Question SRD PATHFINDER

[Bulix]

Ok newbie question,
I recently started to search forums and websites and the such for D&D 3.5 info.
It has happened more than once that I have encountered names like:
-Core
-SRD
-Pathfinder
-Etc.
What are these and can you explain them to me?

Thank you :smallbiggrin:

[jmelesky]

-Pathfinder

The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_Roleplaying_Game). It started as a bunch of tweaks to D&D 3.5 and has become bigger and more complex since then.


-SRD

System Reference Document (http://www.d20srd.org/). D&D 3.5 was published with a license that made large parts of the rules reproducible.

There's an equivalent for Pathfinder, called the PRD (http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/prd/), or just the PF SRD (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/).


-Core

When used in reference to Pathfinder, that means the Core Rulebook (http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy88yj), which is a bit like the D&D 3.x PHB and DMG rolled into one.

[Kelb_Panthera]

Ok newbie question,
I recently started to search forums and websites and the such for D&D 3.5 info.
It has happened more than once that I have encountered names like:
-Core = PHB + DMG + MM

-SRD = System Resource Document = Information generally available for public use under the OGL = Information found here (http://www.d20srd.org)

-Pathfinder = A modified version of D&D 3.5 with its own unique setting and tweaks to many of the games mechanics, it too has an SRD though I don't have a link

-Etc. = see below
What are these and can you explain them to me?

Thank you :smallbiggrin:

Answers in bold above. You might also check in the sticky'd thread at the top of the roleplaying and 3.5 subforum pages. One of them contains a link to a thread in which one of the mods explains most of the common acronyms and jargon you'll see on these boards.