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Earlier today had a wonderful interview with two Paizo employees from the union who both had great explanations of what the union could do for Paizo workers (not only the writers but CMs, engineers, and warehouse workers) as well as for freelancers.

They also had a great list of things that community members, players, and GMs can do to help support the union. Here's the link to the discussion.

Paizo books and games have meant so much to me and my players. I stand in solidarity with the Paizo Workers Union. Executive team, please voluntarily recognize the union!!!

...Mike Mearls (lead designer of 4e and 5e) seems to think that rules complexity and lore density constitutes 'gatekeeping', which leads me to believe that the niche PF2 seeks to fill will be left unfilled by WotC...

I think this is a willfully incorrect interpretation of this post. MM is speaking in response to criticism specifically targeted at a WoTC's first woman hired in some time. Complex rules and lore can be used to gatekeep. Have you ever tried to join any nerd sub-culture or fandom? This is one way people can keep folks they don't like out of our hobby.

Does D&D have complexity? Yes. Does Pathfinder have complexity? Also, yes. Are you going to use that complexity as weapon to bully people out of or away from the game? I hope not. But that flagrant disregard for the context of this post makes me think you are the kind of person who doesn't want anyone but the people who are already playing RPGs to take up the hobby.

Team Stepping Stones forever! One of my top three, glad to see it make the top 100.