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<blockquote data-quote="ggroy" data-source="post: 5100085" data-attributes="member: 83805">I suspect that if Paizo had done a completely original &quot;Pathfinder&quot; rpg back in 2007-2008 that was not d20/OGL based, it may possibly have become another &quot;fantasy heartbreaker rpg&quot; that wouldn't have been as popular as the d20/OGL Pathfinder rpg we know today.With that being said, I wouldn't be surprised of the possibility of the next edition of Pathfinder being a completely new original design with very little to no vestiges of the 3.5E SRD mechanics.&nbsp; (This could be anywhere from a few years, to more than a decade from now).&nbsp; Something like this would have been a harder sell in 2008-2009.With Pathfinder having a more established brand name in the next few years, in principle they could try capitalizing on it when it comes to producing a new original ruleset for a 2E Pathfinder.&nbsp; Tangentially, we may be seeing something like this already with the rumors of Goodman producing a &quot;Dungeon Crawl Classics&quot; rpg, which is essentially Goodman leveraging the DCC brand name and making it into his company's own house system, instead of being dependent on the whims of WotC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ggroy, post: 5100085, member: 83805"] I suspect that if Paizo had done a completely original "Pathfinder" rpg back in 2007-2008 that was not d20/OGL based, it may possibly have become another "fantasy heartbreaker rpg" that wouldn't have been as popular as the d20/OGL Pathfinder rpg we know today. With that being said, I wouldn't be surprised of the possibility of the next edition of Pathfinder being a completely new original design with very little to no vestiges of the 3.5E SRD mechanics. (This could be anywhere from a few years, to more than a decade from now). Something like this would have been a harder sell in 2008-2009. With Pathfinder having a more established brand name in the next few years, in principle they could try capitalizing on it when it comes to producing a new original ruleset for a 2E Pathfinder. Tangentially, we may be seeing something like this already with the rumors of Goodman producing a "Dungeon Crawl Classics" rpg, which is essentially Goodman leveraging the DCC brand name and making it into his company's own house system, instead of being dependent on the whims of WotC. [/QUOTE]

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