Pathfinder 2e Combat in 7 Minutes or Less 

Other than missing the special rules for rolling "1" or "20", this is pretty good. For those that don't know rolling a "1" will always decrease the level of success by 1. Where as a "20" will increase the level of success by 1. THIS IS FOR ALL CHECKS INCLUDING NON-COMBAT CHECKS. This also means that it is possible to fail with a "20" and succeed with a "1" if the DC is very high or low. This can be a shock for people coming from most other D20 systems (DnD, pathfinder 1e, etc).

No Pathfinder related stuff on this account, default avatar, 9 subs, low effort visuals.... Yet one of the best Pathfinder tutorials. 0 bullshit. Keep doing more, man

Eating chees would likely be 2 actions. One to remove the cheese from you pack, and one to eat it. Unless you have the 'competitive eater' feat, in which case, eating is a free action.

What a coincidence this video came out just now! I'm a DM wanting to switch from DND 5e to Pathfinder 2e for our next campaign. I found this video while looking for some initial information and didn't realize it came out only hours ago. Great, concise video! Good to know that flanking only gives a -2 to AC and not a full advantage, and the Pathfinder crit rules are of course pretty great.

The second swing had a 40% chance of success (65-25 = 40) and the second swing had a critical success chance of 5% ( natural 20s improve the success level).

A few cliff notes for people escaping from DND 5e- 1. The three actions are like action+bonus action+movement, but it is just turned into a generic point resource. But some actions (like most spells) take up 2 or more action points. Reactions are still reactions. 2. There is a penalty for doing attacks over and over in a row. This isn't a problem for barbarian doing a simple 1-2 hit with a greatsword. Your first hit is over tuned to the point that you get an auto crit for hitting too hitting +10 over AC. 3.Don't worry if you do dual wielding or archery- a lot of classes have abilities that ignore this penalty (either that, or it is like dual wielding without spending a bonus action). 4. You get a lot of feats. This is mostly because a lot of those later abilities you get from your sub class are turned into feats. If you've ever played warlock, then it is pretty much the same as invocations. 5. Advantage is a lot rarer than DnD. Instead, you are usually doing things just to get a +2 to yourself or a -2 to your enemy. But that +2 might put you into auto crit range.

this is a well thought out video. you're explaining a lot of rules very concisely, while avoiding the many tangents that can come up when describing any part of these games. keep em coming please.

Got the humble bundle with Abomination Vaults to play this weekend with zero Pathfinder experience. Your video is a godsend, so simple and easy to understand. Thanks!

I'm considering trying out Pathfinder 2e after both playing and DMing D&D 5e for a while. I found the 650 page rulebook to be a bit daunting to just tackle head-on so I decided to search some video explanations and this was absolutely perfect for learning the barebones of combat! Every single point made in this video just had me thinking "This is such a good rule. Why hasn't D&D done that??" My favorite aspect is the penalty on subsequent attacks, encouraging players to be strategic with their choices in combat, rather than just getting as many hits in as possible. However, I think this rule would also allow DMs to diversify enemy tactics A LOT more and especially provide greater variety to difficulty through combat mechanics rather than just bullet sponges with bigger attacks. Thank you for your super concise and easy to understand video!

as someone who played pf2e for over half a year now I have to say: except for the nat1/nat20 thing (that you already pinned), you perfectly described pf2e combat in it's basic sure their are other stuff who would fit into it, like demoralize, grabble/trip and so, but it would expand the video still amazing video you describe it as good as other pro players with just words, or even better

Oh thankyou- these videos help me catch up with Pathfinder 2e, and it being in this format makes it easy on my ADHD. Love your content.

Great video. I'll parrot another comment and say that the Nat 20 Nat 1 stuff would've turned it from great to excellent, but still a lovely, simple and informative video for newbies to PF2e! Great job! More PF2e content please!

Great video. Teaches the basics and then leads into your second video with a bit more complexity.

Direct and to the point. New to PF2 myself and this is EXACTLY what we need to help us. Understanding things like grappling, dying and conditions are some of the things that bring the game to a halt in some cases to try to understand. earned a sub from me. Nice job. and thanks!

You missed the opportunity to start with "Pathfinder is all about finding paths"

This was a great video. Simple, effective, lighthearted. Thank you!

Sending this to my players! We're new to PF2.

thanks alot! this was really helpful for someone like me, who never played dnd or pathfinder before.

I have learned quite a bit over the past several minutes. Thank you very much, sensei.

Simply, and concisely explained.

Incredibly helpful video! Loved how simple to understand everything was explained, though I would love to see a part 2 explaining additional rules in regards to spellcasting and such if they exist.

Player 1: 'Stride, Stride, Eat Cheese!' GM: "Unfortunately, the cheese you have chosen to eat was contaminated with a new viral zombie plague and you inadvertently become patient zero for the zombie apocalypse."

this is really godanm good, thanks. No bullshit, took a lot of questions out of my mind.

Very useful for my new players. Thank you!!!

Great video, but there are a few inaccuracies. As mentioned in previous comments, you did not cover nat1/nat20. As a result you said that there was 0% chance of a critical hit in the enemy with a +1 to hit. You actually have a 5% chance due to nat20. You also stated that the MAP increases with every attempt to Strike. This is not true. The penalties increase on second and third Strike. However, if you get a fourth Strike (such as from Haste) or more, the penalty remains at -10. Overall, great video!

Today its my second session and thats help me a lot. Thanks!

This is amazingly well explained. Congrats.

Nice concise breakdown!

Great vid.

Exact the style of tutorial that I want to watch !!!!!!!! thanks bro

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Came here b/c of the new OGL. Won't be going back. Long live Pathfinder!

This is so good!

Wouldn't the probability of success to hit the goblin when you have a +1 modifier be 40% instead of 35%? I counted 🤓 'Cause the lowest number you would have to roll would be a 13, meaning 12 numbers for failure, 8 for success. 😅

on multiple attack penalty, does it stop at -10 for subsequent attacks?

Wait... but I keep seeing that you can't move again after attacking?

Do people use the 2nd/3rd attacks? Feels like that decision point could really slow down the combat

Question, in 5e you can move, attack and the use the rest of your movement (if any) to move again. In pf2 you have to use a third action? Or you can stride "freely" as long you have movement left?

Oh hey, that's useful!

Great video btw

I am here I have subscribed I am here to learn teach me the ways in 7 minutes or less old master.

Thanks. I think that explains the multi-strike penalty very well. The penalty does seem to over-nerf multi-strikes. I mean, how would you even hit an enemy a third time without a huge +modifier, or an enemy with an already low AC? Doesn't it prolong battles excessively?

THANKS!

How does the multi attack work with classes that have more than one attack per turn?

how much of this is the same compared to the remaster?

technically 2nd attack has the 5% crit chanse so does 3rd

3 actions; dip , duck and dodge

Pathfinder is all about fighting Monsters? Wrong, Pathfinder is a balanced Game around Downtime,Adventureing and Exploring :) You can easily do a whole Campaign with less Fighting but more Exploring or Downtime Roleplay. It depends how the DM creates the Campaign :)

Eat some cheese. Oh yes. Finally a man of culture lol

The first sentence is all anyone needs to know. Run from one combat to the next and that's it. Wow with less interactive npc's

Oh! Explaining combat in 7 minutes or less, not finishing combat in 7 minutes or less... right, right, right. XD

Fantastic video! Thank you!!