I'm not sure if any of the Paizo staff are even allowed to comment on this, but if so I am very curious.
How long have you known this was coming? When did WotC let Paizo know that the license would not be renewed?
Obviously Paizo has been preparing for the eventuality for some time to have Pathfinder up and out the door.
Was this a product you were planning to market anyway?
Did Paizo only fear the expiration of the license, and planned Pathfinder as a back-up?
Or did Paizo know several months ahead of time that the license was to be revoked, and had this time to sit down and create the Pathfinder concept.
I guess my questions are: when did the conceptualization of Pathfinder first begin?
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How was it related to the time WotC notified Paizo that the license would be revoked?
Not an official answer, obviously, but I think Pathfinder's first AP probably started as a Dungeon AP, maybe with some idea of contingency planning in case the license wasn't renewed.
Not an official answer, obviously, but I think Pathfinder's first AP probably started as a Dungeon AP, maybe with some idea of contingency planning in case the license wasn't renewed.
Actually, "Rise of the Runelords" was never intended to be a Dungeon AP - it was designed specifically for Pathfinder from the ground up.
Actually, "Rise of the Runelords" was never intended to be a Dungeon AP - it was designed specifically for Pathfinder from the ground up.
Was Pathfinder, then, designed as a replacement for the magazines when you knew in advance the license would be cancelled? Or was it designed as simply another Paizo product, and decided to roll it out with the announcement?