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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaTarrasque" data-source="post: 7362332" data-attributes="member: 6801226">I think it will be good for the field.  I don't see WotC being interested in shifting away from a "casual/new" player/DM focus (which is actually a good business plan).  Even given that Enworld commentators aren't particularly representative of anything, they do indicate there is a market for games more complex than 5e and less complex than PF 1e.  I can only speak for myself, but I prefer not to get too invested in something from a company that may be "fly by night", and Paizo has a proven track record (plus one of the better settings).  They are betting they will get more new players/DM's (probably especially DM's) then they will lose.  As a company, they come across as very positive (which I like), so I doubt they will alienate much of their fanbase, and if sales aren't good, they will be in a good spot to regression to PF 1.5 (1e with anything popular from 2e reengineered, which will very likely be fighters, rogues, monks, and clerics, which I think even the most diehard PF 1e fan will admit need some work). Edit: forgot the worth stealing from bit. My setting's pantheon is a mix of 4e's and PF's (and all the gods are ascendants in a Star Stone meets malazan meets Piers Anthony meets Fred Saberhagen mix), so I will continue to steal that from them. I find it easier to convert 4e monsters to 5e than early 3x monsters, because 4e (like 5e) tended to distill them down to one big thing, and I can take that work from there (even if the one big thing doesn't work in 5e). It seems like Pathfinder was (slowly) moving in that direction anyway, and I expect 2e will continue that trend. They have a rich monster list and a tendency to publish bestiaries every other year, so soon enough there will be stuff to steal.</blockquote>

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