Recent content by _Michael_

Lmao You're going to straight-face tell us all that the loss of Kobold Press and Paizo wasn't damaging? Okay, sure. And by that logic, I suppose that Paizo's putting out their ORC was just a way to help boost WotC's bottom line.

Doesn't wash. She is the company, and the face of it. If she says something, it's the same as the company saying it. If the BoE didn't want her to lead, then they shouldn't have installed her as President. And the CC mess is just more proof of WotC's monopolistic intent.

It's not damage to WotC. It's damage to the trademark. Making a trademark toxic is a breach of fiduciary duty. Yes, WotC might survive, but it's not clear that Dungeons & Dragons as we know it will. There's no putting the genie back in the bottle. WotC has shown that they will resort to shady...

Then WotC deserves to go belly-up. Period. If you aren't willing to learn and adapt, then you deserve to go bankrupt. Get out of the way of other companies in the market trying to actually put out quality, not quantity. Selling sideline junk (like endless trinkets and other memorabilia like key...

Her lack of a stance is a stance in itself. She should have, at the bare minimum, addressed it publicly, and stated her stance on it. On the other hand, doing so would have likely pissed off Hasbro (despite WotC still being its own company regardless of the partnership with Hasbro). Not true at...

Yeah, I'm not sure there's any coming back from that. I'm not even sure the industry can ever return to that.

This: That they even thought about implementing it was a betrayal. They also didn't just back off, they tried to soft-pedal it, and then clung to certain parts when it was clear it wasn't a winning idea. All of this lead to their biggest competitor (Paizo) coming in and mopping up, not to...

This is someone who engaged in quasi-fraudulent activity by trying to retcon the OGL to make it something it was not in order to broaden revenue streams and push out competitors and partners. This was purely a decision to monopolize the market by causing corporate attrition so that other...

Yeah, trying to retroactively change the OGL wasn't the brightest idea, was it? Good riddance.

So, I'm designing a fantasy campaign setting called Atlán: Realm of the Gods set on the world of Erdeyn, a low-magic, high-damage world (think Tolkien-esque) with elements of ancient technologies and a war of machines in the Age of Dreams. There's a hollow-world within it called Orphalis, and...

Exactly as the title implies. Was trying to scratch build a system taking the best from both while making everything a skill check and still using a d20 mechanic. I'm one of those players that loves granularity, and there were a few features in FNFF/Interlok I loved, like the Attempt Points for...

For sure! I'm putting together a campaign setting myself based on a fantasy world I'm designing (low-magic with a small bit of added technology, sort of like Shannara), and my buddy Gnome in Madison is talking about running a 3.5e campaign (picture Ulfberth War-Bear in Skyrim...lmao), and I'm...

No idea what FLGS is--I just saw someone whose actually close to me (I live in Kenosha, an hour to the south) and got so excited I had to sign up with this forum to reply. lol Tbh, I wasn't really impressed with RPG dot net as it seems to be sort of dead. Welcome to the area. Don't discount us...