Jared Rascher
Explorer
So, lately, I've come to be a bit frustrated with a few things about Paizo. They still put out some really excellent adventures and some really interesting campaign setting material, but I'm leery of rules bloat with books like Ultimate Magic and Ultimate Combat following so closely on the heels of the APG, and I think that the new policy of the Adventure Paths to not reprint anything in Pathfinder RPG books that an adventure uses, assuming, essentially, that everything is "core," is an unproductive change and a little hostile to new adoptees of the ruleset.
In Paizo's defense, the response has been that every Pathfinder RPG book will be added to the PRD site that Paizo maintains. As a counter to this, the first installment of the Carrion Crown AP references monsters from the Bestiary 2, but that source has yet to be added to the PRD.
Also, while the game is far from unplayable, there are several rules questions that have gone unanswered, and the goal post for when the questions will be answered seems to always be moving to "after we get the next big release out," at which time a new release is announced, and the FAQ gets pushed further back.
I've been a fan of Paizo for a while, but I've decided to adopt a few new policies for my own campaigns and my own purchasing habits, based on the above.
1. If something does not make it into the PRD, its not legal in my campaign.
2. If a product isn't in the PRD, I'm not purchasing it. This gives multiple benefits, as it holds Paizo to their promise of getting rules posted on the PRD, and it allows me to look at the rules before I implement them or buy the book, and thus can spot potential power creep or unaddressed rules problems before I use them.
3. If a product references a source that isn't in the PRD, I'm not getting that product until the rules show up in the PRD. Since I didn't have this rule in place before I picked up the first installment of the Carrion Crown AP, I already picked that up.
I'm just hoping that, at least in my corner of the Paizo consumer universe, I can slow things down a bit. Just something I'm trying out, in an attempt to remain positive but still address what I see as some potential problems.
In Paizo's defense, the response has been that every Pathfinder RPG book will be added to the PRD site that Paizo maintains. As a counter to this, the first installment of the Carrion Crown AP references monsters from the Bestiary 2, but that source has yet to be added to the PRD.
Also, while the game is far from unplayable, there are several rules questions that have gone unanswered, and the goal post for when the questions will be answered seems to always be moving to "after we get the next big release out," at which time a new release is announced, and the FAQ gets pushed further back.
I've been a fan of Paizo for a while, but I've decided to adopt a few new policies for my own campaigns and my own purchasing habits, based on the above.
1. If something does not make it into the PRD, its not legal in my campaign.
2. If a product isn't in the PRD, I'm not purchasing it. This gives multiple benefits, as it holds Paizo to their promise of getting rules posted on the PRD, and it allows me to look at the rules before I implement them or buy the book, and thus can spot potential power creep or unaddressed rules problems before I use them.
3. If a product references a source that isn't in the PRD, I'm not getting that product until the rules show up in the PRD. Since I didn't have this rule in place before I picked up the first installment of the Carrion Crown AP, I already picked that up.
I'm just hoping that, at least in my corner of the Paizo consumer universe, I can slow things down a bit. Just something I'm trying out, in an attempt to remain positive but still address what I see as some potential problems.