Editing Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (section)

==Second Edition==
Paizo eventually released [[Pathfinder Second Edition|second edition of Pathfinder]] in August of 2019. It made several changes, like both [[goblin]]s and [[alchemist]]s being core choices. Takes a lot of inspiration from both classic and modern roleplaying games, perhaps most surprisingly seeing heavy influence from the good parts of 4e (More on that later). Also, after years of deflecting criticism with "4e, bluh bluh," the devs naturally put in a dig at the infamous 4e Forgotten Realms while listing what they would ''not'' do to Golarion stating all changes would be the passage of time and that every AP happened.  The playtest hit August 2nd 2018.

The dig at 4e is hilarious because, as /tg/ has pointed out, many of the mechanics are ''literally'' exactly the same kind of mechanics that 4e did itself.

* [http://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lkl9 Announcement on the main Paizo blog.]
* [http://paizo.com/pathfinderplaytest The main page for the playtest.]
* [http://paizo.com/pathfinderplaytest/faq The FAQ for the playtest and 2e in general.]

Also of note is the existence of Corefinder: Essentially third-party publisher Legendary Games' attempt to distill 1E to its basest aspects while also addressing some of the greatest issues with it (essentially doing for Pathfinder 1e what Pathfinder did for D&D 3.5e). As it stands, it's still heavily WIP, but it might yet remain a potent force in the RPG marketplace even after its death.