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About Sean K Reynolds

I've been playing D&D since 1979.
I worked at TSR as the "online guy."
I worked at Wizards of the Coast as an online content manager and a game designer.
I worked at Interplay on what would have been Baldur's Gate III, what would have been Fallout 3, what would have been an Exalted Console game, and what would have been a spinoff of the Baldur's Gate franchise. Oh, Interplay, such madness in you....
I wrote books for AD&D 2nd edition and D&D 3rd edition (including Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk, Birthright, and Ravenloft). Now I'm a designer and developer for Pathfinder.

I was once the third-most hated man on the internet.
I've played a lot of World of Warcraft, and there are things tabletop RPGs can learn from WOW, but you can push that too far.

I play RPGs to have fun. I design RPGs so people can have fun playing a roleplaying game. I don't care if a new rule isn't the "optional choice," or if it is "only for roleplayers," or "only for GMs." There are other playstyles than the one you use, and I have to design for all of them. If you don't think an option is worthwhile to your character, don't take it--that's why we have hundreds of options in the game, some of which will be better or worse for your idea of a character. I don't care about "optimal builds." I don't care about maximizing damage. I do care about having fun.

The game is not a competition between you and the other players. It is not a competition between you and the GM. The game is about getting together with people and having fun in a shared fantasy world.