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Plus, if you put something out that is generic under the DMGuild auspices, and you feel it can be used for another setting, word will get around fast enough in various forums and social media.

I have to agree. It's hard to get on board with complaints about not having something no one ever had. Who knows, they may open other settings up later or wish to license them out.

The flipside of that being that you're only giving up an extra 15-20% to have tons of WotC IP (as well as WotC artwork and some other publishing goodies) over what OBS would normally get . . . PLUS a built in marketing platform. All of that could be huge to the bottomline and quantity of sales...

FWIW, I think exclusive OBS publishers give up 30% and non-exclusive give up 35%, so we're not talking about a huge difference here. It's amazingly generous, IMO, for WotC to allow that much of their IP to be used and give 50% of the take to the publisher/author.

You said it, banana man! ;)

Agreed. However, having one of each of those provides the nomenclature and a template for creating your own. That seems fair enough, especially since backgrounds, in particular, are setting-specific. Feats is another matter but considering you've got a template and tons of 3.5 SRD and PF SRD...

Agreed. They've found the right balance between opening things up to the community and making sure the majority of what people publish will further their own business goals. Kudos!

Product Identity is meant to make sure they don't accidentally release something they don't wish to. Their PI list looks as someone might expect with proper names, trademark names, and the usual suspects in monsters.

They are giving an awful lot of support and material and IP use for that cut. Seems more than fair to me.

As much as we loved him over here, I cannot even imagine how much he is being missed right now in Britain. Condolences.

Naw, I'd guess they are keeping the options open since they don't have to stick their neck out yet or, possibly, they are trying to wrangle a private deal with WotC as WotC has done with other publishers so far in this 5E Era.

Angus Scrimm has passed. http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/10/angus-scrimm-obituary-phantasm

Tolkien's work was written in a particular literary style to evoke folklore and legend. Arguing that Brooks simply updated the style for his more modern audience, an audience that found Tolkien's style to be a stumbling block, and then arguing that the modernized language used in the television...

Same to you, Goodsport!

I don't know. I think the impression one gets when reading Tolkien's work is that he borrowed liberally from history and mythology, and constructed languages, most of which had not been done before by anyone, thus creating something new in literature. The overwhelming impression one gets from...

Regarding Shannara, I think they've done just what they intended to do and it couldn't have happened to a nicer IP. :) That is to say, they have a certain target audience at MTV (and associates) and this treatment might well be just the way to reach and keep them watching. It's tweeny and...

I just checked the listings and The Shannara Chronicles is airing on MTV, MTV 2, Teen Nick, and TV Land simultaneously. Interesting?

I'm looking forward to seeing how both turn out. Honestly, I'm of a mind that the more fantasy and sci-fi (and superhero stuff) that gets produced, the better. The good ones will stick around and the bad ones will be replaced by newer efforts. The days of a bad show making those genres toxic...

I think this would benefit from being able to roll onto a charging station on its own so that it becomes perpetual and completely independent. :)

Rey/Finn, I cannot decide. Ask me again at the end of the trilogy. Sploosh.