Erebus said:
Yeah, but that's just because they're bitter. They don't own the rights to DS yet they see it as their baby since they're been taking care of it since the setting was "dumped" with the advent of 3e. AFAIAC, it's WotC's property and if they want to release a new version, they're completely within their rights. Does anyone (outside of those who run the site) actually use athas.org material anyway? That's not meant as an insult or anything - I'm actually really curious to know.
Of course they don't own the right. It's like a factory, your boss own the plant, but it give you instruction for a final product. What happen if, after FOUR years of job on something, you get a wonderful product and all of the sudden, he buy the SAME thing you worked on for 4 year from another company. That's VERY frustrating.
Yes, it's their right to ask for a new version, but what is they DIDNT even considered the first one (athas.org one) ? Hum? That LEAST consideration would have been to look at the work of the peoples who worked all this time for you without you to worry about a dead setting. They KEPT the setting alive all these year, they should deserve more respect.
Btw, before asking if someone actually use these rules, go where peoples speak about it and go to the WotC darksun board and you will see plenty of peoples using it; I am one of these. The WotC DS board is a VERY active one and healthy. You would be surprised to see how many competents peoples are there (I do not include myself in these peoples but I try to do my best).
Not only have they produced something of quality, balanced to d20, find game guru to balance their things, have peoples to do a good adventures and fluff things, but they have used the power of the community to playtest and find ideas on the settings. I doubt Dragon mag as done this.
And like you said "That's not meant as an insult or anything - I'm actually really curious to know" if you ever when to the DS board, athas.org site or the couple of DS sites that worth over the net. You would see the incredible job that as been done there.
Thanks.