveling up, not from feats. So my advice would be not to stress about what the optimal choice is for minmaxing and instead to focus on the best choice to realize your concept of your character.