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I do understand that, but from my perspective it sounds like "do as I say, not as I do." I know they can do whatever they want, but it doesn't look good from an outsiders perspective.

I think you're right. They get away with a lot of things that other companies get roasted for. One example is Chaosium, who received a lot of negative feedback for selling NFT's. Except, hasbro has their own NFT's for sale. Pretty hypocritical? Look at the new 1.1 OGL, where they pretend they...

Back on topic, this is one of the big concerns going forward. Regardless of the legal arguments, wotc could very well go directly to platforms like kickstarter and get them to simply prohibit 1.0a material from seeing the light of day.

I agree completely, that they are probably moving forward regardless, but I at least have to try something, rather than sit by and watch the scorched earth policy unfold.

Just wanted to say thank to everyone who signed the petition! The top petition is currently counting at over 1862 signatures and going up every minute.

Oh for sure, I know I'm pretty insignificant, I may have chosen my words poorly, as I only meant that it's an important question, and I am sure Paizo are working on it as we speak. Sorry for any confusion.

I asked this same question in the lawyer thread, and didn't get an answer, but it is a very important and difficult question for Paizo right now. They have the most on the line, because their entire catalog of content is published under the 1.0a OGL, including video games that I think use the...

Ok gotcha, like I said I don't have much free time to watch longplay streams, but thank you for the clarification.

Thank you! I will update the OP with the additional petitions.

I havent seen all of it, but season 1 is all pathfinder until they change over to 5e, not sure when they did change over cause I don't really get to watch CR these days, no free time.

I am creating something original, a unique setting, new worlds, characters, and a dozen new core classes, and over 200 monsters using the ruleset I am most familiar with. A ruleset that has had a precedent for two decades of being open gaming content under the OGL 1.0a (until these recent...

I have updated the OP, showing my sources of the leak confirmation, please see the updates to the OP.

It was leaked by a journalist, and the facts they revealed (such as royalty rates of 25%, or just 20% for kickstarter) were confirmed by the head of kickstarter. In his words:

#Opendnd Open Letter. Due to recent leaks from multiple sources, which have been confirmed by kickstarter, & also confirmed by Griffon's Saddlebag, many 3pp publishers, as well as a wide spectrum of content creators are delaying their D&D projects until further notice is given regarding the 1.1...

This is exactly what has affected my ability to continue forward with my project. I have been in development for years creating a 5e-adjacent rpg, spent several thousand dollars on art commissions, And have spent the last several years creating additional artwork myself to cut down on overall...

You seem to be blaming 3pp publishers, but wotc profited from the OGL for many many years as the top dog of the ttrpg industry (only being supplanted by Pathfinder for a short time when they tried to eliminate the OGL back in 2008). It was beneficial to both sides, please stop placing all the...

Yeah its certainly all up in the air right now. I honestly wish they never went down this road, but whats done is done.

We have both had plenty of disagreements, but we are still both here, talking about the hobby we love. I don't personally want to ignore those who disagree because every human perspective is important, even if I think it is wrong. Hopefully you can get that cleared up.

Except most of the conversations I see are pretty civil and all... Not to mention that you are kind of downplaying a situation that has already inflicted financial damage to many 3pp's and compromised an entire segment of the ttrpg industry.

And here I was trying to stay at least a little bit optimistic about things. This deal keeps getting worse all the time...