Pathfinder First Looks

The campaign I'll be starting within a week or two will be using the Pathfinder (aka AD&D 3.75). Pathfinder is a new system that I started reading a few weeks ago, and here are some first impressions I enjoy:

• Expanded character creation detail. I find the added detail and flexible character creation a big refresher. The first things that stood out is pick-able favored classes, simplified skills, and more characteristic feats to help flesh out a character. With those, expanded domains, special abilities to a wizards specialization, and the biggest is the Sorcerer's bloodline. In 3.5, they don't much in detail on a sorcerer's source of power. In Pathfinder, what's in you blood that gives you power affects how the character progresses.
• Clean presentation. All the tables and content is clean and understandable, and everything is easy to find. With this, a DM has pretty easy access to all the information that is need, as well gives tips of setting up 'cheat sheets' for anything you make.
• One book. No, seriously... everything you need is in one book.
• Simplified Combat. With CMB and CMD stats, such things like trips, grapples, bull rushes, etc are so much easier to preform, with out all the hassle to look up the rules.
• Advance Player Guide. Lots of neat archetypes and rules for the basic classes, and well balanced new classes like Cavalier, Summoner, and even Antipaladins.
• "Monster Manuals" The Bestiary all well written and easily laid out to find any content easily, as well the rules for template creatures (like fiendish) is simple and easy. No more tearing hair out whenever I hear a Fiendish Dire Wolverine.

This being to first time running a Pathfinder (and let alone, 3.5), but I have absolute positive attitude that the game mechanics will run smoothly as well as entertainingly.