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<blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 4116193" data-attributes="member: 9053">But that's the thing: they are selling an RPG, even if they're effectively giving it away as well. I&nbsp; suppose the more apt term for what they're doing is marketing it, as a vehicle for their other products.From what I've seen in the Alpha, Pathfinder is not 4E compatible, and it's also not entirely 3X compatible, insofar as you would need to make modifications to myriad of existing 3X materials to use them. For my group, that would be the killer: they rely heavily on the Compete splats, and having to mod them to keep using them would be a non-starter.So we have another case of &quot;D&amp;D done right,&quot; just in this case it's going to have extremely high production values and good distribution. Will that sell? Initially, I'd say yes, after June, I'm doubtful. A year from now, a &quot;3X compatible&quot; product is likely to have an extremely small audience. But time will tell if I'm right, of course.--Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteveC, post: 4116193, member: 9053"] But that's the thing: they are selling an RPG, even if they're effectively giving it away as well. I suppose the more apt term for what they're doing is marketing it, as a vehicle for their other products. From what I've seen in the Alpha, Pathfinder is not 4E compatible, and it's also not entirely 3X compatible, insofar as you would need to make modifications to myriad of existing 3X materials to use them. For my group, that would be the killer: they rely heavily on the Compete splats, and having to mod them to keep using them would be a non-starter. So we have another case of "D&D done right," just in this case it's going to have extremely high production values and good distribution. Will that sell? Initially, I'd say yes, after June, I'm doubtful. A year from now, a "3X compatible" product is likely to have an extremely small audience. But time will tell if I'm right, of course. --Steve [/QUOTE]

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