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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 4601072" data-attributes="member: 40359">Maybe I'm being a Paizo apologist, but giving him the benefit of the doubt, he might not be just throwing spin at us, but that even if they had the GSL on time and it was everything they wanted it to be, they still probably would have created Pathfinder.Having followed their messageboards and individual blogs (especially Jason Bulmahn's) during this time, the impression I got was that between the info previews that came out, and Jason's firsthand experience playing 4e at D&D XP (or whatever it's called now), they were feeling that 4e wouldn't allow them to tell the stories they wanted to tell as well as the 3.5 system did. I believe Erik Mona even stated that specifically on the boards.So maybe the GSL delay forced a decision they were already leaning towards, but the way I read the post by James is that considering the 4e system itself, in hindsight they would have created Pathfinder RPG regardless of any licensing issues. Doesn't seem revisionist to me. But I can see the post being interpreted either way. Just having very carefully watched it unfold, my interpretation is "we would have done PFRPG even if the GSL was on time and great" rather than "no, that's not how it really happened... forget anything we said before, I'm telling the truth now!"I'd say if the GSL was on time and far better, it wouldn't have impacted publication of PFRPG at all... but Paizo would have possibly also tried publishing a few 4e modules to test the waters. Yeah, there's the issue of resources, but with a solid GSL (or better yet, just the existing OGL!) with enough actual time to use it, it would be smart to at least devote some resources to getting actual sales numbers comparing the two markets. But that's just my own guess.I hate revisionist spin, as well, but I think the above interpretation is just as valid, and I tend to give people the benefit oif the doubt until they prove me otherwise. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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