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I'm fairly sure I'm the target audience for 2nd edition. Paizo has already sold me more 2nd edition stuff than I have purchased in the last 2-3 years for 1st edition.

I really enjoyed 1st edition when it was released, but as more options have been made available I find it increasingly hard to run the game. Improvisation, my preferred style for running a game, is increasingly hard because my middle aged brain simply can't keep up with what all of the feats and abilities do. This means that even the monsters in the later Bestiaries, some of which are quite cool, don't get used because it is simply too much work. I don't want more 1st edition content. I won't use it, so spending my money is a waste.

2nd edition is an opportunity to start again with a smaller pool of abilities. I may or may not invest heavily in the game. There are definitely some areas where I'm not happy with the direction taken in the playtest. I've made my opinions known in the surveys and we will see what changes upon release. I like enough of what they have done that I will definitely buy the core book and see if enough has changed to make me happy. If not, I'm no worse off than I was before (not buying much, if anything)and Paizo has made a little money off of me that they wouldn't have made otherwise. But if I like it I'll support it until the game again becomes too complicated to keep in my head.

Ultimately most of this argument is beside the point. Paizo does an excellent job of making room for minority viewpoints. It really isn't asking much for atheism to be included as one of the minority viewpoints.

Arguing from the standpoint of an atheist in Golarian: Cayden Cailean actually works against the argument for gods existing. He was indisputably human. He took the test of the starstone and became an incredibly powerful human. If he can do it, so can anyone. Why should a I worship someone just because they were lucky enough to find a source of power? What I wouldn't argue against is that there are beings of greater than human power in the world. But I see no reason to worship them. They aren't gods, just powerful extra-planar beings.

I'm an atheist myself and I think the OP has a point. There are so many religious assumptions built into the game that it does feel uncomfortable at times. The argument that there is evidence of the gods in Golarian feels very much like arguments I hear in favor of religion in the real world. I agree that the discrimination against atheists is not as severe as against other minorities but it definitely does exist. I live in the American South and believe me that it is very possible to lose a job if the wrong employer finds out you are atheist.

I'm very glad that Ezren is a nonreligious character. As for how he justifies it in a world where so called gods make regular appearances, I've always assumed that he views gods as beings of great power who have imposed themselves upon us. If a mortal can become a god then they aren't actually anything special, just more powerful and lucky.

I agree with the basic premise of your blog post that having some idea of what is coming can be beneficial to the story and increase everyone's enjoyment. However, I also feel that it really depends on the quality of roleplaying that the player is capable of. I have some friends that I would not want to have prior knowledge. For whatever reason they have a hard time separating in-character knowledge from player knowledge. Others i would happily let read the module ahead of time because they can keep the two separate. I wish you luck on your experiment.

I have been contemplating adding a stitching effect to them. Then I can say "yeah it's flesh, human flesh" helps add to the creepy vibe.

Ultimate Magic and Ultimate Combat both have links under spell list which direct you to the top of each class list. I would love it if you could do the same for the Core Rules and Advanced Players Guide. When I am comparing several spells the quick links make it much easier than having to scroll through much of the page every time I hit the back button.

I have something in the neighborhood of 1000 PPM from various sources starting with the original Mage Knight set and continuing all the way through the last of the DDM line. I never played Mage Knight at all and only played DDM once. At no point did I ever buy any of my PPM because they were related to any game other than D&D and now Pathfinder. I don't want another game to play, I want a tool to make my roleplaying game more immersive. I buy prepainted plasic because I only have time to paint 1-3 metal miniatures a week and like my figures to look like what my players are encountering. I plan to buy a lot of these figures over the next few years as well, for exactly that reason.

I support this line because it fulfills a need for me. If Wotc were still producing their line, I would buy from them as well and I've been pretty annoyed at how they treated my favorite game in recent years. Are there things I would like to change about the Pathfinder miniatures? Absolutely. I don't much like the look of the troll, but that is an asthetic issue nothing more. I will still buy these because they come the closest to meeting my needs. The price does not thrill me, but I consider paying $2.50ish a figure a worthwhile average (the earlier calculated approximation of 108 figures per case comes out closer to 2.15, but I'm a bit of a pessimist about this kind of thing).

In your shoes I would not allow it. Not because it is a weredolphin, which is fine if everyone is on board with the idea, but because you as the DM are not on board.

The character as described does not fit the campaign. You as DM have the right (responsibility) to run the game in a way that makes it fun for everyone, including yourself. Since this obviously makes you uncomfortable, the answer should be no.