D&D 5E Could Paizo go 5e?

[Umbran]

FIFY is adult for "Fixed It For You," i.e., I changed your original quote to something accurate.

You know, I gave you a quiet warning about how that wasn't acceptable, an opportunity to adjust to a mode that would allow you to continue in the discussion, without making a public scene about it.

Apparently, that didn't work. Very well.

Folks, Morlock here won't be in the discussion for a while.

 

[Eric V]

It occurs to me that much like in the world of comics with DC and Marvel, WotC and Paizo are competitors but the people that make them up are friends and colleagues. i don't think either company wishes the other harm. If people at paizo wanted to play in the 5E sandbox they would probably create a new company to do so (to protect their TMs and IP) and use as many WotC freelancers as Paizo ones.

If Paizo put out a Book of Advanced Classes for 5e, I'd get that in a flash. Same with any crunch thing, really.

Do they have to give up doing Pathfinder to do this?

 

[Tony Vargas]

edit: as for 5e - I like it & it's what I'm running now. But I don't see how I could use to give hard-core Pathfinder players the sort of technical play experience that characterizes Pathfinder play (in the same way I couldn't use 5e to give 4e fans the different sort of technical play they prefer).

That's too bad, the intent was to give you the option of doing either.

As to a 5e version of PF, it doesn't seem too likely, just that there wouldn't be much of a point, as yet. Pathfinder is just a clone/continuation of 3.5, it's successful because 3.5 fans were unwilling to move on to subsequent editions. Change would seem to be exactly the wrong thing to bring to that kind of market.

Maybe if the pendulum swings or enough grognards stop playing or whatever, there will be yet another rev-roll to a more modern edition that fans of 5e reject, and there'll be another market for a 5e clone similar to the market for a 3.5 clone in 2009, maybe Paizo will even catch lightning in a bottle twice and make that clone and call it PF2 (or maybe that'd just provoke a civil war in their fanbase).

If anyone ever does clone 5e, they'll be working with an SRD that intentionally leaves a lot of options out, so it'll have to be with more new material and less-complete backward compatibility. :shrug: Probably a long way off, if 5e doesn't turn out to be the last edition of D&D.

 

[mach1.9pants]

If Paizo put out a Book of Advanced Classes for 5e, I'd get that in a flash. Same with any crunch thing, really.

Do they have to give up doing Pathfinder to do this?

I think that'd be a great product. With both the 5e and 3e SRD it wouldn't be a problem either. It would be ideal for a high level (e.g. Kobold Games) third party to do. One with a foot in both campus, with a good amount of play testing, kick start it and hand out betas, and a proper hard cover book. Oh yes it'd be great! But what we will get is lots of attempts by various fans, which will be harder to find the good ones.

 

[Kite474]

I find it unlikely Paizo would make 5e material. It would be definitely nice though if they maybe dual stated their adventures. Or maybe convert some of their crunch....

 

[jgsugden]

It isn't that hard to convert. As such, I'd think it might be more likely for them to do conversions that convert some of their existing material to 5E and then possible release upcoming materials simultaneously for Pathfinder and for Pathfinder 5E. However, I assume the 5E would just be conversions, not designed to capitalize upon 5E's mechanics.

 

[TwoSix]

If Paizo put out a Book of Advanced Classes for 5e, I'd get that in a flash. Same with any crunch thing, really.

Do they have to give up doing Pathfinder to do this?

I wouldn't mind if some of their 3rd party partners got on the DM's Guild train, specifically Dreamscarred Press.

 

[mach1.9pants]

I wouldn't mind if some of their 3rd party partners got on the DM's Guild train, specifically Dreamscarred Press.

They would be better to put their products out using the OGL and SRD, not the guild. But yes paths of war or psionics books would be great.

 

[Reynard]

I am not sure what the point of 5E conversions of PF crunch would be. The mechanical stuff is highly dependent on game play assumptions that are not found in 5E.

 

[steppedonad4]

I think there is another lesson from Green Ronin. Notice any new 5e product from them? There isn't any.

Out of the Abyss was made by Green Ronin.