Glade Riven
Adventurer
One way or another, 1.0a will effectively be sunset. Even if it isn't deauthorized, would you trust Wizards of the Coast again? I wouldn't. And SRD 5.2 or 6.0 or whatever they call the OneDnD SRD will have a new license regardless.
But I'd argue that it's still important to fight for it. And the ORC. Because it's about respect. Respect for players and for game designers. When surveys (don't have the data handy and I'm sure it's not quite scientific, but...) say over 40% of players aren't going back to WotC no matter what, that's huge. This community has long memories. OneDnD might succeed. Or it could fail worse than 4th edition. But when 7th Edition D&D comes around, and we're successful, the only way to gain trust back would be to release an SRD under the ORC. Because OGL 1.0a isn't sufficient anymore.
Pipe dream? Maybe. But I don't really need WotC at this point and will vote with my wallet.
But I'd argue that it's still important to fight for it. And the ORC. Because it's about respect. Respect for players and for game designers. When surveys (don't have the data handy and I'm sure it's not quite scientific, but...) say over 40% of players aren't going back to WotC no matter what, that's huge. This community has long memories. OneDnD might succeed. Or it could fail worse than 4th edition. But when 7th Edition D&D comes around, and we're successful, the only way to gain trust back would be to release an SRD under the ORC. Because OGL 1.0a isn't sufficient anymore.
Pipe dream? Maybe. But I don't really need WotC at this point and will vote with my wallet.