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<blockquote data-quote="mamba" data-source="post: 8936191" data-attributes="member: 7034611"><p>I still see this as a weakening of WotC’s position. So far the 3pp market was theirs, now it conceivably is theirs and that of their competitors. On top of that they now have to worry about staying 5e compatible and not splitting the market whereas before that market would have (mostly) followed them wherever they went.</p><p></p><p>It also reduces their hold over the competing VTTs, whereas before not renewing the D&D license would have locked them out of the 5e market, now they can continue serving that market with KP’s and C7’s version of 5e.</p><p>Granted, that is still an issue for VTTs, but in that scenario every little bit of market share that does not break away helps.</p><p></p><p>And what does WotC get in return? Basically nothing, they can distance themselves from offensive material and now have to explain the CC instead of the OGL <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Add to that that this is a scenario we all were rightfully saying does essentially not exist and their concerns were not justified, and this becomes even more of a self-own.</p><p></p><p>They alienated their most loyal fans, they jumpstarted two competing RPGs and they reduced their influence in one fell swoop.</p><p>If they keep having these kinds of wins, they might as well shut D&D down <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>This was the biggest mistake since 4e, the one saving grace is that this time they cut their losses after a few weeks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mamba, post: 8936191, member: 7034611"] I still see this as a weakening of WotC’s position. So far the 3pp market was theirs, now it conceivably is theirs and that of their competitors. On top of that they now have to worry about staying 5e compatible and not splitting the market whereas before that market would have (mostly) followed them wherever they went. It also reduces their hold over the competing VTTs, whereas before not renewing the D&D license would have locked them out of the 5e market, now they can continue serving that market with KP’s and C7’s version of 5e. Granted, that is still an issue for VTTs, but in that scenario every little bit of market share that does not break away helps. And what does WotC get in return? Basically nothing, they can distance themselves from offensive material and now have to explain the CC instead of the OGL ;) Add to that that this is a scenario we all were rightfully saying does essentially not exist and their concerns were not justified, and this becomes even more of a self-own. They alienated their most loyal fans, they jumpstarted two competing RPGs and they reduced their influence in one fell swoop. If they keep having these kinds of wins, they might as well shut D&D down ;) This was the biggest mistake since 4e, the one saving grace is that this time they cut their losses after a few weeks [/QUOTE]
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