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As to the loyalty we Pathfinder players/DMs have to Paizo, I think most of us are like me and are still aware of the design problems in the system. We moved to PF because 4E just wasn't it and PF was at least living where 3.5 was dead. We'll easily move to 5E if it's clearly better and still...

I would imagine that even if they put out softcovers, it will be something like a year after the hardcover release. That's the standard model for novels, at least. They have to make sure they've exhausted every possible sale at that price in that time period and they also have to make sure they...

As for OCR on the PDFs, it would still require a lot of work because OCR is pretty poor. A 99% percent accuracy is actually really bad from a reading standpoint, and OCR doesn't generally like columns, charts or shaded text. It really doesn't like shaded text in a chart in a column.

LOL! As long as we're bankrupting them, let's have them come over and mow our lawns, too. Or they can pay us to play the game.

A lot of people are calling for older material PDFs. You have to remember that WotC doesn't have digital files on these. It would require cutting up, scanning and cleaning each page of the book. Just how many $10 sales of 1E Unearthed Arcana are they going to get? The labor cost for the...

If they do a starter's set, I hope and expect all the information in it to be repeated with the hardcovers. I don't want a starters set and I'll feel like I'm being cheated if they expect me to buy it and the hardcovers.

For the old-schoolers, how about a book of random charts for creating your own random charts?

You know what it feels like when you feel up an elephant? It feels like pain. I am touching this elephant-thing and it feels like my pelvis being crushed.

You seem to misunderstand. Paizo is currently the top-selling RPG. If 5E is a huge success, they just lost their customer base. They could go back to being the small, 3rd-party company they were before Pathfinder, but that's not a decision made easily. The definition of 5E being a huge success...

5E is not only make-or-break for WotC, but for Paizo as well. If 5E is a colossal flop and there is no more 4E material and no 4E OGL, then I can see Pathfinder taking an even larger market share. On the other hand, if 5E is a success, Paizo is kinda painted into a corner because there are...

Whether it's good or not is debatable, but I can't see 5E having an OGL. When 3E came out, Wizards was a young, new, hip company who bought the brand for the love of the game. But now Wizards is a division of Hasbro, I can't see Hasbro endorsing an OGL. In fact, I think Hasbro is pretty cheesed...

What I would like is for a heal in combat to be roughly equivalent to doing damage. In other words, it simply comes down to how you want to play. I don't want a game where you have to have a healer, I don't want a game where you aren't allowed to be a healer.

I would love to see a new Compendium format, but done right. One monster per page, either single or double sided, reinforced holes and a binder that didn't actually suck. At least, the binder I got in mine the clasps never quite met right. The format had a good idea behind it. If you're using...

If there's no fire, I can't get behind this. I do like the thought of taking the 4E skill challenge and removing the static DC from it. The DC of each thing you might try is judged on its own basis. That alone would get away from much of the silliness I've heard/read with skill challenges. If...

These blind guys need to stop feeling up that elephant.

Gah! Another poll with the "right" answer in the question. Should the designers provide what they think works best? As opposed to WHAT? Do I think the designers should provide what they think is lousy? Or that I want the game to not be designed by professionals? This question means nothing...

Yeah, the polls seem unintentionally designed to say whatever they want them to say. Reading the polls I get the feeling that they are going to ask a question like "Would you buy this setting book if it was the price you want to pay?" The answer is in the question, the only answer is yes. In...

I have to agree with the opinion that the poll was worded in such a way that you don't really know what you're voting for. If we're talking to the Duke, the fact that my character is a dwarf should have a large impact. If we're fighting zombies, the only impact I want is some fluff to recolor...

Here's the answer they won't tell you. "We learned that if you have the brand of Dungeons and Dragons, which is not just the most recognizable but often the only recognizable roleplaying brand, and you are only the 2nd top-selling game of your genre, and the top-selling game of your genre was...