They might say you automatically "upgrade" to OGL v1.1 if you have any homebrew content you made that's sitting in DDB's servers, I guess? I know I have plenty of 5E homebrew I made for my home game, and if that somehow automatically switches me over to OGL v1.1 things would get really weird.
I think a 20-25% royalty is designed to force big players into "a more custom (and mutually beneficial) licensing agreement" with Hasbro. I know KS has revolutionized TTRPG publishing, but I don't see how anyone could eat that. It's prohibitive.
What's particularly odd is that, according to Gizmodo, the royalty percentage is only 20% for Kickstarter, and is 25% for other crowdfunding platforms. Why is WotC trying to funnel the crowdfunding of third-party content toward Kickstarter? Because they think they can get more royalty revenue that way?
I'm sure they already have a special deal with Darrington Press and Critical Role Productions LLC. They already have a good business relationship, with the Wildmount sourcebook and the Netherdeep adventure being published by WotC, D&D Beyond being a longtime sponsor of the show and all. They certainly secured a deal with their biggest 3rd-party supplier before preparing this (and probably left them out of the sucky deal that we're all getting).
My guess is that it's just risk mitigation. They're more confident they'd be able to collect their share from products released through Kickstarter. But I'm just speculating.
Only thing I recall from that book (from the one time i read it) is the Distraction Bonus to AC. Which was used to explain why chainmail bikini armor could have a good AC bonus.
I don’t play or run 5e anymore, so it’s easy for me to request, but I simply don’t trust WotC. I’m also nervous having published homebrew content on D&D Beyond about being tainted by the OGL 1.1.
I think you're thinking of EN Publishing's EN Armoury: Chainmail Bikini (affiliate link).
