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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 5792677" data-attributes="member: 17551"><p>I think 5e would benefit greatly from being OGL based on the little WotC has said about it. </p><p></p><p>It seems that they are going to start off with a relatively basic group of core rules, with the intention of letting DMs mod it however they wish. It'd be a lot easier for DMs to mod it that way if there were a plethora of compatible resources on the market.</p><p></p><p>I'm not a 4e player, but it seems to me - and this is entirely an outsider's perspective - that 4e would have rolled out much more smoothly if there had been a lot more third party support in the areas that Wizards didn't particularly support - I'm thinking mainly adventures and some ritual supplements.</p><p></p><p>To me, it would be a case of making the same mistake all over again if 5e weren't OGL.</p><p></p><p>All that said, if I were a betting man, I'd bet that WotC doesn't go the OGL route. I could see them maybe working out some individual licenses which are more favorable (to the 3rd party) than the 4e GSL with a select few third parties, but I don't see them going the open route again.</p><p></p><p>But then again, they did just announce that they're going to re-print the 1e core rules, which is something I thought would never ever happen in a zillion years. So maybe they'll surprise me some more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 5792677, member: 17551"] I think 5e would benefit greatly from being OGL based on the little WotC has said about it. It seems that they are going to start off with a relatively basic group of core rules, with the intention of letting DMs mod it however they wish. It'd be a lot easier for DMs to mod it that way if there were a plethora of compatible resources on the market. I'm not a 4e player, but it seems to me - and this is entirely an outsider's perspective - that 4e would have rolled out much more smoothly if there had been a lot more third party support in the areas that Wizards didn't particularly support - I'm thinking mainly adventures and some ritual supplements. To me, it would be a case of making the same mistake all over again if 5e weren't OGL. All that said, if I were a betting man, I'd bet that WotC doesn't go the OGL route. I could see them maybe working out some individual licenses which are more favorable (to the 3rd party) than the 4e GSL with a select few third parties, but I don't see them going the open route again. But then again, they did just announce that they're going to re-print the 1e core rules, which is something I thought would never ever happen in a zillion years. So maybe they'll surprise me some more. [/QUOTE]
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