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Can someone hit Hussar form e with the 'chilling' bit on OGL books? I have to spread some xp around before I can do it.

I think Hussar is right in that there can be a 'chilling' factor. The OGL has, or should have, a 'skaff' effect on the core books. Problem seems to be that WoTC wants everything to be core and wants every book to be bought and every book to be a sourcebook that is vital to the table. This...

Another benefit to the fans is the revival of support for older editions. Lesserton & Mor sits on my desktop as I write this. I'm not a player of those older editions but I like some of the stuff I've heard about this so bought it. This doesn't count Vornheim, a random city book encounter piece...

Uh... the fans? I mean this one is blatantly obvious. Scarred Lands, Midnight, Arcanis, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Nyambe, and a host of other settings combined with many general good books from Atlas via Dynasysties and Demigauges and others and Green Ronin like their race and class series to...

I don't know if that's hilarious or terribly sad or both.

With 25 years worth of design innovation it is indeed a classic. Just one I'm not fond of.

Depends on your sex and age? That sounds like an entertaining story.

Finally watched Breaking Bad seasons 1-3 and caught up with the summaries online for season 4. Great show.

I've already got mine on preorder. I figure it's a good way to support Gygax, reward corporate behavior I'd like to see more of... yada yada yada. These covers suck. they are lazy. 3rd edition beat the faux book cover to death and if they take that whole thing out to die somewhere in the desert...

I know it wasn't directed at me Mark but since I run long at the mouth anyway... The OGL, especially when combined with the D20 license, allowed a huge volume of material to be published and created jobs, settings, new game engines, great licensed adaptations and more. It also lead to some of...

As I've read Gumshoe under a few different beats now, I'm going the opposite direction. Making the skills succeed automatically and allowing players to pick up more clues and information and details and benefits if they are willing to spend resources looks like a good way to handle some things...

On another field, let me try to clarify my rantings. I'm not saying that the DDI is in and of itself bad. I'm saying that during the initial phase over to 4e, there were probably people lost to the magazines going online and the preceived treatment of Paizo and 3rd party support in general...

I was discussing it in the context of the OGL being the single thing that has lead to WoTC being perceived by some as not being with it. My apologies to you as I thought I made that clear in the initial post where I was bullet pointing some of the issues WoTC may have had that helped pushed the...

So wait... you're saying that something coming out 4 years after it's announced is a good thing? Something that was supposed to be a part of the initial launch? Come on man. And I agree with you about the virtual character thing but hey, that was another of WoTC baby's so it being shot in the...

I love this bit. "We had also continued using the out-of-house subscription fulfillment service that Wizards had used for the magazines, and we soon learned that their costs were much higher than we’d expected. They handled all customer service related to subscriptions, and charged us based on...

Oh, so all of the subscribers for the DDI are doing it for the magazines and NOT the character builder. Good to know.

Just finished No Quarter, a short story/novella by John Wick. $5.00 seems a little expensive for it but it was a decent romp that would've fit into a fantasy Sin City mode.

In terms of the OGL and 'high end publishers', WoTC burned their bridges in many ways with this one as well. Green Ronin, Paradigm, Atlas and others suffered fan blowback that they had no control over in terms of their system compatibility. Some like Malhavok and Necromancer used this as a quick...

Are you saying there's legitimate beef or can you point to some references online where Paizo employees point out their 'beef' with WoTC?

Let's not 'blame' all of Paizo's success on WoTC eh? They know how to layout a product. They know how to attract the eye with good design and good artist. They know how to cater to customers and have very good lines of open communication. They sell other companie's products on their own...