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It could. But we don't do that when physical product is involved. It tends to make retailers and distributors grumpy (rightly or wrongly). In other words, the hinderances outway any gains. I'm glad you liked the fighter blog. You'll be seeing more like that as we wind our way to the playtest...

Much like the difference between the notes you run a game with and published adventures, there are varying degrees of "ready." The draft we are using for playtests has only had a partial development pass and no hardcore editorial scrubbing. Then there is a layout, sending it to the printer...

What can I say? I feel in love with D&D when I was 11 and have had the opportunity to work on it and Pathfinder for nearly 20 years. I have lots of D&D, Pathfinder, Rock n' Roll, and Satanic T-Shirts. Those are my jams. Stephen Radney-MacFarland Senior Game Designer Paizo

This is true. And as long as he keeps making movies within a certain time period he gets to retain those rights. When I worked at Wizards, we were having a meeting bemoaning this fact and I told my boss, "give me a car, some cash, don't ask any questions, and I'll get those movie rights back."...

I understand what you are saying, and we do lurk in a lot of forums and listen to what people have to say. So while it is helpful to us that people post in our forums, because it is easier for us to track, it doesn't mean that we are not listening to folks in other forums...especially this one...

Pathfinder Core Rulebook, page 8, under playing the game. Last sentence of the second paragraph. "Unless otherwise noted, whenever you must round a number, always round down." Ignoring the strange "are" in the sentence, which gets submitted as errata when I get into work today.

No it does not. You get two failures in the skill challenge, you get an encounter and a hazard. You are not having encounters all that often (unless you have a bunch of frail, bumbling, characters with low attention span), and I also suggest that you shuffle in some triggered encounters. This...

I would say that is an uncharitable way of looking at it, but not without a glimmer of truth. Guns in the oldest RPG are a difficult nut to crack. They need to be different but not overpowering. They need to feel right. With the gun rules and the gunslinger we are attempting to achieve those...

Thanks! Hey everyone, I just wanted to say thanks for discussing the classes here. And while I would love it if you could post over at Paizo messageboards, I also understand most of you are not going to. I just wanted you to know, as a guy who lurks this board each day, I appreciate the...

Well, I don't work there anymore, but my guess is that the D&D Encounters program has show WotC that if you provide a fun and fast game experience, people show up an play it. It also shows that those folks rarely spend money in the store that is hosting the event. My guess (through limited...

Hey, man, there's a whole campaign setting you might want to take a look at. That not doing it? We have some game aid products that might float your boat. My other screen is filled with the mock-up of an upcoming Flip-Mat. So far I think it's pretty cool. Okay, maybe I'm biased. Point is...

Thanks! Hopefully you’ll enjoy my Pathfinder work as well. And I just want to echo what Hyrum put out there. Paizo's going gangbusters. It's good to see. Oh, that and it is a great place to work. If you are on the fence about applying for a position, you should keep that in mind.

As someone who teaches game design at college, I can tell you this is a great opportunity for students. Many are required to find and internship at a game company during their senior year, and not all of them want to make video games. I always direct those students to the Paizo internship...

As someone who worked for WotC for a little over 9 years, I can tell you that it is a great place to work. The people are fantastic, the offices are great, and the pay and the benefits are good. The worst part is holding your breath for the layoffs (second worst is some of meetings). I...

I have no desire on setting up a dichotomy, false or otherwise. I'm just making observations. Yes, when you are comfortable with a system, and the group around you is comfortable with a system, you will tend to roleplay more (if you are so inclined). Some systems make some people more...

I think we can just disagree here. I do think system affects roleplaying, in some of the ways you point out, but that your group will always have a greater effect. No system makes you roleplay, and most are too busy trying to explain to you how the game works to engage you on that level...

Sorry, double post.

It did for me. ;) Really, you can have a bunch of conversations about what roleplaying actually is. I know they can be fun intellectual exercise. You can try to corral it with definitions and use it as stepping stool for obscure arguments, but typically roleplaying is one of those things that...

That's definitely what I was talking about in my article. It's playing your character's personality, quirks, and goals not the act of driving their skills and powers in the tactical game. You can still roleplay while you are driving their skills and powers, but some people don’t. Everyone...

You know, I would love to do focus groups. Seems no one ever wants to float the bill for that. If you watch kids, you notice they will roleplay even with the most abstract pieces until some adult tells them to cut it out. Yesterday I played a game of Forbidden Island (a fun and faster paced...