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<blockquote data-quote="Kristian Serrano" data-source="post: 4322710" data-attributes="member: 13046"><p>Let me address these two ideas specifically.</p><p></p><p>There have been a number of occasions through the 3.x lifespan when WotC could have borrowed from community contributions, fixes, etc to D&D rules. Here are a few:</p><p></p><p>1. Allow third-party publishers to reference materials in non-core supplements. Why restrict 3PP from publishing new invocations for warlocks, new psionic mantles, new draconic auras, new stances and maneuvers, etc. Without releasing these options in the SRD, the publishing communities options were limited, and WotC could have at least allowed reference to those options.</p><p></p><p>2. Community corrections and adjustments to rules could have been incorporated into the SRD, or a new section of the SRD as additional open content for reference. Additionally, plenty of errata for SRD-based content had been published through 3.x, but the SRD remained behind those errata. We saw changes to polymorph, errata to psionics in Complete Psionic, and more, but none of it was reflected in the SRD to include consistent rules referencing among OGL products.</p><p></p><p>3. Community-driven updates to closed content could have also been adopted and published for free. Gem dragons was a prime example of this. RavinRay had an update guide for years, but WotC had no interest in updating them for 3.5 psionics.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure I could list a number of additional examples, but these are just a few that reflect WotCs closed-minded approach to open gaming with regards to their own material.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kristian Serrano, post: 4322710, member: 13046"] Let me address these two ideas specifically. There have been a number of occasions through the 3.x lifespan when WotC could have borrowed from community contributions, fixes, etc to D&D rules. Here are a few: 1. Allow third-party publishers to reference materials in non-core supplements. Why restrict 3PP from publishing new invocations for warlocks, new psionic mantles, new draconic auras, new stances and maneuvers, etc. Without releasing these options in the SRD, the publishing communities options were limited, and WotC could have at least allowed reference to those options. 2. Community corrections and adjustments to rules could have been incorporated into the SRD, or a new section of the SRD as additional open content for reference. Additionally, plenty of errata for SRD-based content had been published through 3.x, but the SRD remained behind those errata. We saw changes to polymorph, errata to psionics in Complete Psionic, and more, but none of it was reflected in the SRD to include consistent rules referencing among OGL products. 3. Community-driven updates to closed content could have also been adopted and published for free. Gem dragons was a prime example of this. RavinRay had an update guide for years, but WotC had no interest in updating them for 3.5 psionics. I'm sure I could list a number of additional examples, but these are just a few that reflect WotCs closed-minded approach to open gaming with regards to their own material. [/QUOTE]
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