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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 6044512" data-attributes="member: 70"><p>I wrote a post several years ago outlining the evolving use of the OGL (IMO). In sum, WotC overestimated how fast and to what extent OGL products would diversify off of the d20 core mechanics. There was much less diversity than expected for a very long time, and much of what diversity there was, particularly in RPG systems, came from one company - Green Ronin.</p><p>Whether that is good or bad depends on your thinking, and I'm not sure there's a right answer. I think understanding of the d20 mechanics by designers (everywhere, not just at companies) took at least several years, if not half a decade or longer, to really mature, and real innovation wasn't possible until that was accomplished.</p><p></p><p>On the flip side, the d20 system is popular. There's no percentage in being different for the sake of being different. You need to be -better- in -some- fashion. People built on the d20 system because they liked it, and other people liked it, and they continue to use it because the basic system is reliable and understood.</p><p></p><p></p><p>First off, not going to happen.</p><p>Second, people misunderstand the OGL. The OGL allows other people to use your copyrighted material. It does not revoke your copyright, or give you control of theirs. </p><p></p><p>OK, I tried to posit results of "rescinding" the OGL, but it fell off the logic table so fast I can't do it. The OGL is an agreement that all parties willingly and publically entered into. Rescinding it would be like going back to the house your parent were born in and claiming, four owners later, that it and everything currently in it are yours. It's nonsensical, impossible, and would poison the entire gaming community against whoever did it. I doubt any company in the world is as image-conscious as Disney. They're not going to lead off by shutting down the leading RPG company in hopes it will make people love them.</p><p></p><p>If you want a reasonable paranoia, think about Disney buying Paizo. Much, much simpler.</p><p></p><p>And Pathfinder really does become the "true" spirit of D&D. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>PS - 4e is Dune? With sandworms?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 6044512, member: 70"] I wrote a post several years ago outlining the evolving use of the OGL (IMO). In sum, WotC overestimated how fast and to what extent OGL products would diversify off of the d20 core mechanics. There was much less diversity than expected for a very long time, and much of what diversity there was, particularly in RPG systems, came from one company - Green Ronin. Whether that is good or bad depends on your thinking, and I'm not sure there's a right answer. I think understanding of the d20 mechanics by designers (everywhere, not just at companies) took at least several years, if not half a decade or longer, to really mature, and real innovation wasn't possible until that was accomplished. On the flip side, the d20 system is popular. There's no percentage in being different for the sake of being different. You need to be -better- in -some- fashion. People built on the d20 system because they liked it, and other people liked it, and they continue to use it because the basic system is reliable and understood. First off, not going to happen. Second, people misunderstand the OGL. The OGL allows other people to use your copyrighted material. It does not revoke your copyright, or give you control of theirs. OK, I tried to posit results of "rescinding" the OGL, but it fell off the logic table so fast I can't do it. The OGL is an agreement that all parties willingly and publically entered into. Rescinding it would be like going back to the house your parent were born in and claiming, four owners later, that it and everything currently in it are yours. It's nonsensical, impossible, and would poison the entire gaming community against whoever did it. I doubt any company in the world is as image-conscious as Disney. They're not going to lead off by shutting down the leading RPG company in hopes it will make people love them. If you want a reasonable paranoia, think about Disney buying Paizo. Much, much simpler. And Pathfinder really does become the "true" spirit of D&D. :D PS - 4e is Dune? With sandworms? [/QUOTE]
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