Routine Maintenance, or Time to Update the Official Errata, Clarifications and FAQ


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As time goes by, it's getting harder and harder to find all the different rules clarifications and errata scattered among the various of forums and threads. I'm also seeing the same questions pop up again and again; some get answered quickly and some just seem to hang in the air for weeks. Several heated discussions have resulted from well-meaning folks arguing a rule that none of them can clarify definitively. I know the folks at Paizo are incredibly busy with things like the APG and RPG Superstar, and I'm grateful for all their hard work and wonderful projects, but I'd like to suggest that maybe when the current wave of projects passes, it's about time for Paizo staff to sit down and update (and post) the official errata and clarifications for pretty much all the major books - the Pathfinder Rulebook, the Bestiary, the Campaign setting, and probably even little ones for the splatbooks.

It would be nice to see them all available for download or review in one place (like WotC used to do), and maybe a new forum dedicated to official clarifications of the rules (like the old Sage Advice). It's great to keep coming up with new and interesting products, but I find it a little disheartening to read developers say that they are so busy with writing the new stuff that they don't have time to support the old stuff.

I'm a huge Paizo fan and have been a supporter since before they decided to create the Pathfinder system. I just don't ever want to see the pressure to keep publishing new stuff mean that quantity out weighs quality, or that little loose ends never get tied up, resulting in player and GM frustration and the erosion of what is still the best fan-base out there.

Thanks,
Mosaic

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Kind of a side note on errata. As I understand it, Paizo is planning on fixing typos and other errors from one printing of a book to the next. I personally think this is great, and while I won't rush right out to buy a new copy, I'll probably buy another one sooner rather than later. This does, however, present a problem for publishing errata. An error in an older printing may not be present in a newer one, but if I've got a 1st printing, I still need to know what error are there. In order to meet the needs of everyone, regardless or which printing they have, may I suggest that one errata document be created for each book, and that next to each "fix" there be a code or footnote that basically says "corrected in the 3rd printing" or something. That way one errata document can be useful to everyone, and no one goes looking for a error that isn't in their book because they have a newer, post-correction edition. Just a thought.

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I find it ironic that threads like this one keep cropping up as well in addition to the repeated questions. They said a FAQ is something they really want to do, but is not their highest priority at the moment. So until then there's the http://www.d20pfsrd.com/extras/pathfinder-faq


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Scipion del Ferro wrote:
I find it ironic that threads like this one keep cropping up as well in addition to the repeated questions. They said a FAQ is something they really want to do, but is not their highest priority at the moment. So until then there's the http://www.d20pfsrd.com/extras/pathfinder-faq

(Linked that for you.)

And yes, until Paizo does an official one, which they have repeatedly stated will not be anytime soon, I suggest people head over to d20pfsrd.com. ShadowChemosh takes a lot of time following the Paizo folks around on the boards and compiling their various statements and clarifications over there. Its not "official" but its as close as anyone's going to get (for some time) I think.


I just want pdf's of errata for all the books, like they did for the core rulebook, so that I can download it and/or print it out and have it with me when I do not have access to the internet.


En masse, let's all take our ADHD medication and repeat the following mantra, "All in good time. Good things come to those who wait. All in good time. Good things come to those who wait. All in good time." Repeat. Infinitely if necessary.


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Enevhar Aldarion wrote:
I just want pdf's of errata for all the books, like they did for the core rulebook, so that I can download it and/or print it out and have it with me when I do not have access to the internet.

If you want an official one you are out of luck.

If you will only accept a PDF, you'll have to look elsewhere. I'm not aware of one.

If you can deal with clicking a link and hitting "Print" then you can click on this link, and then hit Print.

If that doesn't work for you then I'm afraid you have little other option.

Sovereign Court

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jreyst wrote:
...until Paizo does an official one, which they have repeatedly stated will not be anytime soon...

I guess that's exactly my concern. Since the publication of the Core book, we've seen another big hardcover, several splats, and two more hard covers on the horizon. But we don't have anything more than a bare-bones, first-draft errata for the core rules of the game. New stuff is great, but I'd really like to see the foundation of the game cleaned up and clarified a bit before we go too far into "advanced" territory.


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+1. I've made that point already though. Preaching to the choir my friend.

Sovereign Court

I am completely surprised by the delay in creating a FAQ. The RPG should have been an oppurtunity to grab a many new fans for Paizo since when a gaming group switchs to PRPG not all of the members are Paizo fans, so then those non Paizo fans go to the Paizo site for rules clarifications and find......nothing.

I am a long time Paizo fan, the only one in either for my gaming groups, and after a years of saying how great the company is now when these other gamers actually go to the Paizo site for clarification about something from their PDF(or actual PRPG Book in the case of 2 of them) it is a let down.

AND yes I am aware of the d20pfsrd and that is not nearly good enough.


I am in agreement w/ Mosaic's points 100%.

As to why these threads keep popping up, does that really need answering?

I believe Vic recently posted the errata issue was going to be addressed quite soon. I certainly hope so, and in a very comprehensive way. I'm also a longtime Paizo fan & supporter, and this is the one issue that continually sticks in my craw.

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