| Jayson Klein |
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What I've learned?
-Paizo tries to pander to multiple tastes (low fantasy, high fantasy, horror, lovecraftian horror, science-fantasy [not "Space Samurai with Energy Blades" rofl], pirates, samurai, asian-themed adventures, adventures that take you to the other side of the world, and NOW the moon)... ALL IN ONE PRODUCT!
-Paizo can take history's lamest monsters, and the commonly used, but blandest fodder monsters (Goblinoids, Ogres, Lizardfolk, Gnolls, etc), and make them COOL (anyone who can make Flumphs... FLUMPHS... cool, is 100% OK in my book).
-Paizo LOVES to use inspiration from books, movies, some games, and even various mythic folklores (Western, Eastern, Jewish, Russian, African, Nordic... EVEN INUIT!!!), and this shows me that they're doing a fantasy product right FROM inspiring from these sources.
-Paizo has not made us shell $50.00 EACH for hardcover after hardcover after hardcover... yes, they have SOME hardcovers, but not to the same extent as "some notable companies"... instead, we shell 20-something bucks for well-made softcovers that keep a reader intrigued, even enthralled, with RICH flavor and story-telling, rather than "crunchmath"
-Paizo has shown us all that, just because something has flaws, that it can merely be re-worked and streamlined into something better (aka "if it's cracked, but not broke... make it better")
-Paizo doesn't rip off their graphic artists by reusing art, en mass.
-Paizo has used OGL in ways that make me feel proud to be an RPer
-Paizo doesn't necessarily have to work on everything, if someone noteworthy has cornered a market on something (Dreamscarred with Psionics), which in turn compliments each other.
-We don't need 100+ Prestige Classes... when Archetypes are so much more fun and more available to use.
-Prestige Classes aren't lame, either, but need what's necessary to help to DEFINE the character, not to "give them a badge".
-The Advanced Race Guide has given US, the consumers, a crack at making races, legitimately (and i have used it, so far).
-The people at Paizo are human, like us: Fallible, yet relatable (actual word?), resourceful, and adaptable.