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2014-04-04, 09:08 PM
Owen K Stephens (Rogue Genius Games, Green Ronin) is taking over the Paizo Module line.
What does this mean for the game? Well, it does mean that there is finally someone at Paizo who doesn't hate martial characters. His "Talented Class" product line consists of reworkings of the T4-5 classes which fit better in a T3 game but are generally easier for beginners to use than ToB/MoI. That isn't actually a new idea (cf. the 100+ T3 homebrew fixes on the forums for the low tier classes), but Stephens' reworkings are solid and mechanically interesting, and he definitely understands the game fairly well. He also has a very different forum persona than Some Known Ranters.
On the other hand, he is taking over the module line, so his ability to influence the game's mechanics may be limited.
What does this mean for the game? Well, it does mean that there is finally someone at Paizo who doesn't hate martial characters. His "Talented Class" product line consists of reworkings of the T4-5 classes which fit better in a T3 game but are generally easier for beginners to use than ToB/MoI. That isn't actually a new idea (cf. the 100+ T3 homebrew fixes on the forums for the low tier classes), but Stephens' reworkings are solid and mechanically interesting, and he definitely understands the game fairly well. He also has a very different forum persona than Some Known Ranters.
On the other hand, he is taking over the module line, so his ability to influence the game's mechanics may be limited.