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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sunshadow21" data-source="post: 6363857" data-attributes="member: 6667193"><p>Fully getting players away from Pathfinder is going to be a tough sell, I think. I can see a lot of PF players playing, or at least following, both, but Paizo has a solid following for good reason, and WotC is going to have it's hands full just competing with what Paizo's current and upcoming products. They have many solid product lines, which now includes the promise of a variety of computer games as well, and have found a way to deal with the challenges found in the traditional classes in ways that give players more options without taking those classes away from those that like them. WotC's attempts to create balance while staying within the confines of the traditional classes will win over some, but will turn away just as many when other systems and companies have found ways to do so that don't risk gutting the traditional concepts of those classes the same way that WotC has done now in two editions. For similar reasons, winning back large portions of the OGL crowd is going to be very difficult. The pre 3rd edition crowd will be easier to win over, but only if the DMG has guidelines for trimming a lot of things, like feats, healing surges, and similar things, out of the game without a lot of work. In the end, they made an edition that will please a lot of people, but will have great difficulty pleasing enough people long enough to fully justify the cost and effort of buying all the books and learning what is at it's roots a new system, no matter how many throwbacks they put in to make it seem otherwise.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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