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I'm rather surprised that no one has brought this up yet, and if they have and I missed it, apologies, but the current unfolding of events begs the question....
Will Pathfinder continue to be published in 3.5 edition format?
When (if ever) will it switch to 4th edition?
Is the Open Gaming License even going to be available for 4th edition?
Did our friends at Paizo know this was going to happen? What's the plan?
In retrospect, the cancellation of the license should have been a clear indicator of this course all along.
I'm rather surprised that no one has brought this up yet, and if they have and I missed it, apologies, but the current unfolding of events begs the question....
Will Pathfinder continue to be published in 3.5 edition format?
When (if ever) will it switch to 4th edition?
Is the Open Gaming License even going to be available for 4th edition?
Did our friends at Paizo know this was going to happen? What's the plan?In retrospect, the cancellation of the license should have been a clear indicator of this course all along.
Yes you have missed the responses.
1 waiting to see, once they know we'll know.
2 as answer 1
3 again as answer 1
4 no, see answer 1
and as far as retrospect goes, they actually announced this was gong to happen when the licenses were announced. Well the digital initiative was, 4ed was a certain surprise. Especially since there were some assurances made that IF 4ed was happening to be in the works it wouldn't be ready till at least 09. How pleasantly ambiguous though huh?
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Seems like as good a place as any to answer these:
1: Pathfinder will continue to use 3.5 rules through the end of "Curse of the Crimson Throne," which ends in Pathfinder #12.
2: We can't say if Pathfinder will switch to 4th Edition until we've had a chance to see those rules, examine the OGL that goes with it, and make sure that the new rules work with the type of adventures we want to print. If all of that is favorable, the earliest Pathfinder will switch to 4.0 will be with #13, next Gen Con. If the above conditions aren't met to our satisfaction, Pathfinder will continue using the 3.5 rules. Personally, I'm optimistic that the 4.0 rules are going to be pretty solid.
3: As far as I understand it, 4th Edition will have an OGL element that's at least as permissive as 3rd Edition's.
4: We had our suspicions that 4th edition was coming, and we do have several plans for Pathfinder's future. We can't talk about them yet, though... mostly because we haven't had a chance to look over the 4th edition rules yet.
James,
Thanks!
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Seems like as good a place as any to answer these:
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This is exactly what I suspected. And this is what the WOTC folks have been asking people to do. Wrap up your current campaigns with your current system. One of my 3.0 campaigns ended a few months after 3.5 came out, and the new campaign started up with 3.5. One of my other campaigns DID have to convert, but I allow people to retool, so it was not big deal.
And also, I'm doubting Paizo burnt any bridges with WOTC, so I'm sure Paizo will be one of the very first to get the 4ed drafts and I'm also sure the OGL will be released prior to MAY 08, especially if there is going to be a OGL, and especially if they want there to be some zero-day releases from 3rd parties.
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Seems like as good a place as any to answer these:
1: Pathfinder will continue to use 3.5 rules through the end of "Curse of the Crimson Throne," which ends in Pathfinder #12.
2: We can't say if Pathfinder will switch to 4th Edition until we've had a chance to see those rules, examine the OGL that goes with it, and make sure that the new rules work with the type of adventures we want to print. If all of that is favorable, the earliest Pathfinder will switch to 4.0 will be with #13, next Gen Con. If the above conditions aren't met to our satisfaction, Pathfinder will continue using the 3.5 rules. Personally, I'm optimistic that the 4.0 rules are going to be pretty solid.
3: As far as I understand it, 4th Edition will have an OGL element that's at least as permissive as 3rd Edition's.
4: We had our suspicions that 4th edition was coming, and we do have several plans for Pathfinder's future. We can't talk about them yet, though... mostly because we haven't had a chance to look over the 4th edition rules yet.
Thanks for a few straight answers in a time of great confusion, James. We appreciate it and I'm eager to see what the coming year brings!