Pathfinder's compatibility is based on 3.5e, so DnD 3.5e homebrew stuff is likely to work with Pathfinder. 5e stuff probably will not.

Old Windows games are more likely to run successfully on Linux than Windows.

New Windows games supposedly run faster in modern Linux than modern Windows. I can't verify it, lacking a modern Windows installation, but tomshardware.com said it was true.

Yeah fair there's loads of third party content for DnD. There is also for Pathfinder but not quite as much.

That being said, I've found the core system gives you more customization so there is not a constant need for outside content to keep the system interesting.

Hilariously, getting better for both of them. Pathfinder has a lot of third party developers already, and gained some after the big D&D debacle when Wizards tried to update the OGL and kill third-party. Linux is still slow going, especially on the gaming side, but a number of FOSS companies and Valve have done a lot of work to legitimize Linux as a personal computing platform.

Pathfinder 1e has a tonne of high-quality third-party content. Not sure about 2e.

I upvoted you because owning physical media rocks, but just wanted to remind folks WoTC has actually been known to hire mercenaries to retrieve physical merchandise.

Yeah if you have it go for it, better than letting those old books gather dust!

What I like about Pathfinder is that it's all free, so new players don't need to buy books at all before they can join.

IME, you don't get any more toxic elitists in Linux communities than in any other.

The internet just kinda sucks.

Getting away from d20 systems after a long Pathfinder campaign with my group has been great. All kinds of systems out there making you roll d6s or d10s, spend hp to cast spells, and build characters collaboratively.

Player in My Glitch game used a monkey paw to wish for Half Life 3 to be released. Now the whole world knows he's the guy who made Half Life 3 suck

I'm an active Linux user and I can say it is a few, they're just so fucking annoying. They seem to respond to absolutely everything with a ten foot stick up their ass.

The rest of us don't care and don't really talk about Linux unless you need help or are genuinely curious. Basically you almost never see a comment from the rest of us because most of us are probably introverts.

Or you just ROLL with it! (Nudge,Nudge)

Get it! Get it!

Maybe I need to explain it, jokes become funnier when you explain them!

I'm definitely a Pathfinder evangelist, but it isn't my favorite genre or the one I'd most highly recommend for a newbie (unless you are just really into the setting). I recommend trying Chronicles of Darkness out if you want a game that is actually both isimple at it's core and easy to add content to, it's what i recommend newbies every time.

The base systems are easy to grasp and mostly applies to every part of the game, the point buy system makes it simpler to follow character advancement (no set growth so you only need to remember what's on your character sheet), and the setting is incredibly easy to grasp (well, the parts you are supposed to know, it's just slightly worse earth with vampires and werewolves and mages oh my).