Jigawatts Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 http://knowdirectionpodcast.com/2014/08/news-pathfinder-obsidian-what/ !!!!! (Edit: It turns out that it is in fact a long-term licensing deal, with the first confirmed product an adventure card game for tablets, etc.) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorophx Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I hope it's not turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine 1 Quote Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Gates' Son Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) I hope it's not turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine If it has ToEE gameplay mixed with Obsidian's story telling, then I'm sold. :D Edited August 12, 2014 by Bill Gates' Son 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) I hope it's not turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine I hope it is turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine. I'll be fine with RTwP, though. Pretty exciting news! Edited August 12, 2014 by Keyrock 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labadal Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Will be interesting to see if it's real. I don't know much about Pathfinder to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Open world, first person, 3D! 1 Quote This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBrown Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Pathfinder is basically D&D 3.75.If it's real, I'll buy it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 It's basically DnD rules wise since it's based on the DnD d20 system. I know nothing about the actual setting because I try not to pay attention to rip offs. \That said, this could be interesting. Quote DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 It's basically DnD rules wise since it's based on the DnD d20 system. I know nothing about the actual setting because I try not to pay attention to rip offs. AFAIK they can't use the D20 system rules as its prohibited in the Open Gaming License; so the game would have to have its own rule system (presuming that they couldn't also license the D20 rules independent of the Pathfinder setting but that seems like a lot of rules...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyFox Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Interesting...I'd buy a Pathfinder cRPG from Obsidian. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malekith Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Open world, first person, 3D! Burn the heretic! Burn! Burn! Burn! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 It's basically DnD rules wise since it's based on the DnD d20 system. I know nothing about the actual setting because I try not to pay attention to rip offs. AFAIK they can't use the D20 system rules as its prohibited in the Open Gaming License; so the game would have to have its own rule system (presuming that they couldn't also license the D20 rules independent of the Pathfinder setting but that seems like a lot of rules...) as others have mentioned, pathfinder Rules is effectively d&d 3.5.2. we like pathfinder settings, but their boards has become much like d&d boards in that a majority o' posts is dealing with rules debates and build optimizations. for many people, pathfinder is the rules far more than it is the setting. am curious how the paizo folks will satisfy their fans, fans who arguably equal or outnumber d&d fans, if a so-called pathfinder game would be using rules other than d20. Gromnir, on the other hand, would be quite curious 'bout a pathfinder setting game using a variation on the rules obsidian has developed for PoE. aside: we hope obsidian/paizo don't go the toee route and use existing pathfinder modules. many o' the pathfinder adventure paths is fantastic, but the last thing we wanna do is play a crpg version o' a module we already know. HA! Good Fun! 3 Quote "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigawatts Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 It's basically DnD rules wise since it's based on the DnD d20 system. I know nothing about the actual setting because I try not to pay attention to rip offs. AFAIK they can't use the D20 system rules as its prohibited in the Open Gaming License; so the game would have to have its own rule system (presuming that they couldn't also license the D20 rules independent of the Pathfinder setting but that seems like a lot of rules...) as others have mentioned, pathfinder Rules is effectively d&d 3.5.2. we like pathfinder settings, but their boards has become much like d&d boards in that a majority o' posts is dealing with rules debates and build optimizations. for many people, pathfinder is the rules far more than it is the setting. am curious how the paizo folks will satisfy their fans, fans who arguably equal or outnumber d&d fans, if a so-called pathfinder game would be using rules other than d20. Gromnir, on the other hand, would be quite curious 'bout a pathfinder setting game using a variation on the rules obsidian has developed for PoE. aside: we hope obsidian/paizo don't go the toee route and use existing pathfinder modules. many o' the pathfinder adventure paths is fantastic, but the last thing we wanna do is play a crpg version o' a module we already know. HA! Good Fun! Yeah, part of me is wondering if this is going to be the telling of Rise of the Runelords in video game format. I'm not saying that wouldn't be cool, but I think I would prefer an original story. 10 gold says it is set in Varisia though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Hope they atleast host the official forums here rather than at Paizo. 1 Quote "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redneckdevil Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I got wishes on Carrion Crown instead of Rise of Runelords 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syraxis Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I never tried Pathfinder before but I'll bite into this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoonDing Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Merisiel, the iconic Pathfinder rogue she-elf is a lesbian. #chaotic #neutral She's banging some cleric of Sarenrae. Quote The ending of the words is ALMSIVI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undecaf Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 (edited) If it has ToEE gameplay mixed with Obsidian's story telling, then I'm sold. :D That's about the only way I might get more interested in this than "Oh well, we'll see what comes out of it". Edited August 12, 2014 by Undecaf Quote Perkele, tiädäksää tuanoini!"It's easier to tolerate idiots if you do not consider them as stupid people, but exceptionally gifted monkeys." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 It's basically DnD rules wise since it's based on the DnD d20 system. I know nothing about the actual setting because I try not to pay attention to rip offs. AFAIK they can't use the D20 system rules as its prohibited in the Open Gaming License; so the game would have to have its own rule system (presuming that they couldn't also license the D20 rules independent of the Pathfinder setting but that seems like a lot of rules...) as others have mentioned, pathfinder Rules is effectively d&d 3.5.2. we like pathfinder settings, but their boards has become much like d&d boards in that a majority o' posts is dealing with rules debates and build optimizations. for many people, pathfinder is the rules far more than it is the setting. am curious how the paizo folks will satisfy their fans, fans who arguably equal or outnumber d&d fans, if a so-called pathfinder game would be using rules other than d20. Gromnir, on the other hand, would be quite curious 'bout a pathfinder setting game using a variation on the rules obsidian has developed for PoE. aside: we hope obsidian/paizo don't go the toee route and use existing pathfinder modules. many o' the pathfinder adventure paths is fantastic, but the last thing we wanna do is play a crpg version o' a module we already know. HA! Good Fun! Yeah, part of me is wondering if this is going to be the telling of Rise of the Runelords in video game format. I'm not saying that wouldn't be cool, but I think I would prefer an original story. 10 gold says it is set in Varisia though. we thought rise o' the runelords were a fantastic adventure path, but we know those modules very well. we know what is around every corner. we know every gotcha moment. we know every plot twist. we know where is traps and hidden treasures and the answers to puzzles. there were an old star trek tng episode where in data and jordie(sp?) go onto holo-deck so that data can solve a sherlock holmes mystery, or somesuch. ten seconds after starting the "adventure," data solves the crime. no surprise there 'cause data knew all the sherlock holmes stories-- he didn't need puzzle-out the whodunit. jordie observed that it were kinda pointless to have data solve a sherlock holmes mystery if the android already knew the solutions to all those mysteries. am guessing that the troika developers were on the star wars end o' the star wars v. star trek continuum o' geekdom, otherwise they woulda' known what a dead end recreating a known module were leading to. 'course the fact that toee were not a particular impressive adventure to begin with and troika added almost nothing to the bare bones o' the printed module did not help troika's efforts. HA! Good Fun! Quote "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I hope it's not turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine I hope it is turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine. I'll be fine with RTwP, though. Pretty exciting news! It would make sense to use the PoE engine, rather than building a new system from scratch. But I have to wonder about how Pathfinder players would feel about that. The name brings with it certain expectations. Quote "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorophx Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 what kind of expectations? is there a Pathfinder game already? Quote Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bester Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 It was long overdue for Pathfinder to kick D&D in the sack for their stupidity of the last years. 5 Quote IE Mod for Pillars of Eternity: link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Do we know if it's going to even be a cRPG? Or consolized? Quote "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bester Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I hope it's not turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine I hope it is turn-based, is party-based, and is on PoE's engine. I'll be fine with RTwP, though. Pretty exciting news! It would make sense to use the PoE engine, rather than building a new system from scratch. But I have to wonder about how Pathfinder players would feel about that. The name brings with it certain expectations. Being built on Unity, PoE is extremely compartmentalized obviously. To go from PoE rules to Pathfinder would require very little effort, not rewriting the whole engine. 1 Quote IE Mod for Pillars of Eternity: link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendu Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Well, I'm certainly more interested in a Pathfinder RPG than Armored Warfare or South Park. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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