Sorry for the necroposting, but I think it is worth mentioning that Orphaned Bookworm Productions LLC in their Breath of life series have ported to Pathfinder the following:
Knight as Vanguard (1e / 5e)
Spellthief as Spelljack (1e / 5e)
Hexblade as Lathspell (1e / 5e)
Archivist (1e & 2e / 5e)...
Let me see if I understand, they fear angering does in the left due to slavery and those on the right due to climate change, but they couldn't care less aboutr people on the center who think slavery in preindustrial societies is par for the course and that climate change at this point is a...
cohum Allow me to play devil's advocate. Now, if I was neutral evil and the responsible executive @hasbro, what would I do next? humm
1) Allow for some time to pass, they say "time heals all wounds", but they also say "out of sight, out of mind"
2) Lay of someone @wotc to be the fall guy/gal...
I could be wrong, but my bet is that they will not release it now in the hope people will completely forget about this (you can't stay angry all the time, it is too damn tiring) and in six months time (take or give a month) they will simply send the biggest or smallest TTRPG 3pp a C&D or better...
As a side comment and personal observation, if instead of foing bland d&d movies they had done something with greyhawk, forgotten realms, the known world, etc. they could have. Someone would reply "oh, but you can't tell this with one or two movies and they lack the pockets to pump several...
I would disagree since "even evil has standards". Having any company nullify contracts on the fly whenever they feel like with more restrictive clauses would wreak havoc on the justice system since EVERYBODY would start doing it.
It is already there, if we allow them to deauthorize 1.0a, then they can do the same to 1.1, 2.0, 3.11, etc. and insert whatever they want ala "what is mine is mine and what is yours is now mine".
It is plain to see that any walkbacks do not represent a change of heart, but a change of strategy; instead of one big change to the OGL they now plan to do incremental changes once "fans have forgotten" and in the meanwhile they will tell all kinds of lies like the one trick pony they are.
The...
It is so convenient that down the line they can say D&DB was not a legally authorized interlocutor and therefore anything they promise is NOT legally binding.
Please consider that the "objectionable content" clause can be used to block anything, anytime since they are the police, judge and executioner; they only have to play the "foul" card and off to the discard pile goes someone's hard work.