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I always thought it was strange that the primary use for the " transform into an animal" ability was basically to get a bag of HP. Turning into an animal is not necessary if you just want a feature that gives you a ton of THP. Also, without wildshape being tied to THP, you can't get "knocked...

Here's how I would do wildshape: Keep the statblock model but make the AC equal to 12 + Wis instead of 10 + wis. Additionally, each time you wildshape, you can choose a Beast Attribute for your form from the following list: Climber (climb speed), racer (60 ft speed instead of 40), charger...

It seems to me that it's mostly Druid-lovers like myself who dislike these changes. People cannot understand our pain unless they've experienced for themselves the pure joy of turning into a spider, climbing on the ceiling, dropping down on foes, and turning into a rhinoceros mid-air. Some...

Don't forget your legendary resistances (probably could have negated the dire wolves) and legendary actions. And remember, the given HP is just an average. You can always maximize the HP (max number on each dice) and even give the creature extra hp (because you're the DM)

Kamigawa would be my number one choice. New Capenna second. I think the point of the MTG settings so far have been to explore genres not covered by traditional D&D settings. These two fit that bill for me.

I guess we will never know for sure. 😄

Here's my question for the group: If the next OGL was the exact same except it banned offensive stuff and NFTs, and was explicitly irrevocable, would you go along with it? Because, presumably, if the old OGL was not "deauthorized" or revoked, couldn't bad actors just use the old one to make...

Here's my question for the group: If the next OGL was the exact same except it banned offensive stuff and NFTs, and was explicitly irrevocable, would you go along with it? Because, presumably, if the old OGL was not "deauthorized" or revoked, couldn't bad actors just use the old one to make...

Anyone else think it's weird? To have literally zero online activity on the day a big product releases...things must be dire in the company right now.

It's the actual underlying copyright element about which I am the least sure. It could very well be that everything in the SRD is "Game mechanics" and not copyrightable at all. I really don't know. To address your question, each element alone is not copyrightable, nor are single words generally...

I agree; I think that's perfectly possible. If I were WotC, I would NOT want to test the SRD for copyrightability.

The OGL is both. The licensing agreement is a contract whereby WotC grants people a license (described in the contract) in exchange for the grantee abiding by the conditions of the license. The license is the consideration, not the contract! License transactions will generally involve some...

Great question! Yes, there is a distinction between revoking the license and terminating the agreement. An important, complex point is the difference between the license itself and the licensing agreement. A "license" is not a contract, but rather a limited permission to use a property not...

A good post:

Here, the difference between a necessary condition and a sufficient condition is important. The OGL describes a sufficient condition to terminate the agreement, but not a necessary condition. A sufficient condition is a condition which will always cause a certain result. A necessary condition is...

Here, a license that "specifies a set duration" is as opposed to a perpetual license. It makes sense that setting a duration on a license means it can't be terminated without cause during that period, because the stated period is part of the consideration for the contract. But a perpetual...

I agree, more or less depending upon what OGL 1.1 says. I think the primary point where we disagree is how safe it is to publish OGL 1.0. At the end of the day, I looked at it, and it seems pretty revocable to me. And you looked at it, and it seems less so. Only time and some random judge will...

I would also like to talk about the reason for my original post. I'm not trying to defend WotC or anything--I hope they don't even try to revoke the license. I've just been seeing a lot of videos and stuff going around saying "You don't need the OGL!", or "You can keep using a previous license...

Here's an interesting case on the subject: RPD Holdings, L.L.C. v. Tech Pharm. Servs. (In re Provider Meds, L.L.C.), 907 F.3d 845, 856 (5th Cir. 2018)

I agree, this is all speculative. Anyway, it's been a fun debate with you specifically. I apologize if my last couple of comments were snippy. Only time will tell who is right!