Paizo Mark Seifter leaving Paizo

[dave2008]

About Mark Seifter
Mark’s RPG credits are extensive; included is a sample of some of his significant contributions to the industry:

• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Cover Credit
  • Pathfinder 2nd Edition Rulebooks
    • Core Rulebook
    • Bestiary
    • Gamemastery Guide
    • Advanced Player’s Guide
    • Beginner Box
    • Secrets of Magic
    • Guns & Gears
    • Dark Archive
  • Battlezoo Rulebooks
    • Battlezoo Bestiary
    • Battlezoo Ancestries: Dragons
• D&D 5th Edition Cover Credit
  • Battlezoo 5e Rulebooks
    • Battlezoo Bestiary
    • Battlezoo Ancestries: Dragons
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Rulebook Design Lead
  • Gamemastery Guide
  • Advanced Player’s Guide
  • Pathfinder 2nd Edition Bestiary 3
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Class Lead
  • Barbarian
  • Bard
  • Champion
  • Swashbuckler
  • Summoner
  • Inventor
  • Thaumaturge
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Lost Omens Design Lead
  • World Guide
  • Character Guide
  • Gods & Magic
  • Absalom: City of Lost Omens
  • Legends
  • Pathfinder Society Guide
  • Ancestry Guide
  • Mwangi Expanse
  • Grand Bazaar
  • Monsters of Myth
  • Knights of Lastwall
  • Impossible Lands
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Adventure Path Design Lead
  • Extinction Curse AP
  • Abomination Vaults AP
  • Strength of Thousands AP
  • Quest for the Frozen Flame AP
  • Kingmaker Hardcover & Companion Guide
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Adventures Design Lead
  • Fall of Plaguestone
  • The Slithering
  • Night of the Gray Death
  • Malevolence
  • Shadows at Sundown
  • Crown of the Kobold King Anniversary Edition
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Bounties Design Lead
  • All 18 bounties released to date
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition One Shots Design Lead
  • Mark of the Mantis
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Scenarios Design Lead
  • All 77 scenarios released to date
• Pathfinder 2nd Edition Design credit
  • Bestiary 2
  • Book of the Dead
• Pathfinder 1st Edition Design credit
  • Pathfinder 1st Edition Rulebook
  • Unchained
  • Occult Adventures
  • Bestiary 5
  • Ultimate Intrigue
  • Horror Adventures
  • Villain Codex
  • Ultimate Wilderness
• Pathfinder 1st Edition Class Lead
  • Kineticist
  • Medium
• Paizo Pathfinder 1st Edition Author Credit
  • Familiar Folio
  • Occult Origins
  • Occult Realms
  • Legacy of Dragons
  • Psychic Anthology
  • Legacy of the First World
  • Aquatic Adventures (cover credit)
  • Blood of the Coven
  • Planar Adventures
  • Martial Arts Handbook
• Developer Showcase: Final Conflict from Midwives to Death
• Paizo Fiction Credit
  • Meet the Iconics: Yoon
  • Iconic Encounter: Swimming Lessons

OK, that helps. He was a big deal in PF2 design.

 

[The-Magic-Sword]

I had the opportunity to playtest the Dragon Book from Battlezoo, and am allowed to share general impressions: its a pretty rad ruleset, they did a good job on it.

 

[Filthy Lucre]

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[miggyG777]

It's a pity. I do like Mark. Think he was a major driving force behind making PF2e what it is today, his design ethos is great. I hope to still hear more from him in the future, working on PF2e related stuff on his own terms.

 

[Dausuul]

Probably the additional commentary/reason - pay too low for the cost of living in the area and "if you want a future, step 1 has to be leave Paizo". That's another dead canary in the coal mine.

Which seems like a compelling argument for remote work in the RPG industry. But that's not much help to anyone who already moved to Seattle.

 

[glass]

It's a pity. I do like Mark. Think he was a major driving force behind making PF2e what it is today, his design ethos is great. I hope to still hear more from him in the future, working on PF2e related stuff on his own terms.

This. Paizo has a lot of great ideas people, but Mark Seifter was the only one who gave the impression of being great when it came to rigorous implementation of those ideas. It is impossible to know for sure who does what exactly, but as I say that was the impression.

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glass.

 

[adamchristopherjonesy]

incredibly sad to see him go.

 

[Philip Benz]

incredibly sad to see him go.

FWIW - Mark isn't gone, he's simply left Paizo as an employee.
He has said that he will continue doing freelance work on several unspecified projects.
And he's heading up a new company, Battlezoo (publishing for both PF2 and DD5), which looks very cool indeed. I'm not sure how I feel about playable dragons, but the monster part harvesting system looks amazing. If only I had time to dig into it. -g-