Whaf if? And future plans

[Vyvyan Basterd]

This poll asks if you had transition credit, what if Paizo had offered a similar deal on the Gamemastery Module line as they did for Pathfinder (meaning a great discount, not just buying them at full price)? Would your transition choice change? And what are your future plans regarding Pathfinder and the Gamemastery modules?

If you didn't have credit because it ran out with the end of the mags or you didn't subscribe feel free to vote as if you did.

Edit: I'm not sure I was clear, so for future voters: If Paizo offered you the same amount of retail value credit towards Gamemastery as they are currently offering towards Pathfinder, what option would you take?

 

[Festivus]

Shouldn't the poll be multiple choice? I chose to switch to pathfinder, but if a gamemastery subscription option were offered I would have taken both.

From what I understand, they do plan to offer a gamemastery subscription, just not as part of the transition.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

Shouldn't the poll be multiple choice? I chose to switch to pathfinder, but if a gamemastery subscription option were offered I would have taken both.

From what I understand, they do plan to offer a gamemastery subscription, just not as part of the transition.

I assume Paizo would still only allow you to choose one option or the other. This poll is meant to gauge which choice people WOULD have made if Gamemastery were an option. Paizo wouldn't allow multiple choices because of complexity, so neither does this poll.

You would have to choose one to get the good deal on and buy the other separately if the choice was there.

Like currently if you wanted both Pathfinder and Back Issues, they are not allowing that. One choice.

 

[Voadam]

Store credit can go for their pdfs, right?

 

[Festivus]

In that case I would stick with Pathfinder, for one reason over GameMastery. While I like the concepts presented and the format of the GameMastery modules, the Pathfinder "books" are supposed to contain roughly 50% of non-adventure path stuff that holds interest to me.

Likely, once my bargain priced pathfinders run out I'll buy only the ones that interest me, and aim more for gamemastery or other manufacturers products.

 

[JoeGKushner]

I subscribed to pathfinder and it will HEAVILY depend on how useful Pathfinder is both for the adventure and for the other stuff it brings. If it looks too locked into a campaign setting or if I don't like it, it's not like Dungeon where it's under $10 investment that I can't use that particular month. It's much higher and has to be taken into consideration on that higher level.

 

[Arnwyn]

I subscribed to pathfinder and it will HEAVILY depend on how useful Pathfinder is both for the adventure and for the other stuff it brings. If it looks too locked into a campaign setting

Exactly so for me.

I would choose Pathfinder (and did) and I am "likely" to continue - but what's really important to me is how much I get force-fed the Pathfinder campaign setting. If it's not easily insertable into FR, then I won't continue buying it.

 

[kenmarable]

Knowing my psychology, I would still get Pathfinder and I will most likely continue it because of the following:

Reasons for Pathfinder over GameMastery modules
1) Since I already paid for this, the product is "free" (plus with the discount, much of the product is actually free). I'm more willing to spend "free" money on something I'm not sure I will get full use of.

2) Since I already have more campaign ideas (and pre-published one I want to run), I'm not sure how useful more adventure paths will be to me - especially at a faster rate than I can run them. I also am quite happy with the campaign settings I have.

3a) I'm going to be buying GameMastery modules anyway since even with all of my campaign ideas and adventure paths made from various pre-published modules, I always need filler adventures.

3b) I won't intend to buy every GameMastery module, but when confronted with each, I'm imaginative enough to create a use for each of them and therefore justify to myself buying every single one.

4) I like Paizo and want to give them money.

Therefore, I'd use my transition credit for Pathfinder assuming I won't get as much use out of them, but still wind up buying each month's GameMastery module.

Reasons for continuing Pathfinder subscription after transition credit

1) I like Paizo and want to give them money.

2) I will think Varisia is cool and inspiring, so I'll either use it or incorporate much of it into the other settings I run (this being said even with little info out there - I just know myself, I get excited over "cool, new things" pretty easily).

3) Even though I have a ton of campaign ideas, I'm fickle and will postpone some to run the Pathfinder paths. At the very least, I would want to run them *someday*.

4) I want them to publish more of my stuff, so I should stay current.

5) I like Paizo and want to give them money.

Therefore, when the credit starts to run out, I'm sure I'll keep subscribing to Pathfinder even if I haven't run a single adventure or used a single article out of the first path.


So that's my thinking. Certainly not rational (i.e. why not spend my credit, which is real money, on the products I'm more likely to use?), but my brain am what it am, and that's all that I am.

 

[Vyvyan Basterd]

So that's my thinking. Certainly not rational (i.e. why not spend my credit, which is real money, on the products I'm more likely to use?), but my brain am what it am, and that's all that I am.

I'm not sure I was clear, so for future voters: If Paizo offered you the same amount of retail value credit towards Gamemastery as they are currently offering towards Pathfinder, what option would you take?

 

[kenmarable]

I'm not sure I was clear, so for future voters: If Paizo offered you the same amount of retail value credit towards Gamemastery as they are currently offering towards Pathfinder, what option would you take?

FYI, I understood the question and probably just didn't speak clearly.

My bit of irrationality (or maybe it's just not being frugal) is that with "free" money like the credit, I'm actually less likely to buy something I know I would use and more likely to take a risk and buy something that I'm unsure of it's usefulness.

I know I would buy GameMastery either way, so I wouldn't use the credit on it.
I'm not sure Pathfinder will have the direct value to me for the money, so I'd use the credit on it.