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Please reply there, not here.
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I do hope they can do something that is easier for Paizo that still lets AoN be the official rules source.
Since "Archives of [the God of Knowing Things]" is a much cooler name for a rules resource for a game that contains that specific God than anything else I've seen.
If the art was the problem, I genuinely do not need art when I'm looking up rules.
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Nothing about this is removing them as the official source for rules. They just aren't getting books as early as they once did and aren't having all the art they once did.
Won't AoN also take down the historical PRD?
Not to mention they will update things as they feel like, no longer bound by any agreement with Paizo AFAICT.
Putting a site that is 100% independent from Paizo as the official source for rules sounds nonsensical.
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It's official! They're still official!
Paizo and Archives of Nethys just posted a joint update regarding their partnership. Toplines:
- The Archives of Nethys will remain an official rules archive for Pathfinder and Starfinder.
- Paizo’s new agreement with the Archives of Nethys is much less formal than a commercial license, which reduces oversight and work on Paizo’s side and eliminates the need for the Archives of Nethys to report royalties.
- Paizo and the Archives of Nethys have agreed that any art not included in the Community Use Policy license will be removed from the Archives of Nethys’ webpages by the end of today, July 24. Paizo plans to release more art into the Community Use Policy(CUP) soon, thus also expanding the Archives of Nethys’ art resources, as well as those of other CUP creators.
- The Archives of Nethys will continue to receive PDFs in advance of street date, on the same schedule as Paizo employees and freelance contributors. This is not as early as the full printer files the Archives of Nethys used to receive, but the Archives of Nethys team is optimistic they can continue releasing new content with minimal delays.
- The Archives of Nethys will continue to host the original Pathfinder First Edition PRD (legacy.aonprd.com) for Paizo.
- Lore and flavor text changes on the Archives of Nethys that are required under the Community Use Policy are expected to be minimal, if any are required at all.
So it looks like the biggest change is still going to be the official art leaving AoN, but Paizo will be releasing more art for public use so hopefully it isn’t a huge change.
Seems like some good news.
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The most heartening bit is
Lore and flavor text changes on the Archives of Nethys that are required under the Community Use Policy are expected to be minimal, if any are required at all.
So you won't have AoN having to say things like "A Sun Goddess" or "An Undead Cult" instead of "Sarenrae" or "The Whispering Way."
Back in the days when a lot of my players relied on a different site with ads instead of AoN, there was a lot of confusion about stuff like the Divine Fighting styles in PF1 on that other site saying things like "A War God" and players interpreting they can take Gorum's Swordsmanship on a follower of any martially inclined deity. Now, of course nobody can take Gorum's Swordsmanship instead.
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I'm still gonna be on edge about Paizo, but it is a relief at least to know they reached an agreement.