There's been some speculation recently on the messageboards about my recent move from New York to Seattle, some even claiming that I'm the newest Paizo employee. Those assumptions are correct.
Frequent blog readers may recall that I worked a week at Paizo HQ back in June. At the end of that week, Erik, James, and Lisa asked if I’d like to come on board to work in-house on setting continuity and Pathfinder Society scenario development. I've fostered quite a reputation as a "canon lawyer" with all my work on the PathfinderWiki and PaizoCon trivia contests, so this was an offer I simply couldn't decline. In fact, working for Paizo is a dream come true that I can't quite wrap my head around yet.
It took me two months to close up the decade-long chapter of my life in New York City and open a new one here on the left coast, but after a 3,000-mile U-Haul drive with my brother, here I am! I’m not quite sure what exactly my job is going to entail, but I imagine my presence on the boards won’t change (though I won't be going by yoda8myhead going forward). Hopefully I'll still have time to work on the wiki.
Now that I have the power, this also means I can put up all the art previews I requested—sometimes demanded—as a fan. I've been waiting a long time to put the following in a blog post:
Ahh, so Karelzarath was correct, and not just pulling my leg? The adventure path after Jade Regent will be all about psionic dragons?
Posted before the blog became visible, for the record...
Sharoth(Pathfinder Adventure Path Charter Subscriber)
Vic Wertz wrote:
Holy crow!
Just wait until midnight, when people can actually *see* the blog I'm commenting on!
~shocked look~ So the Astral Diva Cow will be the main villian in the next AP? Holy Cow indeed!
Please be midnight EDT, not PDT. Though I know of course it'll be PDT. And I'll be up at 3am now waiting for the blog...
Dragnmoon(Paizo Charter Superscriber, Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber)
Joshua J. Frost wrote:
Now that corporations are legally people, Paizo will soon announce it's candidacy for the state senate!
It's Paizo. Soylent Green is made out of Paizo. They're making our food out of Pazio. Next thing they'll be breeding our RPGs like cattle for food. You've gotta tell them. You've gotta tell them!
Fifty-five minutes to go. Tempted to start dreaming up wild rumors in the interim:
1. Hasbro felt that D&D wasn't performing well enough and offered the license to Paizo, which they jumped on if for any other reason than to make yummy hardcover APs for Savage Tide and Age of Worms.
2. Paizo is publishing a rules-lite or introductory boxed set.
3. A computer game based on Pathfinder (turn-based, OF COURSE) is coming.
4. Reduced PDF prices on out-of-print APs are coming (not that it concerns me as I have all of them in hardcopy and PDF but just think of how many people could get hooked on some Pathfindery goodness this way!).
I couldn't even see the comments on this thread before the blog went live. So I was pleasantly surprised when I finally got to see what everyone was saying about my pending "introductory" blog post.
Everything you don't tell me is a secret you have that I don't. Think of it that way and you have enough secrets to make the whole Paizo staff jealous.
Now if only I could get get you to spell your first name correctly ... with a 'c' ... the way the gods intended it to be spelled! ;)
Cpt_kirstov(Pathfinder Charter Superscriber; GameMastery Maps Subscriber)
Blog Police wrote:
I will ensure that at least one art-centric blog post appears this week.
I think you'll find having me working on the inside will benefit all involved.
Congrats Mark - I'll have to step up my wiki presence to cover for your time in the editorial pit.... Now just to see if the discussion Vic talked about (about allowing art from the web fiction into the CUP) ever happened...
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