Welcome to the Pathfinder RPG

[Jason Bulmahn]

Greetings and welcome to the Pathfinder RPG General Discussion forum.

This is the forum for general comments about the Pathfinder RPG and discussing the system with other fans. This is also where we will post announcements about upcoming Alpha releases and opportunities to play the game.

This forum should also be used to post up new rules and suggestions about parts of the system that have not yet appeared in an Alpha document.

We need your help to make this the best game possible. Thanks for checking out the Pathfinder RPG and welcome aboard.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer

[Ross Byers]

AWESOME!

That is all.

[Salama]

YAY!!! Best news ever. I'm all in.

[Realms DM]

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

Greetings and welcome to the Pathfinder RPG General Discussion forum.

This is the forum for general comments about the Pathfinder RPG and discussing the system with other fans. This is also where we will post announcements about upcoming Alpha releases and opportunities to play the game.

This forum should also be used to post up new rules and suggestions about parts of the system that have not yet appeared in an Alpha document.

We need your help to make this the best game possible. Thanks for checking out the Pathfinder RPG and welcome aboard.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer

Thank you Jason. Thank you very much.

And thanks to the whole Paizo crew.

*swoon*

[Stegger]

Amazing!!! I am really looking forward to this :-)

[Trey]

Fantastic news. Very much looking forward to it!

[Lori B]

Glad to see Paizo in control of their own destiny.

Cheers!

[grrtigger]

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

Greetings and welcome to the Pathfinder RPG General Discussion forum.

woooo hooooooo!

*downloads pathfinder alpha*

*drools*

[avidreader514]

Congratulations! This is just the thing to get me more involved with Paizo beyond Planet Stories.

[Fake Healer]

I AM SO F***ING EXCITED!!!!! THANK YOU, PAIZO!!! I LOVE THIS COMPANY!!
I promise to help support this product in every way I can.
FH

[Evil Genius]

This is most excellent!!!

[Just-A-Troll]

I'm as happy as a pig in s@@&.

The Troll

[Freehold DM]

This announcement got me in hot water with my boss. I literally threw my head back and howled as I savored this glorious moment. My boss knocked on my door seconds later and asked to talk to me...heh...Long story short, he understood, but asked me to be a little less exhuberant when it comes to my geekery on the job.

[Dragnmoon]

I am speechless.. Well I said that.. so I guess I am not..

Very excised

[JTStorm]

I love you guys....

[Tobus Neth]

I will spend!!!!

[Pat Payne]

Jason Bulmahn wrote:

Greetings and welcome to the Pathfinder RPG General Discussion forum.

This is the forum for general comments about the Pathfinder RPG and discussing the system with other fans. This is also where we will post announcements about upcoming Alpha releases and opportunities to play the game.

Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer

Jason, this announcement made my day. It's worth pulling those tiny goblin arrows out of my backside for :)

[Skeld]

Lori B wrote:

Glad to see Paizo in control of their own destiny.

Cheers!

QFT

I'll be here (and hopefully at GenCon)!

-Skeld

[Paul Hedges]

Excellent look forward to helping with this

[SageSTL]

I'm in. You guys rock.

[Fizzban]

Woot! Woot!

Fizz

[WormysQueue]

Dear Paizo,

may I concratulate you to this bold move. You have my deepest respect and I hope that this will be considered as a big success even some years in the future.

Thank you, you're awesome.

[Gary London]

this is soooooooo cool

Paizo gets my £ again and again

[golem101]

Great news. Absolutely great news.

Count me in for the Pathfinder RPG. Twice. Where do I pre-oder?

Paizo rocks. Thank you.

[Mothman]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

You guys truly rock! I love Paizo!

PATHFINDER RPG FTW!!!!!!!

[Daeglin]

I go where Paizo leads. Sounds like its going to be a fun trip! Thank God we know the destination now.

Thanks Paizo

[dsancho]

You have all my support! All the best for Paizo RPG...!

[bugleyman]

So...

Let me go on record here in big letters saying:

I WAS WRONG.

I really expected Paizo to go 4E.

AND

The more I read, the more I begin to think they just might pull this off. I have to think about this one.

[Patrick Curtin]

I will be supporting you 100%. It took a lot of courage to take this path. Kudos!

[Callous Jack]

Awesome. I was hoping Paizo would go in this direction.

[Darkjoy]

I am so there!

Question: do we get any credit if you like one of our design idea(s)?

[doppelganger]

Is this combing out in August 2009 or 2008? I'm looking forward to it!

[Wicht]

I'm actually quite happy.

Much more so than when 4e was announced.

Go figure. ^_^

[Trey]

golem101 wrote:

Great news. Absolutely great news.

Count me in for the Pathfinder RPG. Twice. Where do I pre-oder?

Paizo rocks. Thank you.

linky

[Wildfire142]

Thank You Paizo just made my day I was dreading 4e.

[damnitall22]

Holy Hell... would you just like to take my bank account info now.

Goes off to find the goblins who stole my combat boots.

[golem101]

Trey wrote:

golem101 wrote:

Great news. Absolutely great news.

Count me in for the Pathfinder RPG. Twice. Where do I pre-oder?

Paizo rocks. Thank you.

linky

Thank you. I'm a happy, excited Paizonian. Couldn't see the obvious.

[Lisa Stevens]

Darkjoy wrote:

I am so there!

Question: do we get any credit if you like one of our design idea(s)?

All playtesters will get credit in the core rulebook. Beyond that, you would have to ask Jason.

-Lisa

[fray]

HOT DAM!!!

[Mistwell]

First, let me say I think the choice you guys made was brave and gutsy.

Second, I wish you all the luck in the world. I hope your new venture succeeds.

Third, my prediction is that in the short term this will do well, and in the long term it will prove an unwise move. Eventually most people will move over to 4e, and leave the vestiges of 3e behind. I suspect in two-three years we will see someone like Necro buying out Paizo for pennies on the dollar.

But don't let that negative prediction drag anyone down. I genuinely hope I am wrong, since I have enjoyed a lot of Paizo products over the years, and know the people at Paizo are good people who are skilled creators.

Good Luck Paizo!

[Joey Virtue]

Great News Glad to hear the choice

[Lord Slaavik]

Very good news indeed.
Paizo will therefore have even more of my money.

First post ever after years of ghosting, but the occasion is worth it.

[Lisa Stevens]

doppelganger wrote:

Is this combing out in August 2009 or 2008? I'm looking forward to it!

There will be an alpha playtest via FREE PDF starting right now. In August 2008, we will release the beta playtest in a FREE PDF and a full-color 300+ page rulebook that you will have to pay for. In August 2009, you will be able to buy the final hardcover, full-color rulebook.

-Lisa

[bmcdaniel]

Sorry to say I'm disappointed. While a lot of good work has been done to improve 3.5 (Bo9S, warlocks, reserve feats, etc.), the remaining problems are too fundamental to patch (diverging good/bad attacks and saves, wonky skill system, accounting for spell selections and too many bonuses/penalties). While I'm sure it won't be perfect, it looks like 4e will be even better.

I've loved Paizo's adventures starting with Shackled City through Rise of the Runelords; I sincerely think that Paizo makes the best adventures for D&D. But me and my group will be moving on. I hope Paizo will eventually join us in 4th edition.

BMM

[Crodocile]

RADNESS!!!

This is way better than anything I was expecting. I wish it loads of success. And I'm really disappointed that I have to go to work in a few minutes and can't read the new rules. Thanks!

[the Stick]

Congratulations on a tough decision.

[seekerofshadowlight]

oh this is great news

[Fatespinner]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!

This is the best gaming news I've heard since I started playing in 1991! You have my full support, Paizo. Go for it!

[DragonBelow]

These are the best news I've heard in a long time.

Thanks Paizo for doing the right thing, I hope you are most successful, and I will support it fully.

[Lisa Stevens]

bmcdaniel wrote:

Sorry to say I'm disappointed. While a lot of good work has been done to improve 3.5 (Bo9S, warlocks, reserve feats, etc.), the remaining problems are too fundamental to patch (diverging good/bad attacks and saves, wonky skill system, accounting for spell selections and too many bonuses/penalties). While I'm sure it won't be perfect, it looks like 4e will be even better.

I've loved Paizo's adventures starting with Shackled City through Rise of the Runelords; I sincerely think that Paizo makes the best adventures for D&D. But me and my group will be moving on. I hope Paizo will eventually join us in 4th edition.

BMM

BMM:

I hope you come back and look at the FREE PDFs of the alpha playtest rules. Jason has been working hard to fix many of the problems you list above while remaining backwards compatible. I wasn't sure if it would work, but what I have seen has made me a believer. If you get involved, you can help us make the Pathfinder RPG the RPG that you will love to play. How often to you get a chance to have input into the game you love? Did I mention that the playtest rules are FREE? :)

-Lisa