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<blockquote data-quote="Solodan" data-source="post: 4751944" data-attributes="member: 71071"><p>WotC won't go down, it has licenses to print money that are not RPG related.</p><p> </p><p>If D&D got further manhandled, the industry would survive. </p><p> </p><p>But it would also splinter - everyone would go and play their favorite game. Some would stay with 3.5/4E/older versions of D&D (Just because nothing more good comes out, doesn't mean we can't play what we have) Others would find the excellent offerings of other companies.</p><p> </p><p>Honestly though, the splinter effect is already happening. D20 games were sort of a utopia - everyone could play their different games but for the most part we could all easily speak each other's language. One player could invite another to play an entirely different system, and for the most part, the transition would be painless. More brainpower would be spent to understand the new world rather than the new rulesystem.</p><p> </p><p>To some extent, that still exists. However, clearly the trend is to move away from that somewhat. </p><p> </p><p>Will that be good or bad? Who knows?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Solodan, post: 4751944, member: 71071"] WotC won't go down, it has licenses to print money that are not RPG related. If D&D got further manhandled, the industry would survive. But it would also splinter - everyone would go and play their favorite game. Some would stay with 3.5/4E/older versions of D&D (Just because nothing more good comes out, doesn't mean we can't play what we have) Others would find the excellent offerings of other companies. Honestly though, the splinter effect is already happening. D20 games were sort of a utopia - everyone could play their different games but for the most part we could all easily speak each other's language. One player could invite another to play an entirely different system, and for the most part, the transition would be painless. More brainpower would be spent to understand the new world rather than the new rulesystem. To some extent, that still exists. However, clearly the trend is to move away from that somewhat. Will that be good or bad? Who knows? [/QUOTE]
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