Pathfinder is awesome!

Those of you who follow Dungeons and Dragons closely probably know this already, but if you don't, permit me to enlighten you:

Pathfinder is awesome.

Pathfinder, developed by the good folks at Paizo Publishing is a "spin off" product for Dungeons and Dragons, not dissimilar to Ebberon or Dark Sun. But while those are campaign settings, Pathfinder goes a step beyond those and comes with a modified rule set, a "D&D 3.75", if you will.

Paizo, like a lot of people, didn't like the direction that Wizards of the Coast was going in with Dungeons and Dragons 4.0. So, they released Pathfinder, with the blessings of Wizards of the Coast, which I think is something worth celebrating. In an age of ruthless corporate competition, two companies putting a new Intellectual Property first restores a bit of my hope in humanity.

If you liked Dungeons and Dragons 3.5, you will love Pathfinder: The rules are streamlined, they make an effort to balance the classes and the setting is interesting. And the SRD is updated on a semi-regular basis, with the Samurai, Ninja and Gunslinger classes being the latest additions.

But you didn't come to listen to me ramble all day:

Pathfinder SRD

Pathfinder wiki, for setting information

Here's a link to paizo.com to take a look at the various goodies they have to offer.