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Paizo To Make Kingmaker Bestiary... For D&D 5E!
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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 7778976" data-attributes="member: 6667921"><p>Well this is a bold strategy. I can see that they kept a safe distance by hiring an outside company to be the experts of 5e material. And by providing just a bestiary rather than a full conversion, 5e fans would still need to purchase the main product which exposes them to PF2 system. Not a bad strategy. However...</p><p></p><p>What happens if the 5e supplement outsells the PF2 product? </p><p></p><p>One of the biggest appeals of 5e for new gamers is the relatively small library of rule books and supplements required to stay current with the system. A book of new monsters will appeal only to 5e DMs who are hungry for more usable materials to run games. They may see value in running the campaign, but without further conversions on specialized rules used in Kingmaker, its still a hard sell.</p><p></p><p>But lets say they buy it, run it, even convert to PF2 because they like what they tasted in there. How many happy 5e players are going to jump ship because the new system appeals to their DM? Why leave the system they are already comfortable with and spent money for when the DM can just use the 5e supplement and adapt instead? It could happen, and most likely will in more than a few cases.</p><p></p><p>So Paizo makes a few more dollars on a 5e product. Obviously this is not their goal with this strategy. Otherwise they would have gone whole hog and done a full conversion and appeal to the 5e market. But if what I described happens on a larger scale and shows them they have a better oppurtunity to sell for 5e rather than their own product...</p><p></p><p>I really had hoped PF2 would stand out on its own. Maybe the gamble will pay off. We shall see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jacob Lewis, post: 7778976, member: 6667921"] Well this is a bold strategy. I can see that they kept a safe distance by hiring an outside company to be the experts of 5e material. And by providing just a bestiary rather than a full conversion, 5e fans would still need to purchase the main product which exposes them to PF2 system. Not a bad strategy. However... What happens if the 5e supplement outsells the PF2 product? One of the biggest appeals of 5e for new gamers is the relatively small library of rule books and supplements required to stay current with the system. A book of new monsters will appeal only to 5e DMs who are hungry for more usable materials to run games. They may see value in running the campaign, but without further conversions on specialized rules used in Kingmaker, its still a hard sell. But lets say they buy it, run it, even convert to PF2 because they like what they tasted in there. How many happy 5e players are going to jump ship because the new system appeals to their DM? Why leave the system they are already comfortable with and spent money for when the DM can just use the 5e supplement and adapt instead? It could happen, and most likely will in more than a few cases. So Paizo makes a few more dollars on a 5e product. Obviously this is not their goal with this strategy. Otherwise they would have gone whole hog and done a full conversion and appeal to the 5e market. But if what I described happens on a larger scale and shows them they have a better oppurtunity to sell for 5e rather than their own product... I really had hoped PF2 would stand out on its own. Maybe the gamble will pay off. We shall see. [/QUOTE]
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