Pathfinder 2nd Edition

[ShadowChemosh]

Originally Posted by McMoogle

The thing is that while Paizo does give LW early access to things, there is no official endorsement.

I remember way back in the days of innocence when I bought my first D&D3e Player's Handbook that it had a disk in a cover-mounted insert that had character creation software on it. Now I can't remember anymore if WotC actually developed that, or if it was a third-party that got officially tapped by WotC to do it for them, but something like this should definitely be brainstormed by Paizo heads.

I'm not saying give out a free license or anything, but at the back of the book throw in a page that details herolab, its functionality, and offers shots of the UI. Something like this would get LW huge business in my opinion, and Paizo would see a huge benefit in having such a dedicated partner.

The main reason I say that this kind of 'prize in the cereal' approach would be good is that I searched for a good while to find a decent Pathfinder character generator, and I skipped over HLC quite a few times because of the UI in spite of the fact that plenty of people on forums/reddit had mentioned how it was invaluable to them. I did eventually give it a shot and have loved it enough to spend quite a penny or two on it. But it took years for LW to grab me as a customer. Years. That is a lot of lost revenue. That's a lot of time that I wasn't out there spreading the word to other GMs or players.

All of this being said, it's clear that I would love to see an officially endorsed partnership between Paizo and LW. It can mean nothing bad for the Pathfinder community, and I'm all for that.

Now the only issues with this would then be that (HLO at least) would become Paizo's proprietary platform, and LW could then not develop things for WotC products on it (or at least Paizo would be smart to include a stipulation like this.)

My two coppers.

Just FYI that the only difference between what your saying and what is currently happening is the advertisement in books. Paizo will not do that for anyone but their own products. But Paizo and LW have an official and very strong partnership.

3PP and other products are highlighted on the Paizo Blog including HL and RW. HL is used internally by Paizo developers to create statblocks for books. Its talked about everywhere as the go to Pathfinder character creation software and has an official Pathfinder license hence the reason it has an official Pathfinder image.

Guess I don't see "its advertised in the back of a book" as any type of game changer in the year 2018.... Or I am totally confused on what your saying...