Pathfinder 1E Pramas on Paizo

[DaveMage]

I can't help but wonder if this is intentional on their part.

Never ascribe to mailce what can be ascribed to bureaucracy. Sometimes being the 800lb gorilla means it takes longer to move.

 

[Zaukrie]

I didn't. I said I wonder. That is not the same thing as ascribing. I work for the 12th or 14th largest company in the US, so I'm aware of how slow things can move in companies.

 

[Zaukrie]

That said, they've been working on 4E for, what, three years? Even slow lawyers work faster than that if they want to (not that Hasbro likely assigned their lawyers that long ago, that would require end to end process thinking....).

 

[JVisgaitis]

That said, they've been working on 4E for, what, three years? Even slow lawyers work faster than that if they want to (not that Hasbro likely assigned their lawyers that long ago, that would require end to end process thinking....).

I work at Network Solutions and I used to work with the Legal team. They were always ridiculously SLOW, even with mundane stuff. I can imagine trying to get the license right considering all of the issues with the old GSL must be quite difficult.

 

[Dausuul]

Would Green Ronin consider using the Pathfinder rules if there was an open license?

There is an open license. It's called the 3.5E OGL. Granted, they couldn't use the stuff that was specific to Pathfinder, but if GR wanted to make Pathfinder-compatible books, I don't see what Paizo could do to stop them.

 

[Ranger REG]

There is an open license. It's called the 3.5E OGL. Granted, they couldn't use the stuff that was specific to Pathfinder, but if GR wanted to make Pathfinder-compatible books, I don't see what Paizo could do to stop them.

But why? They already have a solid SRD-inspired in-house rulesystem, True20.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I work at Network Solutions and I used to work with the Legal team. They were always ridiculously SLOW, even with mundane stuff. I can imagine trying to get the license right considering all of the issues with the old GSL must be quite difficult.

That may be so. However, I imagine it is getting to the point that the six month exclusivity window is going to be partially eaten up by development time. Exclusivity window aside the publishers can't reliably plan what 4E products they might develop for the second half of the next financial year until they see the GSL. I'm no publisher but I'd imagine they like to plan their product lines and have an idea of where their revenue is coming from for the next financial year more than a couple of months ahead of time.

 

[am181d]

But why? They already have a solid SRD-inspired in-house rulesystem, True20.

The argument would be that multiple mid-sized companies supporting one system is better than individual mid-sized companies supporting individual systems, even if it's not as good as multiple mid-sized and one 800 lbs gorilla company all supporting the same system.

That said GR had already moved away from 3e. It may be in Paizo's interest to get other midis on board for Pathfinder, but it's not necessarily in other midi's interest to do so.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

That may be so. However, I imagine it is getting to the point that the six month exclusivity window is going to be partially eaten up by development time.

Wizards did state that they will extend the exclusivity window. That still made it impossible for Paizo to have something for GenCon under the GSL. I imagine that's why they pulled this out now (and were working on it for a while before).

 

[DaveMage]

Wizards did state that they will extend the exclusivity window.

Link?