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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 7824081" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>This is, I think, why Pathfinder 2 is being so successful while at the same time getting some accusations of being 4e-like. They identified the same problems with 3e/PF, but came up with better solutions.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Think of it this way. You have 100 hit points. A dragon breathes on you which deals 85 points of damage to you. Then one of the dragon's ogre flunkies runs up to you and crits you for an additional 17.</p><p></p><p>Which of these two KOed you? In the direct sense, the ogre. He's the one who brought you to 0. But if the dragon hadn't breathed on you first, the ogre's crit would have been a nuisance - sure, it hurts, but you can deal with it. The bulk of the damage, that dropped you to the point where a lucky crit from an ogre could KO you, was dealt by the dragon.</p><p></p><p>Similarly, TSR was hurting from a long series of poor business decisions. Multiple settings was one. Poor cost control was another (publishing books that cost more to make than TSR could sell them for). Overprinting Dragon Dice was a third. And I'm sure Ms. Williams funneling some money to herself via the Buck Rogers license didn't help. So, in 1996, TSR was in bad shape, and Random House got sick of being treated as their ATM and demanded their money back instead of unsellable crap novels, which was the killing blow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 7824081, member: 907"] This is, I think, why Pathfinder 2 is being so successful while at the same time getting some accusations of being 4e-like. They identified the same problems with 3e/PF, but came up with better solutions. Think of it this way. You have 100 hit points. A dragon breathes on you which deals 85 points of damage to you. Then one of the dragon's ogre flunkies runs up to you and crits you for an additional 17. Which of these two KOed you? In the direct sense, the ogre. He's the one who brought you to 0. But if the dragon hadn't breathed on you first, the ogre's crit would have been a nuisance - sure, it hurts, but you can deal with it. The bulk of the damage, that dropped you to the point where a lucky crit from an ogre could KO you, was dealt by the dragon. Similarly, TSR was hurting from a long series of poor business decisions. Multiple settings was one. Poor cost control was another (publishing books that cost more to make than TSR could sell them for). Overprinting Dragon Dice was a third. And I'm sure Ms. Williams funneling some money to herself via the Buck Rogers license didn't help. So, in 1996, TSR was in bad shape, and Random House got sick of being treated as their ATM and demanded their money back instead of unsellable crap novels, which was the killing blow. [/QUOTE]
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