Authenticity

[LordVreeg]

That's interesting too, GP, about grimness & grittiness, and that going hand-in-hand with authenticity, perhaps.  Not that I'd recommend ever presenting modules using it, but have you ever considered running Kaidan using a Pathfinder version of E6?  Or of using Pathfinder's Wound and Vigor variant?  Or both?

Ah, yes, system does creep in here, does it not?

That was always one of my problems with Kaidan, that I never though the feel matched the system.  I remember the early readig, with "life being cheap', and I remember saying, "How can life be cheap when HP are plenty?"  And I also had troublwe with the magic system and balance and the feeling of creepiness.  

That being said, you vision came through pretty clearly, despite the other contributors, and the use of non-human player races.

So your conversation about authenticity seems to invlove theme and feel quite a bit.

[Gamer Printshop]

One day, I might try to latch on a different game system to Kaidan, but for now, for marketing purposes and less development requirements I'll rely on Pathfinder. I have been approached by the owners of Ice Crown Enterprises, asking if they, or I could adapt Kaidan to Rolemaster or their other system. I'm none too familiar with ICE game systems, so I don't know if this is a better fit. Again, I predict at least 2 or more years dedicated to PF before I look at other possibilities.

My authenticity goals do involve theme and feel, and lots of little details.