[Pathfinder 2e] How to pick a class - A Quick Look at All Classes in PF2 

Important to note is that in PF2e, enemies having attack of opportunity are a rarity rather than the rule. As a monk, you can quite reliably dance across the battlefield and accomplish hit and run tactics if you wish to play that way.

".... you can also explode. Voluntarily." You have my attention!

Even after watching the video, I still can't get over the dude at the start was eating his dice.

My first character was a cat folk alchemist. His specialty was bomber, yet also helped with making elixirs for my team. (lack of designated support). I love Niko and would pick him back up in a heartbeat if given the chance.

One reason I love pathfinder is that while 5e characters feel very linear, with the biggest choice you make being your subclass, pathfinder characters feel like jenga towers that allow you to change out blocks for different ones you like better, with your race and class providing only the foundation of the tower, rather than a vast majority of it.

What I love about Pathfinder vs DND is how your character's race matters more. It's like a subclass in and of itself. In DND, you pick your race (or species I think they're calling it now) and you add some to your ability scores, subtract some, get a racial ability you'll use once and forget about, and probably get darkvision, because of course you do. And that's it. Most racial options have barely any impact on your character outside of RP. Meanwhile in Pathfinder, you could choose to be a goblin, and later get to play as a living meteorite that's IMMUNE TO FALL DAMAGE! You get new feats and abilities according to your race as you go, which can synergize and unlock new options later, AS WELL as all the customization options you get from your class and everything else! This shit blew my mind when I read it!

I recently got a Pathfinder book. I stared at it for a few moments before promptly closing it. I could barely wrap my head around it! But this definitely gave me some motivation to get back in there. The Investigator is really appealing to me!!

My immediate thought upon seeing Ranger was "Monster Hunter time?" then realizing that "Yes, Monster Hunter time!" Plus, we haven't even touched on Archetypes. Being able to play a Lv 20 Fighter who also happens to be able to cast Lv 8 spells as a Wizard, or a Cleric of Gorum who is able to Rage like a Barbarian, is so much fun for theme builds.

The coolest thing about pathfinder 2 that makes me want to try it out is that Intelligence is actually utilized more as a base stat for more than just a wizard or artificer

I'd love more in depth class reviews! Either way I love your work, here's to many years of more awesome content!

really refreshing to see a pathfinder 2e video be under 20 minutes, would love to see more!

I've been curious about pathfinder but I've been really overwhelmed by all the stuff you need to do for character creation. so videos like this are a major help. thank you

Magus has always been a fave of mine PF1 and it's even better in PF2. Would love to actually get a chance to play it sometime. I like how Magus and Witch are like the two different sides of the 5e Warlock. Magus is the martial limited caster with a spellbook, Witch is the caster with hexes and weird spells and a familiar

Pathfinder 2E Ranger DEFFINITLY feel like what i thought 5E Ranger was supposed to be Not fully commit to be Guardian to specific thing, more like freelancer Guardians lmao Either stop Outer entities from invading or Not make Animals or Humans go ape shit on each other

My TTRPG party moved over to Pathfinder 2e after a long 2 year campaign playing on D&D 5e. On P2e I knew I wanted to create a martial character, but I wasn’t sure which. Then I went and made a Giant Mauler Barbarian. I have been enjoying the game well since.

Did he just kill a man and then talk to an empty room for 20 minutes?

That video really is amazing. It brings a good chunk of information but not exaggerating in said information. It straight to the point. I love it! If possible, a video about Pathfinder 2e races would be interesting (either in the Core book, or the supplement ones).

This was really helpful, as one of the horde making a switch from dnd 5e to Pathfinder 2e bite-sized info compilations like this with a bit of play experience and game history thrown in are perfect for building up confidence and actually getting a respectful handle on the new system I'm diving into. I'd love if you do more guides but if not, thanks a bunch for this one!

Haha, now you've gotten me wanting to actually look into trying to get into pathfinder since some of those were really neat. Thaumaturge especially.

This was a wonderful watch. Excellent brief breakdowns and a fun, engaging video all the while. Thanks! I feel a little more educated about PF2E now.

Love the breakdown - very easy to digest! I'd happily send this to my players who are new to Pathfinder2e!

it makes me so happy seeing big creators making pf2e content banger video, keep it up

Awesome video, great content, and very thankful for having quality Pathfinder video creators. Thanks!

My first character will be a psychic. F*ck it, we ball.

This was simple enough for someone like myself who just bought the Pathfinder 2e set form humble bundle to get a grasp at this without feeling overwhelmed. Thank you.

Great video! You summarized the classes in less than 15 minutes that i have spent months trying to understand.

Love the pathfinder 2e vids! I am a 5e player, but finding elaborate videos like this is a real hard challenge! Now I will be able to learn this system easier :D Thanks man, you've just got a new sub :)

Love PF2E and all its classes. Of the ones I've played, I'd say Rogue and Magus are my favorites. Can't wait to try out Barbarian in a new upcoming campaign!

This is a fantastic breakdown of the basics for all the current classes available in PF2, and I'm always here for this kinda stuff. I've been a long-time Pathfinder player, and was really excited for PF2 when the playtest material was announced. One of the biggest things I've loved about PF2--you briefly touched on it when talking about the Rogue's Racket--is the absurd build diversity. Individual classes have their specialties and focuses, but the individual classes have enough options built into them that you could have two party members pick the same class, but choose different specializations and fulfill different subroles within the party. You could do this to some degree in PF1 thanks to archetypes, but PF2 made it a central function of all the classes to be able to choose what specific aspects of your character's class is their personal forte, and I love it.

Thank you for the info, will show it to my friends who are interested in the system

I'm definitely saving this video for the next time I want to summarize the classes for new players, this was pretty darn good!

This is a great video, I'll probably be sharing this with my players when I run my first pf2e game.

Ty for a fantastic intro for Pathfinder 2e classes!

Always like seeing videos about Pathfinder

This was so cool. Your Pathfinder vids are awesome 🤩

Welcome to Pathfinder, friend! Love the video, sound quality and music choice were both great!

A note: "Arcane Trickster" is actually a completely separate Archetype that allows a caster - ANY caster - to overoptimize his spells, starting from cantrips and going up. It's incredibly good, but probably not for a rogue - but if you feel like giving the Thievery skill to your Wizard, Witch or Bard you're golden. But seriously, look it up - it's several layers of awesome.

This was so incredibly well done! Definitely saving this to share with perspective players. As a forever GM the alchemist really calls to me as a jack of all trades. Using a familiar to mess with the action economy and playing as a healer sounds like a boatload of fun. Although Wizards thematic dedication to one school of magic also sounds like a blast. Then the fighters seemingly endless customization through feats would be so cool, and a champion's ability to protect their team and tank hits is badass. Lucky for me the monsters I get to pilot also do awesome things so it's like sampling a bunch of micro characters. Man I love this game :)

this is soooo helpful, thank you!!

This is absolutely amazing. This feels like a laid back jocrap video. Would love to see you get into more detail with this game. Been meaning to look into it

Thank you! Given the huge OGL fiasco, I’ve been heavily considering picking up Pathfinder. This couldn’t have come at a better time.

I've played an Investigator and an Alchemist so far, enjoyed both, but it was a major learning curve to get into PF2e.

Thanks for the incredibly handy breakdown. 2E is the next ruleset I'm taking (one) of my groups into after their current D&D adventure.

Excelent vídeo, definitely subbing to the channel, keep up the good work.

Dragon summoner, mirror thaumaturge and bastard sword inventor are my three big stand-out favorites for being interesting as heck to both roleplay and fight with.

Great video, lots of wisdom here

Great summary

Where the boi go?

I'm _so_ glad they brought the Investigator back. It fits my primary character better than even I would've thought.

Honestly I'd love to see more Pathfinder videos in the future. I've always wanted to learn how to play.

I like the sound of building your own subclasses out of the equivalent of battlemaster manoeuvres and Eldritch invocations.

Always been looking forward to content from you involving RPGs, glad that you're devoting that attention to Pathfinder 2nd Ed. Any particular iconic you like?

Amazing video! Sums all the classes perfectly. Just a few corrections: Champion's Core Ability can be Strenght or Dexterity, while Magus Core Ability cannot be Intelligence (I know, weird), instead they also use Strenght or Dexterity.

Amazing. I loved the cheeky little intro, and the way you sorted classes was interesting. Definitely gonna subscribe now. One minor disagreement is that I'd say Magus is more of a Dragon Ball class thanks to Z and Super relying so much on energy blasts.

Great video!😊

The were-frog note on Barbarian, I appreciate that you picked best animal for that instinct. XD

Very helpful to someone like me who has always heard about Pathfinder through the grapevine since Critical Role started but hasn't actually played or really researched the system, a friend of mine from an old D&D campaign I was in last year came to me a couple months back with the offer of joining a future Pathfinder campaign he was planning, I'm not sure if I want to since the world and races are homebrew and I'd prefer to experience a more standard experience of a system first before one with lots of changes from things I can research, this video definitely helped me understand how the classes are different in Pathfinder and what is available to me should I choose to play in the future.

This is EXACTLY the intro I've been hoping for. I wonder if you've got an intro to Golarion like this.

Cool fun thing, 4 classes are in play test right now for upcoming books. The guardian is a damage reduction tank that can taunt and take hits for their allies. The commander is a military tactician that can call stratagems to give buffs and extra actions to allies. The exemplar is an offensive focused divine warrior that can imbue their equipment with a divine spark. Think Hercules and Maui. The animist is a shaman that gets access to both spontaneous and prepared spells.

Useful guide!

Thank god for this. I try looking up info on pathfinder and so much of it is just kinda boring essays. This is something I can watch!

Thank you ❤

I love playing spellswords, so magus looks really good! What's nice though is just how many options there are for casting martials, or martial casters!

I've got a cleric built up for when my group starts its 2e AP, but I really like the Thaumaturge and Alchemist.

My favs are the alchemist and summoner. I just love their versatility. My fetching shadow summoner (race archetype) was a blast having my shadow be my Eidolon in 1e. It’s also great that theyve more or less moved most of their races/classes (ignoring the later ones) from 1e into their 2nd edition. I think Inquisitor is the only one missing still?

I've not played pathfinder yet. This is so helpful. I didn't understand really the theme of the classes besides the originals. Now I'm sure I'd pick either a druid, witch, or summoner. All for different reasons too.

I'd love to see a short summary of the ancestries unique to Pathfinder, there's some really interesting ones

This video was really needed for pf2e

I really hope we get some PF2e based video games eventually because this system is so much fun

This is awesome, would be cool of you made a video on ancestry

I didn't need any of this information but that thumbnail got me

After giving up on trying 2e a few years ago because my group is too locked on 1e, you now have reignited my passion for it. Thank you.

I like the sound of the Investigator, Inventor and Summoner. All about those pet classes.

Creative video! The tunes made me feel like I had 19 jack and cokes and woke up at a corner table out of cash, disoriented, and greasy, but the dialog was awesome.

It's genuinely the best ttrpg right now. Nice overview

That was a great summary. If you were planning on making more PF2 videos, I'd definitely subscribe.

Fantastic Video! Any chance we’ll get a similar one on Ancestries?

I really like the bard it is the first class I've ever played in PF2. It was really fun 😊

This has helped my party of brand new characters a lot.

Kind of surprised the Oracle class is named as such despite not making predictions/receiving visions of the future/etc., instead of calling them something like Hexers or Cursebearers.

3:08: Ooh, I love playing brucely! 10:10: New to PF2 (though inspired by a variant of the same name from 3.5's Unearthed Arcana).

I played a ranger in my first 2e game and loved how it felt.

I need to convince my group to try 2e again. We did a test game way back when....it didn't go well. Now with the revision happening I feel like it's the perfect system for us!

I just finished taking my buddies under Otari and are now on the way down the road to the book of the dead one shot. So dang fun

Gotta love that iconic character Juralt of Rivia.

I'm currently playing a sprite flame soul druid and I absolutely love it. Such a fun class, and such a fun race, plus I made a character that I just really enjoying roleplaying as. I'm thinking my next pathfinder character is gonna be an inventor or summoner, I really like the ideas of those classes. When I play 5e my favorite class is warlock, but I haven't played enough pf2e to figure out my favorite class over here yet, since I've only played a rather poorly built bard and this druid.

No clue why both Dnd and Pathfinder seem to insist the sorcerer is blood based. If that were the case, why wouldn’t every fey related or dragon related character automatically be one.

This video was amazing! It gave alot of insight and understanding. Thank you. So what would you say Is your favorite class and race so far?

My first character was a summoner and this was my first campaign of pathfinder. I absolutely LOVED the classes, races, flavor and everything about it but I went down in combat every time cuz I just did not position well

Oh cool!

Looking forward to playing a Mafus at some point.

Now the ultimate task: Find a group that fits in your time.

My ttrpg group just switched over to pathfinder from 5e 3 weeks ago and I switched my character from a dragonborn wizard to a human druid and so far it's been really fun. I've been making good berries and using gravitational pull with the flick of a finger here and a few weird words there it's nice but, it's weird no longer having a wand (I carved one out of a stick but it's kristhaken's wand) but the 3 action system is really cool

The Investigator is why I wanted to play Pathfinder 2 when i heard about it. I'm no Sherlock Holmes fan, but the idea that what I bring to the table is my intelligence and not having that applied through magic but real world knowledge? I absolutely love it.

i started running a campaign of pf2e back in december, and my players are all brand new to pathfinder and one in particular is pretty new to the tabletop hobby in general. session zero i helped them make a ranger, a barbarian, and a sorcerer, taking purely CRB content to ease them in. last session the shorty squad fought 2 dragons simultaneously - the barbarian set a trap for one of them which made it comparatively easier to kill with the assistance of the sorcerer, and my ranger.... he solo'd the other dragon in Two Turns. little level 7 Bobbin the Gobbin went to TOWN on that Adult Black Dragon, I've never been more proud as a DM.

im currently on my very first pf2e experience, playing a catfolk jester, throwing weapon swashbuckler, and although we could only do half a session thanks to technical difficulties, i still had a lot of fun figuring out the mechanics, trying to finagle my way into getting panache with very silly actions

Big fan of the thaumaturge, always love characters who specialize in hunting monsters

My favorite p2 character was a kenku eldritch trickster with witch as the caster choice, she was also fairly old and had empty nest syndrome (lol). Her patron was baba yaga and the animate object spell you get from her is absolutely insane at solving problems and just being a nuisance, i was regularly able to flank with myself using this spell.

Im a massive fan of Champions! You couldnt ask for a better tank in a tabletop

one important note Magus key ability is Dex or Str not Int, thier usual casting is based on int but magus usually uses spell strike which delivers spells on hit third note this limited casting is called bounded spellcasting