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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 7352654" data-attributes="member: 6775031">Paizo is in a bit of a tricky situation. The only reason that Pathfinder took off, originally, was by avoiding innovation. Existing players were put off by the concept of change, so they turned to 3.5.5 as an alternative to 4E.The situation is different right now. There's no 4E monster that players are fleeing from in droves. If they try to release a new edition anytime soon, they basically have two options:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Double down on disaffected 5E players by releasing 3.5.5.5, basically targeting the demographic that went back to Pathfinder.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Target the 5E market directly by releasing 5.5. The problem being that 5E players are, by and large, happy with the game that they have.</li> </ol>In either case, they risk alienating their current (but dwindling) player base. If they botch this, the entire company is dead. They cannot survive a failed launch of a core product.Honestly, the only thing I want is the ability to describe a hit from a sword as an actual hit. No overnight healing. No weird secondary resource that you can spend to recover naturally. Just let a sword hit feel meaningful.Honestly, if they wanted to throwback to AD&D in terms of style, that wouldn't be the worst thing ever. Golarion had already surpassed Faerun in terms of zaniness, so some sort of reset on the gonzo level would be appreciated. Maybe have one or two pictures of humans talking to other humans, and wearing historically-appropriate attire. Maybe thrown in a chart somewhere describing the availability of weapons and armor by culture and time period. Anything to indicate the possibility of dialing the insanity back a level.</blockquote>

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