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What an incredible announcement! Beloved A-list voice actors on such an epic AP... I can't wait to share this.

Given the importance of selling PDFs to keep Paizo employees safe in COVID times, can the company send a DMCA request to the simplest source of piracy I've seen? I'm going to avoid sharing information publicly here but they're very visible and 120% breaking Community Use Policy.

I think this is up to GM fiat. I'd like to say yes (at 50% of the item value, as per items that have been disassembled in hopes of obtaining its formula, and no longer simply Repaired), and allow my players to reforge a destroyed beloved item into something new, within reason - metal to metal. Perhaps sometimes they'd even like to upgrade an unbroken item, (though I'd still force it to be disassembled to 50% value first). This could increase the value of crafting as opposed to just buying new items in the store.

Any thoughts or conflicting rules? Maybe when an item is destroyed as opposed to intentionally disassembled, I could apply the -10% raw material value penalty for critically failing a reverse engineer attempt.

Want to float some projects the community might be interested in, and learn if there are any big "stop signs". Is there any reason I haven't seen these attempted before?

1. I'd like to share (here + reddit) my personal deck listing for the various class decks I've obtained, starting with the Ultimate Add-On decks. With entries targeting intermediate-advanced players, of the following form:

[3] Name of Ally [Trait Trait] "Custom flavortext evoking card powers (no proper nouns!)"
> Recharge [first {C} of turn]: +1d6.
> Discard: Move then Explore, +1d6 on first {C}.

(4) Name of a Blessing {D} [Trait] "Custom flavortext evoking card powers (no proper nouns!)"
> Discard: +1 die, or +2 dice to STR/CON {non-C}.
> Discard: Explore, +1 die STR/CON {non-C}.
* Recharge(timer is Trait) and shuffle.

This listing would be linked from an high-effort post analyzing the deck composition and why players might get excited to add its options to their OP characters. Feels like a pure improvement over the YouTube "unboxing" videos that mostly just show every card.

I'm not expecting feedback on the format, which I'm still rapidly changing - and I'm certainly not expecting approval - I'm providing a channel for disapproval! Perhaps this sort of project would be more welcome on older Class Decks. Or if it's not welcome at all, (even though perhaps it could be legal under Fair Use), I'd rather look for other ways to contribute to the community.

2. On that note! The PACG wiki is extremely bare compared to the various extremely-thorough rules resources for Pathfinder RPG, or wikis for games like Hearthstone and MtG. Fleshing out these resources would make homebrew using official content more accessible and enable new community gameplay modes! Off the top of my head - imagine a format where players could challenge custom scenarios with hand-crafted characters or parties (within certain requirements: sum of card deck numbers <= X, # of class decks <= Y). More accessible play -> the most fun options float to the top -> Paizo can better serve their community. So I'd like to add content to this Wiki, but only after receiving guidance on how to proceed.

3. Finally, I'd like to share card mock-ups that are less wordy and backwards compatible. I'm aware that the original decision was made for good reasons, but now that the game's matured, players are better, and there are more resources for players to learn and adjudicate their games, I think the community would like to weigh in and look to the future, drawing inspiration from games like MtG that say a whole lot with "3/3 Flying, Vigilance, Haste", a few symbols, and a few semantically-organized traits (and flavortext!). If cards were easier to scan, I think I'd be able to play this game with many more friends.

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With this new (universal?) Base Set on the horizon - perhaps making big changes - and given that this game has distribution far more locked down than the RPG line (you need to obtain physical product, the licensed app, and/or use the licensed DriveThru engine to really play - not just obtain PDFs), I'm hoping that all these efforts are warmly welcomed. If so, maybe the best thing I could do would be to encourage others to share and contribute!

I'm the type of person who enjoys helping even more than play. So before all else, I'm eager to not hurt or obstruct the awesome Paizo/PACG crew. I'll proceed cautiously if I hear nothing back.