No I cannot afford it, I had surprise financial emergency this month.

But seriously, either make the whole thing free or paid, don’t get my hopes up only to dash them like that.

  • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
    39·
    17 days ago

    FWIW, it’s not a starter set, it’s a playtest. It’s stress testing things, and leaning on Pathfinder assets. You’re not missing out on the full meal deal right now.

    • ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
      51·
      17 days ago

      I feel like that actually makes it worse. Making people pay to be playtesters? Last I knew playtesting was a job.

      I haven’t really looked into it at all because I’m not interested, but do they at least state that you’ll get the updated material that you paid for when it releases?

  • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    251·
    17 days ago

    This is completely standard, Paizo have always given the rules for free and made you pay for the stories and lore.
    It’s not even a starter set, it’s the playtest, so you already need to be familiar with Pathfinder 2e in order to use the rules. Definitely not a place for a group to test the waters, they’re looking for serious dweebs to obsess over the maths and mechanics so they can refine it - the playtest adventure(s) are just playgrounds for them to do that it.

  • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
    23·
    17 days ago

    I know some of the union leaders at UPW, including one of the Paizo writers that may have worked on the starter adventure (I don’t know for certain). They’re incredibly passionate about their work, and honestly would understand your frustrations about capitalism. They likely pushed to make as much as possible free, so folks in your position would still be able to share the joy of their work even if they can’t afford the starter adventure.

    I know none of this will make your frustration go away, but I hope you know that they didn’t do it out of malice.

  • Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com
    2910·
    17 days ago

    Yeah, I guess they should have just locked all of it behind a paywall so entitled people don’t get worked up over not getting everything for free.

    • clickyello@lemmy.world
      9·
      17 days ago

      back in MY DAY gamers used to pick themselves up by their bootstraps and get a second job if they wanted to game!

      (in case you need it /s, this casual ableism is gross. if you wanna push that the artists deserve to be paid for their work that’s one thing, attacking OP for being frustrated that they can’t afford it is another one entirely. do better.)

    • TheGreatDarkness@ttrpg.networkOP
      87·
      17 days ago

      I think if it was all behind the paywall I would just shrug and move on, ironically. If it was free I would be setting up a one-shot with my players. This way I got excited only to be reminded I’m poor and every nerdy interest purchase is a decision I have to seriously weight and first thing to give up if anything happens. Guess it made me overreact a bit.

        • festnt@sh.itjust.works
          6·
          17 days ago

          someone posted links to official free adventures, so yes, there are

          edit: nevermind, its for pathfinder and op is talking about starfinder

        • festnt@sh.itjust.works
          7·
          17 days ago

          yeah mine too, i only realised it wasnt pathfinder after i saw another comment talking like it was a different system and i double checked

          edit: and also the post is talking about a starter set for starfinder, which doesnt exist (they were probably talking about the playtest but said starter set for some reason)