This is no small announcement in my book, in a break from Wizards the folks at Paizo have decided to publish their own RPG based on the 3.5 OGL and SRD – Pathfinder RPG.
I caught this “little” piece of news first on Critical Hits and then saw it again on Trollsmyth so I figured I had better take a look.
After reading through the press release, CEO, Publisher and Lead Designer’s comments I’ve decided to at least take a look at the alpha product (I’ll post again after getting a chance to read through the 65 pages). There are a couple of key points here that cause me to want to look at it – first is of course, the leverage of all that 3.5 material I have sitting on shelves and hard disk. By making the system compatible with that set of rules there won’t be a need to sink tons of money into a new version which of course will make my wallet (and wife) happier.
The other item that I was pleased to see is that fact that Paizo has decided to have OPEN playtesting. This is absolutely huge in my opinion – gamers will have a chance to test out not only the alpha product but also the beta, due in August (which will also be available as a free download) and give feedback through an online forum community.
Only time will tell if this was a good move or not for Paizo, but I for one am glad to see that there’s a major player out there interested in giving us gamers more choices in the market place.
May your dice roll well.
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Yep, this looks like huge news to me as well. I think, more than anyone else, Paizo lends a certain credibility towards the continuing 3.5 market.
I’m very curious what you think of the first Alpha offering. I’ve glanced through it, but I fear I don’t play enough 3.x to be able to comment on it intelligently.
- Brian