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<blockquote data-quote="Azgulor" data-source="post: 5346608" data-attributes="member: 14291">I only suggested such a possibility in response to the idea that if the D&amp;D were available to be scooped up by Paizo, they should immediately dump or re-brand Pathfinder as D&amp;D.&nbsp; Or that in some weird scenario Paizo would hitch their wagon to a future 5e.&nbsp; I was merely making the case that while the D&amp;D brand is not so recognizable outside of the RPG hobby that a Pathfinder brand couldn't be just as viable at some point in the future.&nbsp; Nothing more.The examples I cited were attempts by D&amp;D's owners to make D&amp;D more mainstream and that the gains, to date, have been relatively small.&nbsp; Thus the brand outside the hobby is not as valuable as a more mainstream brand (like Halo or Warcraft or Coke), that's all.&nbsp; Outside of the RPG hobby, D&amp;D ain't an 800 lb. gorilla. It's at least a possibility that another RPG brand (if you don't like Pathfinder, let's go with Warhammer) could have larger mainstream recognition than D&amp;D.&nbsp; Not to be snarky (truly), but why would WotC dump an IP with a brand as valuable as D&amp;D?&nbsp; If D&amp;D as a brand and IP is truly as valuable as you've suggested (and it may be), they'd be idiots to do this.&nbsp; I don't think they're idiots &amp; therefore I don't see a snowball's chance in hell that this will occur.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Azgulor, post: 5346608, member: 14291"] I only suggested such a possibility in response to the idea that if the D&D were available to be scooped up by Paizo, they should immediately dump or re-brand Pathfinder as D&D. Or that in some weird scenario Paizo would hitch their wagon to a future 5e. I was merely making the case that while the D&D brand is not so recognizable outside of the RPG hobby that a Pathfinder brand couldn't be just as viable at some point in the future. Nothing more. The examples I cited were attempts by D&D's owners to make D&D more mainstream and that the gains, to date, have been relatively small. Thus the brand outside the hobby is not as valuable as a more mainstream brand (like Halo or Warcraft or Coke), that's all. Outside of the RPG hobby, D&D ain't an 800 lb. gorilla. [I][U] It's at least a possibility [/U][/I]that another RPG brand (if you don't like Pathfinder, let's go with Warhammer) could have larger mainstream recognition than D&D. Not to be snarky (truly), but why would WotC dump an IP with a brand as valuable as D&D? If D&D as a brand and IP is truly as valuable as you've suggested (and it may be), they'd be idiots to do this. I don't think they're idiots & therefore I don't see a snowball's chance in hell that this will occur. [/QUOTE]

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