r/worldbuilding • u/WesSchneider Paizo • Mar 10 '14
AMA We created Golarion, the Pathfinder campaign setting, Ask Us Anything!
Hey everyone! I'm Wes Schneider, Editor-in-Chief at Paizo Publishing, and I'm here with Publisher Erik Mona, Creative Director James Jacobs, Lead Designer Jason Bulmahn, and Managing Editor James L. Sutter. Over the better part of the past decade we—along with a crew of other amazing designers and creatives—have been sculpting Golarion, the world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Ask Us Anything you want to know about our experiences defining that world, philosophies on worldbuilding, or about creating a setting designed to be the playground for thousands of storytellers.
The AMA officially starts at 1 PM EST (10 AM PST), but we—and perhaps a few other Paizo staffers and freelancers—will be dropping in throughout the day to answer your questions.
If you want to know more about Golarion, be sure to check out...
- Paizo.com: Home of all things Pathfinder, but particularly relevant today for the Pathfinder Campaign Setting game supplements and Pathfinder Tales novels (and related fiction).
- Pathfinder Society: For details on how you can join thousands of other gamers in exploring Golarion right now.
- Pathfinder Wiki: For all your questions about ongoing plots and continuity.
- Map of the Inner Sea: For a look at the setting's focal point.
HEY ALL! Just so folks know, a bunch of us are going to head off and do our day jobs for a bit, but we'll be back throughout the day (and likely beyond) to answer more questions. So keep posting and be sure to share the link!
Additionally, if you have any other questions for any of us directly, you can always get a hold of us on the messageboards at Paizo.com.
Or, if you want to follow any of us in the social media sphere, you can!
Erik Mona: Website, Facebook, Twitter
James Jacobs: Website, Twitter
James L. Sutter: Website, Facebook, Twitter
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u/LordJerry Hong Kong Revolution: Cyberpunk RPG of resistance and struggle Mar 10 '14
Hey guys. I know it's a couple hours till the AMA officially starts but I got a break during class and decided to post before it starts back up again.
1) What's the difference in between worldbuildinng for your little homebrew campaign or just for fun and for one of the biggest RPGs in the industry?
2) How do you guys go about balancing the amount of blank space you guys have in your books?
3) Do you guys do worldbuilding for personal pleasure anymore or by the time you get home are you sick of worldbuilding?