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I would imagine you might lose some sales, but the 3rd party market is SO niche and fanboyish that I don't think it would destroy you. Plus, I think it could raise interest in other books like Slavelords (which I've still yet to see in a store :( although I want it). Obviously OGC heavy...

I can see why he doesn't make large books ONLY. What I don't like is the subdividing of what used to be a book into 3-5 page blurbs and selling them individually, where the total price of the items is now 2, 3, 5 times the cost (to the consumer) as the whole book used to cost. Personally, I'd...

Depends on how it's laid out. You can't legally reference the product the content came from without explicit permission from the publisher. To get that, you'll likely need to allow them to cripple their OGC as stated so that you can't get the info you want in one quick place, but digest in the...

If it would cause a change in product focus to something I am more interested in, absolutlely. Phil, you write some decent stuff, or at least have writers that produce decent stuff. I would love nothing more than to have your books. I don't like the format, or the cost, so I don't buy them...

This is a wise man, who's opinion I respect. The only problem with this is the fact that some companies (LPJ, Ronin Arts, Adamant) are hinging their business model on short OGC material. Sure, the Pulp d20 class gareth puts out is 100% open and you could use the flavor text if you want to, in...

point taken. although if I just bought something, then I buy something else and I see the same content, i feel like my value went down because i paid twice for the same stuff. I still see your point.

You did. But when someone asked which situation you preferred, you chose someone making money on your hard earned work. I would think that instead of making the value of your content $0, that someone else taking your content and making money would value it at a negative cost because that sale...

Agreed. The OP was talking about a free resource, which sparked this debate. That's also where i draw the line between publisher and non-publisher. If you're not doing this as a business, then you're not a publisher, you're a hobbyist. Now, there are grey areas in that...I am fully aware...but...

And non-mechanics should be closed anyways. I mean, the heart of YotZ (IMHO) is the setting text. None of it should be open because it's not a mechanic at all. If you wish to open it up to other publishers with a gentleman's agreement, that would be awesome. I totally agree with your assesment...

Phil, you don't consider intentionally obscuring content abuse? Closing stuff that 'should' be open, also not abuse? It looks like some guys don't want to play fair, and when that happens nobody steps up to the plate to say 'this is wrong.' But as soon as a non-publisher type wants to create...

Now, I know 100% that this is not a quote from a publisher. But it just goes to show that we do see some sort of us vs them philosophy when it comes to pubs and non-pubs. Sure, this is probably taken out of context, but it's how we see it come across. Rangerwickett, you were looking for an...

Sim Farm. :)

Damn. That sounds awesome. I quit playing D&D because it became boring and cliche. Obviously you have a good campaign and at least 1 great player. I only wish I could D&D like that again...

I know this is pretty minor, but has been driving me nuts while looking thru the ENGS. I have my system set to d20/D&D and my genre set to Modern, yet when I look at the categories, I get the # of TOTAL products including non-modern items. I was clicking into an area I thought was having a ton...

The original poster posted about pricing hikes which led me to ask Phil a question in his response. Back to the original topic at hand...I guess I'm destroying the industry by participating in these threads.

I'm not even saying it has to be free. I'd debate paying for such a resource. I've debated putting one together myself. I'm saying that posting only 'previews' of your OGC doesn't make it a valid 'complete OGC collection' that it is billed to be. I wouldn't be interested at all if I knew that...

Nope. Not arguing that at all. I'm arguing that it DOES count. Phil, and others, think that quantity has no value. What I am arguing about is the exact opposite. Price per content is huge in my opinion, and a higher priced product per page is no better than one of a lower priced product. When I...

You're confusing apples and oranges. You're talking about a movie you can't take home, and a game rule you take home and play for years. I'm talking 2 of the EXACT same. 4 d20 classes vs 4 d20 classes.

See, it's already not the great OGC collection the name implies. It's 'some' of the ogc that's not as cool as the other OGC that you want 'protected.' This is why voluntary publisher input on this will fail miserably.

In both cases you've paid $8 for the same amount of usable material. Possibly a value for you if you give zero value to the additional material you paid for but are not using. But as we know, games change, what happens when those other 2 classes could be of use to you? Now you'd be up to $12...