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Speaking of Paizo and reasons for creation of Pathfinder - would it change much if WotC left Dungeon & Dragon magazine in your hands? Do you think you (as a company) would remain alongside with WotC when they introduced 4th edition if both magazines would still be done by you?

If WotC left Dungeon and Dragon in Paizo's hands and a usable 4E license, I doubt there would be a Pathfinder. And that would be a shame. So in a sick way I'm glad that all happened because I prefer Pathfinder to 4E.

jeremy.smith wrote:

There's no doubt in my mind that Paizo could have been a big supporter for 4E had WotC not stalled, delayed, and changed their stance on 4E licensing.

Yes I agree. I remember a podacst I listened to in the run up to 4E where Eric Mona stated he was looking forward to 4E and being a partner with WoTC on it and the sooner they got Paizo a copy of the rules the sooner they could start planning product for it.

I believe once they got a copy of those rules, it was game over.

We actually NEVER got a copy of those rules.

So it was game over once we realized that they were not really looking for partners, or at least once we realized that their schedules were completely incompatible with us remaining a viable business.

The mechanics of the game (while they didn't exactly help) actually had relatively little to do with it.