Timeline for What is Pathfinder's relationship to D&D?
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| Apr 9 at 19:22 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
update to clarify Paizo’s history some, address a few comments, and update the mention of PF 2e
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| Apr 9 at 19:08 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
update to clarify Paizo’s history some, address a few comments, and update the mention of PF 2e
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| Dec 21, 2022 at 13:21 | comment | added | Wyrmwood | @KeithDavies Agreed. Poor choice of words. I should have said the revenue streams were cut off due to the licenses being rescinded. | |
| Dec 20, 2022 at 22:08 | comment | added | Keith Davies | @Ifusaso PF2e shows quite a bit of 4e DNA, and (even inasmuch as I was never a 4e fan) I think that's a great thing -- they picked up the bits of 4e I liked. | |
| Dec 20, 2022 at 22:07 | comment | added | Keith Davies | @Wyrmwood IMO 'drying up of revenue streams for Dragon and Dungeon magazines' sounds to me like sales were dropping off, but I think it's more fair to say 'WotC rescinded the licenses to publish Dragon and Dungeon magazines'. I don't feel they 'dried up' so much as 'were lost'. | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 23:17 | comment | added | KRyan | @Cyrad I think it’s clear that “WotC moved on to 4e” implies “WotC was no longer printing 3.5e,” and I don’t feel any need to edit the answer for that. Likewise, the comparisons to 4e are widely commented-upon, and notable in the context of the answer because of the history of Pathfinder as a reaction against 4e—and as Ifusaso says, it’s not as though this answer either suggests being 4e-like is a bad thing, or that it suggests in any way that the system is a “4e clone” or whatever since there are elements from numerous other sources of inspiration as well along with its own novel development. | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 22:13 | comment | added | Ifusaso 'he-him' | There is merit to comparing the two (for instance, many class Features and Feats are special-named abilities you gain and use; I know I've hear both compared to Turn Based or Tactics style video games). KRyan does note that some features associated with D&D 5e are also present, and the system has a number of its own quirks. Also remember, that from many people's viewpoint (including OP, it would seem), including some 4e elements was in no way a bad thing. | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 21:51 | comment | added | Cyrad | Also, saying Pathfinder 2E is similar to D&D 4E is highly contentious. At most, the two games have more concise, formalized presentation and language. And there's many, many differences in how Paizo handled 2E than WotC handled 4E, such as continuing the campaign setting (as opposed to retconning it) and continuing to print 1e products. | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 21:42 | comment | added | Cyrad | An excellent answer, but can be improved. It's worth noting that the fact WotC stopped printing 3.5e books was the major reason Paizo needed to create PFRPG. So Jason Bulmahn took his house rules and turned them into Pathfinder. | |
| Jun 16, 2020 at 10:23 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
Commonmark migration
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| Apr 1, 2020 at 22:28 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
more details, more dates, and a better handling of PF 2e now that it’s out of playtesting for a while now
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| Aug 1, 2019 at 23:01 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
noting PF2e’s release
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| Oct 16, 2018 at 18:20 | comment | added | Wyrmwood | This is an excellent answer and includes the primary reason; the drying up of revenue streams for Dungeon and Dragon magazines; previously the bread and butter of Paizo. | |
| Oct 14, 2018 at 15:07 | vote | accept | GcL | ||
| Oct 12, 2018 at 11:22 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Eliminating claim on what OSR is about, making it clearer that Pathfinder is done cheaply in order to focus on adventures, not that the adventures themselves are done cheaply
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| Oct 12, 2018 at 2:33 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
correcting OSR
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 15:50 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 15:44 | history | edited | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 11, 2018 at 15:37 | history | answered | KRyan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |