The 3.5/Pathfinder Handbook

[Hawriel]

Supplements are currently scarce. The current big ones are the Bestiary (which is pretty much essential unless you want to draw all monsters off the PRD), their campaign setting (if you have any interest in campaign settings), and... I think that's all for now. The Advanced Player's Guide is a work in progress, and you can download the beta classes from Paizo's site.

This in not true. Pathfinder is currently publishing their 3rd and 4th adventure arks. Each ark is a six book campain that usualy run from 1st to 15th level. There are also map packs available, and a companion. These usualy are $10-20. Compainions for an adventure are have detailed information of the city or region that the adventure takes place in. A very nice thing to have for both players and GMs. And there is more.

Pathfinder is putting out companions for races, countries, and organizations. They are released monthly. The dwarf book came out just under two weeks ago.

Pathfinder is also organizing a Pathfinder Society. Its pritty much their version of living Greyhawk. About 50 stand alone adventures have been written so far. You can order them off of the web sight. In PDF or hard copy. These adventures are ment to be 4 hour one shot adventures. They want peaple to play them and give feedback.

D&D 3.5 is dead, and 4th ed is not going to last much longer. The cancelation of Star Wars SAGA looks to be forshadowing this. Almost every one that was invalved with D&D 3rd ed has jumped ship. They eather went on their own or work for Pathfinder. It's not 'just a bunch of house rules'. It's more like what 4th edition could have been.

IF the OP wants to get the book he should. At the very least sit down in the book store are read some of it. Maybe you will like it, maybe not. At the very least judge the book for what it is. Not what D&D 3.5 is or is not.