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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 4121668" data-attributes="member: 2804">I don't think it was particularly gutsy. Without knowing what the GSL will eventually say and knowing they need to publish books, it was really their only move. And with Necromancer looking to be their 4e publishing arm, I think they will be able to play the field both ways. So it was definitely a smart move.It remains to be seen how backwards compatible it will be. I actually find their Alpha release to be less compatible with 3.5 then 3.5 was to 3.0. And if they start fixing all the "problems" with 3.5 that has all sorts of repercussions. Heck, a lot of the people angry at 4e don't even agree on what the problems are, or that there are any problems at all. For example, I think Level Drain is the single WORST mechanic in the history of D&D. I refuse to even play a D&D game that doesn't house rule out level drain. A lot of old school people like it, however. What will Paizo do? Dump it? Or keep it? Either way, someone won't be happy.Pathfinder won't be able to please everyone and so some people who are bitter at WotC will be equally bitter with Paizo. In the end, it will be another OGL game no different than Arcana Evolved, or True 20. And that isn't a bad thing at all. Those games are cool. And they filled a niche for people looking for a D&D alternative.I also agree it will probably be cool. And I'll probably even buy it because I think Paizo rocks. It will go on my shelf and buffer my 3.5 books and my 4e D&D books. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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