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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 7639383" data-attributes="member: 12731">Thank you for asking!When I ask myself "why on earth would they ever go with a brand new system with no easy ties into either their previous system or the current edition of D&D" (where 99% of customers are at) I repeatedly get the reply Paizo wants to avoid getting burned again as they were when Wizards yanked their Dragon/Dungeon license and created 4E inside a walled garden.Since I am convinced the only location where Paizo can thrive to the extent necessary to maintain the scale of current operations is in close orbit to the 500 ft gorilla, I conclude deciding to do otherwise must be rooted in pride and resentment.Pride in thinking the Pathfinder brand is (much) stronger than it really is. Every dndish game that isn't D&D quickly ends up on dusty shelves. (Note: Pathfinder was not it's own game, it WAS D&D)Resentment in harboring a grudge for WotC when the coldly rational choice would be to realize your nature as a parasite, essentially, and forget about past bad treatment and stay close to the host organism that nourishes you.I hope that answers your question <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>