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<blockquote data-quote="callinostros" data-source="post: 6184531" data-attributes="member: 72615">As a note of comparison, Forgotten Realms has about 105 different source material for it spanning 4 editions of D&amp;D (excluding adventures and novels) (source: <a href="http://worldsofdnd.wordpress.com/product-lists/forgotten-realms/forgotten-realms-products/" target="_blank">http://worldsofdnd.wordpress.com/product-lists/forgotten-realms/forgotten-realms-products/</a>). According to Paizo (<a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinder/campaignSetting/pathfinderRPG" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/pathfinder/campaignSetting/pathfinderRPG</a>) they have 54 books (excluding the APs) covering Golarion. They are about half-way to Forgotten Realms.Either way, 54 books is a lot of books to buy if you are new to the official Pathfinder world setting. Sure no one needs all of it, but for those who &quot;want to do it right&quot; it is an almost insurmountable hill of books to climb. I would call this bloat. However, since the APs are the focus of the world it is easy to compartmentalize purchases around them. Of course each AP has more than just the 6 adventure books; they also have map packs, setting material, pawns, player guidebooks, etc a GM can buy as well. I do worry, that this is a lot to present to a new group trying out Pathfinder. Where do they start?Of course, Pathfinder Beginner Box is an excellent start but after that it gets more muddled. But this comes from the sheer quantity of books now out for Pathfinder and is compounded each month they continue to put out another 4-6 products.BTW Feel free to clarify my numbers for the setting books as I likely messed them up in my research.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="callinostros, post: 6184531, member: 72615"] As a note of comparison, Forgotten Realms has about 105 different source material for it spanning 4 editions of D&D (excluding adventures and novels) (source: [url]http://worldsofdnd.wordpress.com/product-lists/forgotten-realms/forgotten-realms-products/[/url]). According to Paizo ([url]http://paizo.com/pathfinder/campaignSetting/pathfinderRPG[/url]) they have 54 books (excluding the APs) covering Golarion. They are about half-way to Forgotten Realms. Either way, 54 books is a lot of books to buy if you are new to the official Pathfinder world setting. Sure no one needs all of it, but for those who "want to do it right" it is an almost insurmountable hill of books to climb. I would call this bloat. However, since the APs are the focus of the world it is easy to compartmentalize purchases around them. Of course each AP has more than just the 6 adventure books; they also have map packs, setting material, pawns, player guidebooks, etc a GM can buy as well. I do worry, that this is a lot to present to a new group trying out Pathfinder. Where do they start? Of course, Pathfinder Beginner Box is an excellent start but after that it gets more muddled. But this comes from the sheer quantity of books now out for Pathfinder and is compounded each month they continue to put out another 4-6 products. BTW Feel free to clarify my numbers for the setting books as I likely messed them up in my research. [/QUOTE]

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