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It was written by at least one lawyer, by the name of Brian Lewis. He's co-owner of GenCon now, among other things. As far as dates, the more relevant one is probably that Peter Adkison left as WotC CEO at the beginning of 2001. As noted up-thread, he was a vocal proponent of the OGL as a means...

I'd probably allow it with the human blood in there, just to drive home the "humans can breed with anything" that seems to be their superpower. That said, I'd consider it closer to a half-elf or normal human than an elf/orc crossbreed. For an actual elf/orc crossbreed... that depends a lot on...

Yeah, Lisa Stephens and the rest of Paizo are incredibly transparent about... well, just about everything. For anyone who wants a link: Auntie Lisa's Story Hour She does a seminar by the same name at GenCon (and presumably PaizoCon, I dunno), that's basically just her reminiscing about her...

That sounds right. This gets into vague recollections, but I remember some discussion of dual-statting things if the licensing allowed them to. Yeah, from all reports that was a rough couple months in Paizoland. It obviously turned out fine in the long run, but I don't envy them then. Cheers! Kinak

If I recall correctly, by the time the original GSL was even released (June '08), Pathfinder was in beta testing for several months (March '08). The GSL had only been out for about a month when the Pathfinder Beta Books were available at GenCon. I'm not really sure how much Paizo could have...

I was thinking in terms of "people who want to play pure healers" rather than "people who play clerics." There's definitely something to be said for dropping into and out of pure healer mode, though, and I hadn't considered people who like that. I don't mind, as a healer, throwing out the...

Oh, yeah, I'm sure you don't have the problem I was talking about in 4e. Healing and daily resources are already synched up through the extended rest mechanic, so it shouldn't drastically change the pace of the game to include/exclude a healer. It's just, as you say, smoothing out damage...

Ah, yeah, if you're willing to make sure the party is never without a cleric for long periods it's never going to be a problem. I'm glad I asked, because your campaigns look completely different from mine. Ah, yeah, I never do this. I've run everywhere from six players all the way down to one...

If WotC actually has a booth in the Dealer's Hall this year, I'll probably page through whatever 5e stuff they have and decide if I'm going to buy anything. Do we know yet if they're actually going to have a booth this year? Cheers! Kinak

These are two different rules that use the same word, in the same way Spell Resistance and Fire Resistance have nothing to do with each other. Golems: Rules as Written, golem immunity just works as perfect Spell Resistance for anything that allows it. That means most effects that are already...

Kamikaze Midget I also really prefer the flavor of weekly spells imply. It makes me wish I'd always been doing it that way. I'll probably be pitching "full healing and spells after a week of downtime" before my next Pathfinder campaign. My players will probably appreciate the slower pace and...

I don't disagree with this, but there's a difference between a parties having different strengths and parties existing in different worlds. Time has to flow differently when you have a (non-4e) healer in the party. This is the most obvious when the party composition changes in mid-stream or...

I've been advocating one week long rest for a while, so it's nice to see Mearls at least thinking about it. The trick is making the long rest a week of rest. So if you're out adventuring, there's no weird blip at the end, you just get HP and abilities back once you actually take actual...

Well, good for me, because I like a lot of the variant games that came out under the OGL (Pathfinder and Iron Heroes being the big two) and both my wife and I have done some OGL-fueled freelancing. And good for the hobby, because it created a garden for small publishers to start in. Some of...

It sounds like CR is being used as "you must be this tall to ride this ride" sign, which I can see some merit to. There are definitely times it'd be handy to have a note like "Hey, don't use this monster until your party has access to cure blindness or lesser restoration or stone to flesh."...

The only novels I'm aware of are the Prism Pentad. They might help give a bit more of the flavor, but they're also regarded by many as having ruined the setting so... Running Dark Sun back in 2e, the only books I felt like I really wanted were the original boxed set, the Will and the Way...

I'm not completely familiar with the Dragon Empire, but I think you should be able to make it fit. Fair warning to other readers, there may be some light Carrion Crown spoilers in this post. Setting: Carrion Crown depends on having a sort of horror-haunted backwater with some gothic overtones...

Your experience with RotR should help you make this decision. How much did you actually change the plot or foreshadow future events? If you ended up changing a lot, I'd lean towards staying an issue or two ahead. If you didn't change much or anything, plotwise, stick with getting the next issue...

Yup, that's the plan. Then making monsters' CMB a static number. Bummer! I feel like opposed rolls don't add a lot to d20 unless there's a reason to conceal how well the player actually did. It just adds another step and makes modifiers feel less important. Cheers! Kinak

I'm strongly considering "players always roll" for my next Pathfinder game, for two reasons. First, not getting a save against combat maneuvers feels a little weird. When a terrible thing happens because of a spell, you get a save, but if it happens because of a combat maneuver, you don't. It...