Pathfinder Adventures

Pathfinder Adventures is a role-playing game for Android devices. Players must choose a symbolic ending. The game features towns and dungeons. Players can transform their card avatars into animated backgrounds. It includes a tutorial mode to ensure easy access for all players. Battles can be fought without physical cards. Single-player and multiplayer modes are available. Players can freely choose their class and assign characters to their own animal templates. Customizing and understanding card decks is required.

Features

Explore towns, cities, dungeons, and landscapes throughout the Pathfinder Adventures campaign, including the rebellious Sandpoint and the goblin-infested Thistle Peak.

Each location transforms from card art into beautifully enhanced animated backgrounds.

Interactive cutscenes showcase iconic characters from the Pathfinder Adventures series.

An interactive tutorial ensures easy access for both new and veteran players.

No physical card game setup required. Pathfinder Adventures lets players jump right into the action.

Multiple adventure profiles allow players to experience the entire campaign with each character.

Single-player mode and a turn-based multiplayer mode.

Tips

Let the player use the Gestalt system:

They get to choose two classes every level and get the best of both (Highest BAB/Hit die, Highest of each save), as well as any class features from either.

This gives the player a bunch of options in any case- a Druid on their own has mediocre direct combat ability, but a Druid with the BAB/HD of a ranger can be a force to be reckoned with.

Let the animal companion take class levels:

Since the player wants to play a druid with an animal companion, you could always say the companion is intelligent and allow the player to give it class levels in place of Animal hit dice (instead of d8 hit die animal hit dice, it takes levels in fighter or something)

Gives the player flexibility and more resources, as they can build two characters to work together and overcome challenges.

Let the player run multiple characters:

This one also helps the player's action economy, as they're running two full-blown characters instead of just one (and a half in the companion). They'll still have fewer actions than the opposing forces most likely, but their actions will be a bit more effective- A fighter 6 lion is much more effective than a plain AC lion with 6 levels of Animal- notably, the fighter one has 2 more BAB and 6 more hp, as well as 4 extra feats and armor proficiency, and is able to take some great fighter archetypes, etc.

There are a ton of ways to balance this one out- have a main character and side characters. You can dole out levels to keep the party as a whole balanced, but it should be okay if the "main" is 2 or so levels higher than the others. (Thanks @LegendaryDude for the additional inspiration)

User comments

I bought the Steam version of this, and it was a nice surprise that the Steam and Android version sync up. I've been playing for less than 3 weeks and somehow have spent over 20 hours on just the Steam version. Calling this game free to play is a stretch, it's more of a demo version with 3 beginner quests, and everything else is separate.

Got it on steam (linkable) at a discount, best buck I spent that year. It can be a bit challenging at first but it's a really interesting adaptation of classic RPG and is a very close contestant with Slay the Spire as best time-sink on mobile. Because like StS it is not by essence a mobile game. Bonus: some beloved Obsidian characters are here ;) (Pillars/Kingmaker)

Honestly I love it. I've played the app assisted GM free board game and the book version and they were also great. This app gives a good sense of the world and game itself. I play it a lot ... probably too much. Be careful leveling cause you can't take back your choice, but in earnest if you were playing a normal campaign you wouldn't be able to go back on your choices either so you do have to pay attention...which is the charm. you do have to think a bit more. It's a good balance.

Summarize

Role-players will find the game's character development very familiar. Characters have classes such as fighter, wizard, and rogue, as well as numbers that define strength, dexterity, intelligence, etc. You'll improve your character by acquiring new items, allies, spells, and weapons as you explore and overcome challenges; over time, you'll be able to customize your deck to better suit your own individual vision of your character.