Red Baron
First Post
Stupid, really stupid
Yes, I'm afraid I also find this to be quite disappointing. There's a lot of hard work out there by a lot of avid gamers who fully support the spirit of the OGL/d20, and I can only see them getting shafted by WotC on this one.
This seems to be a lose-lose situation. If people convert old stuff, regardless of whether they include their own ideas and creative input (I think it's called creative license, eh?), others are still required to obtain the original WotC product to make use of that material -- so what do they think they they're losing by allowing open conversions??
Fine, I'm happy to include all the legal mumbo-jumbo, but why should I limit myself to simply altering stat blocks? Dull, and not worth my time. If people stop doing conversions from all this 1E and 2E stuff, think of all the people out there who won't buy the ESDs at all 'cause they have no reason to without the relevant conversion available.
Maybe this is just WotC's way of saying "We want to leave the door open for us to do Return to (insert module titles ad nauseum), so back off."
Can anyone provide a link to the WotC boards where they're discussing this topic? -- I might break a personal rule and actually post something there...
Yes, I'm afraid I also find this to be quite disappointing. There's a lot of hard work out there by a lot of avid gamers who fully support the spirit of the OGL/d20, and I can only see them getting shafted by WotC on this one.
This seems to be a lose-lose situation. If people convert old stuff, regardless of whether they include their own ideas and creative input (I think it's called creative license, eh?), others are still required to obtain the original WotC product to make use of that material -- so what do they think they they're losing by allowing open conversions??
Fine, I'm happy to include all the legal mumbo-jumbo, but why should I limit myself to simply altering stat blocks? Dull, and not worth my time. If people stop doing conversions from all this 1E and 2E stuff, think of all the people out there who won't buy the ESDs at all 'cause they have no reason to without the relevant conversion available.
Maybe this is just WotC's way of saying "We want to leave the door open for us to do Return to (insert module titles ad nauseum), so back off."
Can anyone provide a link to the WotC boards where they're discussing this topic? -- I might break a personal rule and actually post something there...