I so very take exception with the name of this seminar. Sticking with 3.5 is exactly what Paizo is NOT doing, and I find it increasingly grating the number of people who take it as a given that Pathfinder RPG = D&D 3.5. Overzealous fanboys are one thing, but Paizo staffers ought to and almost certainly do know better, and deliberately feeding this misconception is dirty pool if not outright false advertising.
In case I haven't made it clear, I believe the following:
1) Pathfinder RPG is NOT Dungeons & Dragons 3.5. Whether its better or worse is a matter of opinion, but its unequivocably DIFFERENT.
2) If Paizo Publishing has announced any plans to support D&D 3.5 after Pathfinder RPG is actually published, I've yet to hear that announcement.
3) Claiming that playing the Pathfinder RPG is "sticking with 3.5" is untrue. You know what IS sticking with 3.5? Here is a clue: STICKING WITH 3.5!
Until August 2009, Paizo is 'sticking with 3.5'.
After that, I'll agree with you, but PFRPG is still a lot close to 3.5 than 4E is.
Vexer - you're being awfuly crass. PAIZO is sticking with 3.5 until PRPG is released in August '09. Until then, I can attest from my weekly PRPG Alpha playtest that it plays just like 3.5 only better.
Were you missing this information...?
I wouldn't call continuing to use something because the replacement for it isn't quite ready yet to be "sticking" with it. But fine, I'll let the semantic point go and retract the "dirty pool" comment. The seminar title is still obviously perpetuating a misconception.
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Are you going to GenCon and are you going to the seminar?
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Two things:
The PFrpg will still be operating under the 3.5 OGL, AFAIK. I'd say that's a pretty good justification for saying that they are sticking with 3.5
Future Pathfinder adventures will be designed such that they can be played using the existing 3.5 rules or the Pathfinder system. I'd say that's also a pretty good justification for saying that they are sticking with 3.5
And as others have already mentioned, Pathfinder material for the next year will still be 3.5
I don't understand the basis for your complaint, unless you want the PFrpg to just reprint the 3.5 rules unaltered, which makes no sense for you or Paizo.