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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 9363626" data-attributes="member: 8461">I picked up Far Distant Future Publishing's <a href="https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/481949/awesome-ancestries-two-to-one-vol-1-exotic-species?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank">Awesome Ancestries: Two-to-One, Vol. 1 - Exotic Species</a> the other day, and all I can say about it is...Finally!Okay, that's not quite all I can say, so I'll expound: finally someone is back-converting PF2 races to PF1! Yeah, this isn't the first time someone's done that (this product itself gives props to Michael Mars' <a href="https://legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/352154/Shoony-Pug-People-for-Pathfinder-1st-Edition?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank">Shoony: Pug People for Pathfinder 1st Edition</a>), and there are several other PF2-to-PF1 products out there for things like spells and classes if you know where to look, but this feels different.Different how, you ask? Maybe it's because this translates fives races instead of just one, or because the title openly declares that there's going to be subsequent volumes of conversions (to date, there's a second volume for PF2-to-PF1, and a third for Starfinder-to-PF1, with more being promised). It all adds up to this coming across as a big push to start converting content over, at least where PC races are concerned.And, quite honestly, I've been waiting for this for a while now. PF2 came out almost five years ago now, and it was always only a matter of time before back-conversions of PF2-exclusive content happened, so I'm thrilled to see so much of it. It's almost, almost like we're still getting new stuff from Paizo for PF1...albeit through an intermediary.Naturally, this is all possible because of the OGL, which is why I'm still sad about WotC's ill-considered revocation attempt, which drove Paizo to stop using it. While there's still a lot of PF2 content that can be ported back to PF1, nothing from the Remaster can be (at best it could result in some "inspired by" stuff, but that's not the same), and the same will be true when Starfinder 2E comes out. It's a shame, and it didn't have to be this way; I'm just glad someone's translating over the stuff that still can be translated over.Of course, the product itself is quite good, especially for what seems to be a one-man operation. Admittedly, the artwork is a lacking, but the fact that it's converting existing creatures makes that understandable; you don't need new art for existing creatures, when you can just go to, say, the Pathfinder Wiki and look them up (which this product advises you to do). Even then, the author includes full write-ups, and doesn't forget things like the random height and weight tables, favored class bonuses, etc. I can't really comment on the accuracy of the conversion, since PF2 isn't my jam, but as far as PF1 rules go, these seem spot-on.Needless to say, if they keep turning out products like this, then Far Distant Future Publishing is aptly named, at least as far as how long I'll be giving them my money is concerned.Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.</blockquote>

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