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<blockquote data-quote="Porridge" data-source="post: 8195895" data-attributes="member: 7020143">Just to address this last point, since it suggests a confusion about Paizo's role in VTT implementation that seems to come up often.The relationship between Paizo and Roll20 is a lot like the relationship between Paizo and Barnes &amp; Noble.Paizo would love to have Barnes &amp; Noble stock all of their books. But it's not Paizo's choice. It's Barnes &amp; Noble's. And while Paizo could theoretically try to apply pressure to Barnes &amp; Noble -- refuse to sell any books to them unless they stocked all of their books? -- they don't really have the leverage to do so. And attempting to do so would just hurt them (by not having any of their books sold by Barnes &amp; Noble).Likewise, Paizo would love to have Roll20 provide competent and up-to-date support for their ruleset and conversions of their modules. But it's not Paizo's choice. It's Roll20's. And while Paizo could theoretically apply pressure to Roll20 -- refuse to let them do any conversions of their modules unless they did it for all of them, and provided more up-to-date support? -- they don't really have the leverage to do so. And attempting to do so would just hurt them (by not having any Roll20 support at all).Now, devoting the employee resources required to provide reasonable support for Paizo products is certainly something Roll20 could do -- Fantasy Grounds has had no problem keeping pace. And Pathfinder fans (of both editions) have been complaining about Roll20's poor support for ages. But, again, there really isn't anything Paizo can do about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Porridge, post: 8195895, member: 7020143"] Just to address this last point, since it suggests a confusion about Paizo's role in VTT implementation that seems to come up often. The relationship between Paizo and Roll20 is a lot like the relationship between Paizo and Barnes & Noble. Paizo would love to have Barnes & Noble stock all of their books. But it's not Paizo's choice. It's Barnes & Noble's. And while Paizo could theoretically try to apply pressure to Barnes & Noble -- refuse to sell any books to them unless they stocked all of their books? -- they don't really have the leverage to do so. And attempting to do so would just hurt them (by not having any of their books sold by Barnes & Noble). Likewise, Paizo would love to have Roll20 provide competent and up-to-date support for their ruleset and conversions of their modules. But it's not Paizo's choice. It's Roll20's. And while Paizo could theoretically apply pressure to Roll20 -- refuse to let them do any conversions of their modules unless they did it for all of them, and provided more up-to-date support? -- they don't really have the leverage to do so. And attempting to do so would just hurt them (by not having any Roll20 support at all). Now, devoting the employee resources required to provide reasonable support for Paizo products is certainly something Roll20 could do -- Fantasy Grounds has had no problem keeping pace. And Pathfinder fans (of both editions) have been complaining about Roll20's poor support for ages. But, again, there really isn't anything Paizo can do about it. [/QUOTE]

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