“My role is “rules consultant,” and I’ll be really up-front with you regarding what that means (and doesn’t mean). The way it’s been working for the last couple of weeks is, Jason emails me with the occasional question or bounces an idea off of me, and I tell him what I think. I also review the new material he comes up with and give my 2 cents. And that’s really about it. Jason’s not under any obligation to take any advice I might give. It’s his baby. He makes the final decisions. I’m not a designer on this project, I’m a resource. Don’t, for example, expect to see a ton of stuff from the Book of Experimental Might books showing up in Pathfinder (although there might be a little). Pathfinder and the BoXM books have very different goals. Also, because that’s the way my role works, don’t come to me with your own ideas or feedback regarding Pathfinder–I’m not going to be able to do anything with them. The Paizo folks, however, are eager to get any and all feedback that people provide, which I think is supremely cool and part of the reason I’m glad to be a part of this.

Part of me wishes I could be involved more deeply, but to be very honest, I just don’t have the time with the other (non-P&P game related) projects I have going on. I feel fortunate and honored that they value my opinions enough to let me be involved at all.”