Mark CMG
Creative Mountain Games
My unbridled optimism in an OGL is not only rewarded, but the DM's Guild is an amazing middle ground for fan publications. YES. This is REALLY VERY AWESOME.
Time to get writing.
You said it, banana man!
D&D 5E So, 5e OGL
You said it, banana man!
Beleriphon
Totally Awesome Pirate Brain
I'm totally digging how the SRD/OGL and DM Guild Marketplace works.
If I'm understanding correctly the SRD/OGL option is for people like Green Ronin who might want to make a 5E of Freeport, but don't get the full suite of Wizards IP. The DM Guild is more for people that want to publish D&D content, with what amounts to an official stamp of approval but they can't publish in whatever setting they want (limited to FR) but they can publish whatever content they want an reference prior Forgotten Realms content without problem. That means at some point somebody could come up with Volo's Revised Guides to the Realms as an example.
Edit: I just read the DM Guild's rules. Holy geez, Wizards just open sourced The Forgotten Realms to the whole community. If I publish Volo's Revised Guide to Waterdeep then Morrus could go ahead and use my references in his stuff if he wants. All WOTC is doing is provide high level oversight to ensure nothing is overly offensive or generally in bad taste.
If I'm understanding correctly the SRD/OGL option is for people like Green Ronin who might want to make a 5E of Freeport, but don't get the full suite of Wizards IP. The DM Guild is more for people that want to publish D&D content, with what amounts to an official stamp of approval but they can't publish in whatever setting they want (limited to FR) but they can publish whatever content they want an reference prior Forgotten Realms content without problem. That means at some point somebody could come up with Volo's Revised Guides to the Realms as an example.
Edit: I just read the DM Guild's rules. Holy geez, Wizards just open sourced The Forgotten Realms to the whole community. If I publish Volo's Revised Guide to Waterdeep then Morrus could go ahead and use my references in his stuff if he wants. All WOTC is doing is provide high level oversight to ensure nothing is overly offensive or generally in bad taste.
Dude! Nobody on the internet can admit they were wrong! That's like, a seal for the apocalypse, or something.
It is good to see folks pleased and satisfied, actually.
Nellisir
Hero
Dude! Nobody on the internet can admit they were wrong! That's like, a seal for the apocalypse, or something.
It is good to see folks pleased and satisfied, actually.
Is it balancing a ball?
Nylanfs
Adventurer
And PCGen's it out, download 6.06.00rc01, download this file, click on "Install Data" on the bottom of the sources screen and you are golden. Report any bugs at jira.pcgen.org.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen/files/PCGen Stable Datasets/6.06.x/5e.pcz/download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pcgen/files/PCGen Stable Datasets/6.06.x/5e.pcz/download
Scott_Rouse
Explorer
Finally! Well done.
RedShirtNo5.1
Explorer
This is really pretty great in my view.
Funny, I was about to post something to get your attention. Has enough time passed that we can get the story of how WotC wound up with the GSL?
Scott_Rouse
Explorer
Short story, it was a compromise.
Long story: Maybe in my memoir or over drinks at GenCon but I'm pretty sure I'm still have an NDA.
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