Quote Originally Posted by Particle_Man View Post
What do you think that their goal was more about? Don’t leave us hanging!
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I think that Paizo's goal was more about consolidating and streamlining their Pathfinder product lines and various subsystems so that they themselves could have a fresh start. I honestly think that they were trying to create a product that was built on the 3e d20 engine but that could better incorporate the innovations that Paizo made (e.g., three action economy, archetypes, traits/backgrounds, various classes, alternate racial traits, etc.). IMO, PF2 represents a system that is designed with the best parts of Pathfinder in mind while also trying to hammer out a number of the kinks in the d20 system that they inherited.