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"OGL folks should just make a new game" seems like a very silly suggestion when there's already a wide range of D&D alternatives that would be way less work to switch to, in addition to the obvious issue that the reason there's a bunch of OGL companies is they each have their own taste. It would...

Damn

Was responding to the people saying "Only Enworld cares", not the lead designer of several books on my shelf :p

There's a lot of clear material harms to WotC even beyond community backlash (which has extended FAR beyond Enworld, y'all underestimate the OGL companies that have popped up in the last few years and are popular with non-Enworld audiences) - their products rely on freelancers, many of whom...

Regarding legality, "if we win the legal fight we're fine" is not a great business plan when you could be fully bankrupted by a court ruling.

I think the more obvious approach for most 3PP in the 5e space, if they choose to exit its orbit, is to instead go to an existing system like PF2. I've personally enjoyed using Savage Worlds for my two-years-and-running Dark Sun game and would love to see more people get into that space. Some...

None of what you've suggested was in the 1.1 OGL draft. I'd love to start seeing some more serious carrots come from WotC, but right now the dmsguild staff have confirmed there's no planned changes on their end.

Let's clear some things up: The GUILD has always been a terrible deal if you're a serious publisher who's not married to WotC IP (i.e. Keith Baker, Ed Greenwood). The guild is nice because there's no barrier to entry with decent visibility so it's a great way to farm talent from amateur writer...

To extend the Custom Magic Card point though, WotC also has a LONG blind eye towards people using the mana symbols, which are highlighted as key IP.

Christian Hoffer got some interviews in https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-ogl-leak-community-backlash-dnd/

Last four years or so has been really bad for archival stuff. 4e support ended in 2019, and then two years later archive.wizards.com went down. Eberron community has been keeping close track of this because so much of our content was older editions.

From the Fan Content Policy FAQ Notably this is all of wizards, so this would SEEM to also apply to Custom Magic Cards - for which NOBODY is using the OGL. Not to mention, I never see people include the OGL text when they just write up a Subclass or otherwise use D&D game mechanics. WotC may...

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Regarding "theft", I know of only a SINGLE case of this happening on the dmsguild: Keith and Ruty put out Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron, which WotC then re-licensed to DDB without giving them any royalties on those sales.

Worth noting that while Hasbro is certainly massive, WotC is what barely a majority of Hasbro's revenue, and D&D is maybe 10% of WotC. Depends on how busy those lawyers are right now, this is ultimately a fight over peanuts.

There's no reason to be conspiratorial about this coming out now. Even in a best case scenario of a carrots only 1.1 (no revocation, small royalties, promises DDB access) it would be good practice to roll this out now well before the half edition update in 18 months. In addition to the harm...

That doesn't answer the question regarding the OGL; Wizards of the Coast has no ability to claim royalty rights over the characters and world created for CR, which is where all that additional monetization comes from. Even under this draft they can only claim open gaming content, such as...

I'm confused why people bring up CR, which has very carefully tread around WotC IP and only uses the OGL for Darrington Press

The stance WotC seems to be taking is that Actual Plays are covered by the fan content policy, which would SEEM to suggest that you can't paywall your productions - which then imperil Dimension 20, which paywalls everything behind Dropout. Unclear if that would mean standard Twitch things, like...

none of that conflicts with keeping an actually-open OGL