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I think you miss the point. The question isn't about if the contract was negotiable. The issue is that it was formed so that it could have legal effect. As such the question isnt what would happen if those was sent back to request chamges, but rather what would have happened if they had actually...

Somewhat off topic, but this video was made before the leaks directly to him as far as I am aware. Indeed I would guess it might have been the popularity of this particular video that might have prompted someone to make contact with him. It is also worth adding that this claim that ogl1.1 came...

It was a term sheet. I would guess it contained some boxes with prefilled numbers and lists of extra benefits. Just the fact there being more space in the boxes than what was filled out might be an indication that extras could be added. However I think the first sentence in your quoted paragraph...

I believe this is the most complete public primary source we have regarding the details surrounding the signable things comming with the ogl1.1 draft. Scroll to "term sheet". This was not the first source I am aware of mentioning that there were contract attached, but I believe it is the only...

Only an internal draft faq was leaked, and from Kyle's descriptions it was likely refering to a work in progress name for the version that got released as 1.2.

The only claim of this sorts i am aware of dnd shorts making is 3 minutes into this video: The exact phrasing is that ogl1.1 "was sent out to creators with a contract for them to sign". It is not clear from this video in isolation that he is refering to the separate improved deals, and hence if...

I think the first short phrasing of the situation was that ogl1.1 "came with enforceable contracts". In the larger context where this was first coined, it was clear that these contacts refered to the "sweetheart deals". But that catchphrase do not clarify that, so it seem people have construed...

My impression was that it was the alternative arrangements that came with the posibility of signing. That is: sign here, and you get a license to use our material with only 15% royalties of what you earn over 750k and we will also promote some of your works on d&d beyond. Such a contract would...

You say that the community engagement was yet to come. The wording kyle has used i believe has been that they wanted input before involving the  wider community. The line between where business relations end and community begins is for the case of wizards a continum. I get the impression that...

I agree to that. However I pointed out there is a difference between customer relations and community management. The pressence of a competent community management team within wizards seem like something that should have strongly protected against this happening in the first place, if Kyle's...

My take on this is: Do wizards really not have a community management team? It appear they sendt business negotiators to present the 1.1. They put an executive producer in front of damage controll. The initial response definitely was written by someone not having the slightest clue about how to...

Actually, doesn't this break down actually counter your argument? The second sentence explicitly refers to work containing OGC, while the first sentence do not? It would hence seem that if you have at any point entered an ogl contract, using anything you in that contract agreed to regard as PI...

This might be very hard to get right in a D&D context. CoT and WoD already have almost fully abstracted inventory/economy. 5 torches deep have a supply system that is tailored to old school resource management style. 5ed took a step in that direction with their a bit fuzzy "packs". I think with...

1. Official optional reinterpretation of 0 hp as panic point rather than unconcious/dying. 2. A fleshed out tactical VTT mode providing similar type of gameplay as 4e for set piece battles supported by their custom made VTT. 3. Official optional abstracted inventory.

I initially was on the pro exhaustion side, but after thinking deeper on it I conclude I would rather play without it. My reasoning is as follows. I see mainly 3 big issues with the standard 5ed way of handling 0hp: 1. It do not make much sense from a realism perspective 2. It is far from...

I disagree, as this is not "last moment" rules, but rather "hovering on the edge of oblivion" rules. This is the defeated character likely going to survive, but might have to consider to help out make this happen. There should be a real dilemma if it would be better to do nothing, and hope for...

I always thought the exactly 0hp condition in 3.5 was by far the most interesting situation, and couldnt understand why they would make it such an extremely unlikely situation. This looks very much like the kind of homebrew I was tempted to do to make it more prevalent, but updated to 5ed.

No, I think wizards grossly underestimated the amount of us that stick with 5ed due to the ease of getting players for 3rd party content using third party tooling. After all they were the ones that completely failed to read the room with regard to what sort of outcry it would be when they tried...

I think this is the crux of what I think went wrong. My claim was that there was "significant" lawyer resources put into this. From my understanding there was a dedicated lawyer working closely with a business representative trying to make a draft based on very exotic requirements determined by...

I would have liked to see a scaled back version of 5 torches deep supply system. It seem great for reducing long micromanaging shopping sessions that I dont think fits 5eds overall style very much. For instance have a number of "supply points" equal to your int modifier that you can use to...