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Yeah, but THOSE publishers can easily release under the ORC or another, non-WotC license, since WotC only cares about clamping down on D&D IP. Having to do so is an annoyance, but not nearly the problem that the "de-authorization" is for D&D 3PPs.

People have recreated pre-3e editions, which had no SRDs, from the 3.5 SRD under the OGL. While there are changes, OneD&D, from what we've seen so far, isn't so big a change from 5e-2014 as to make that impossible. Enough of the core of D&D is now available for anyone to work with that they...

It was made under the OGL and originally used D&D-derived terms and mechanics, though it has increasingly moved away from even those similarities. The point is that M&M was most definitely a game (at least originally) that meant to advertise itself as easier to understand for people familiar...

It still manages to have "Millions die by fire if I am weak" (thought by Superman while tanking a nuclear missile, an act that, it is implied, might actually kill him and almost does). Miller definitely treats Superman poorly for much of TDKR, but that bit shows he has at least some inkling of...

There’s an online tool that automates the 2e charts here. http://peterstribe.com/crystal_sphere_generator2.html Just skip the bits referring directly to the crystal shell and the stars upon it if you’re not using those.

The tweet combines lore from three different editions, written by different creatives over decades. It may be helpful to show that problematic elements have long been present in this species’ description, but people are responding as though it’s all from the new Spelljammer. The “uplifted slave...

There are two different issues being discussed here. The original claim was that one could judge “compatibility” between 2014 and 2024 material based on whether AL allows both to be used together. The argument against that was that AL play is already different and more restrictive than home...

What’s the word on Legends of Grayskull? That’s the one I’m looking forward to most.

Sure, they are a slice of different players, but they play the AL way, with all its rules and restrictions beyond what the rulebooks say, because that’s what AL requires. What evidence do we have that a significant number of them play with AL restrictions at home? The argument is whether...

“Lifting” aliens from UFO lore is hardly unique in gaming (or movies or TV). Of their many sins, it is surely venial.

You couldn't do that in OG Spelljammer either. Wildspace stops at the boundary with the Flow outside. The difference now is that the thing outside is the Astral Sea.

Since you're here, sir, a question. I know there were fake "Michaels" running around on the internet for a time after your name was first dropped as the new PR guy -- there was considerable disbelief at first as to whether you even existed -- so maybe I ran into one of them. But I asked someone...

Is there a scheduled date for part 2? I'm a little surprised it's been more than a week. Or is the plan to stretch these out until the 5e SJ release? That hadn't occurred to me.

The xenomorph itself was likely inspired by a combination of the monsters from “Black Destroyer” and “Discord in Scarlet” by A. E. Van Vogt, later combined with two other stories to form the “fix-up” novel The Voyage of the Space Beagle. And those two monsters were already in D&D before...

To be fair, he did play in the campaign (Rob Kuntz was the other DM). Bigby of the hand obsession (and Digby and Riggby and probably other rhyming names) was one of his characters. And I believe Otto (of irresistible dance fame) started out as a lower-level henchman of Mordenkainen, according to...

The planets of Realmspace, Greyspace, and Krynnspace in 2e Speljammer are also material, existing in a vacuum. But other things, like ships and dragons, also carry an Earth-normal gravity plane and an atmosphere envelope. That‘s the Spelljammer “fantasy physics.” That can still be the case in...

Is the game likely to hit DriveThru soon in PDF? There’s a category all ready for it on Helmgast’s page, but nothing to buy.

Banishment to Nebraska, that’s a rough one. That would also work on Dorothy and any of the other visitors from the “civilized world.”

I am presently reading The Elusive Shift by gaming historian Jon Peterson, author of Playing at the World, which explores exactly this question: what did the early players of D&D and related games, according to their own writings in fanzines and such, consider ”role-playing” to mean, and when...

The DM in question seems to be combining ”You can’t hide/remain hidden from someone who can trivially see you” and “creatures in combat are generally aware of their surroundings and the locations of enemies” to get “you’re never in a position to be able to hide in combat.”