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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JoshuaFrost" data-source="post: 4116869" data-attributes="member: 41226">Howdy folks,I'm keeping an eye on this thread (as are others here at Paizo) and I've read every single post. This is a great, lively discussion and I'm enjoying reading everyone's feedback (good or bad!). I want to mention a few quick items and then I'll duck back out of the discussion:1) The document available for download on our website, PRPG Alpha release 1, is a playtest document. It is not the end-all, be-all of PRPG and we certainly want everyone even tangentially interested in PRPG to give us feedback on our direction over on our Alpha boards. There seems to be some confusion about the nomenclature between Alpha, Beta, and final. This is not the final RPG. Those of you interested in playtesting through the Alpha and Beta open playtest will help us create the final.2) Every stage of the Alpha and Beta playtest will have FREE downloadable PDFs to continue FREE participation in our open playtest.3) We'll release a Beta soft-cover book at Gen Con and into hobby distribution as just another approach to getting as many playtesters as possible. At $24.99 for a 300+ page, full-color, soft-cover book we think a large number of interested players who want a physical copy will  jump on this opportunity. If paying for a Beta isn't for you, then awesome! It'll be a free PDF download.4) The finished Pathfinder RPG product in August 2009 will be a 420 (or so) page hardcover designed to replace the PHB and DMG for 3.5 that we expect will go out of print. Hopefully, with everyone's participation in the Alpha and Beta playtest, we'll have enough awesome feedback to make this the game that folks sticking with 3.5 (or even just interested in the rules) will want to play. We know it won't be for everyone, unfortunately, but our primary design goal is create an updated rules set that is largely backward-compatible with 3.5 and will require a minimum of adjustment for pre-PRPG products to be run via PRPG.5) This is not a Paizo vs WotC announcement. We know 4th Edition will be successful and we wish our friends (seriously, we have a lot of friends there) at WotC the best of luck launching 4E this summer. We know a portion of the existing audience will want to stay with 3.5 and we intend to provide the support to keep 3.5 alive for many years to come. We certainly have not closed the door on 4E, either! We're eager to see the GSL (still!) and eager to see the full rules and may be able to support 4E in the future--certainly through our partnership with Necromancer and possibly in other ways too. Just not with Pathfinder.Thanks everyone!</blockquote>

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