Ray Winninger comments on the OGL

[Reynard]

my understanding is the anywhere from 13th to 17th edition would fit... maybe that was for 5e so somewhere between 14th and 18th?

this reminds me of legacy numbering on comics...

I remember the Superman triangle numbers. Jesus...

 

[Charlaquin]

Except that they're not calling it 6e, and if we're going off "every other edition" instead of the publisher's nomenclature, then 3.5 should have been cursed...

It’s a joke man, don’t overthink it.

 

[ilgatto]

Yeah, I could see this being a continuation of the “even edition curse,” which will be recovered from in whatever they call the next iteration of the rules after 1D&D.

The "even edition curse"!? Why, there's absolutely nothing wrong with 2E and...

Oh, wait.

I see what you mean.

 

[Charlaquin]

The "even edition curse"!? Why, there's absolutely nothing wrong with 2E and...

Oh, wait.

I see what you mean.

And to be clear, I think 2e and 4e are both great rule systems. But they also both, for various reasons, led to troubles for TSR and WotC.

 

[ilgatto]

And to be clear, I think 2e and 4e are both great rule systems. But they also both, for various reasons, lead to troubles for TSR and WotC.

. Even then I seem to have missed the meaning of the "even edition curse"!

 

[Maxperson]

"1" is not an even number. They tried to evade the curse.

But the gods knew the edition's truename...

They even tried the use of "One" which has 3 letters to be doubly safe. They should have read the rules on curses. Curses are not so easily evaded.

 

[Maxperson]

Oh, good, yet another thread descending into "what's an edition?" I put on the popcorn.

Pretty sure it's the opposite of sebtraction.

 

[schneeland]

"1" is not an even number. They tried to evade the curse.

But the gods knew the edition's truename...

Well, given how many Ex-Microsoft employees are at WotC and that there's the same curse, only with odd editions of Windows, now I imagine that after their probation period, every Microsoft employee has to choose:
Are they an even edition person? Then they get to stay at Microsoft and ruin the odd releases. Or are they an odd edition person? Then they get a job offer at WotC.
Naturally the inverse policy has to be implemented at WotC, so there's always enough head count available.

 

[Desdichado]

They even tried the use of "One" which has 3 letters to be doubly safe. They should have read the rules on curses. Curses are not so easily evaded.

However, unfortunate connotations to Sauron and the Rings, which have been comparisons that are too easy to resist this week.

 

[Azzy]

No. You don’t need to buy the VTT support to play the game. You can run any RPG on any VTT just fine. All the official bells and whistles and art assets are helpful extras, not necessary components.

Considering that all of Foundry VTT's support for D&D and OGL content is created and developed by 3rd-part creators, I wonder how this will play out for them.