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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 2634835" data-attributes="member: 264">Fine, I'll bite <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm not sure that I'm qualified to speak on this issue (being neither a small nor large publisher, nor a .pdf retailer and only peripherally aware of the whole thing from having perused the publisher's forum) but if you are really interested in my unqualified opinion I'd have to say that my gut tells me that it's probably not a bad deal for anyone concerned.It gives the small publihsers more "Room" to make their own (without being overshadowed by the Big Fish) and gives the Big Publishers an ability to not be lost in a cloud  of startup products.Again, that's my gut.I think that it's bizarre. ]Kevin "Piratecat: Kulp is one of the most honest, respected and reliable  personalities we have here at EN World. I know he's been hit by crisis after crisis in his personal life and feel for him. I can easily imagine myself "Back Burner-ing" such a project if the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> had hit the fan in my life the way it has his this past year.I also know that progress is being made (I delivered my donated prizes to him at Gen Con) and I think Dinkeldog has taken the reins if I'm not mistaken. Other than that, all I can really say is it seems an incredbile amount of time for folks to have waited and from what I've seen their patience has been exemplary (even those who've been complaining regularly have been a lot nicer about it than I would've been if I din't know Kevn's situation).I'm not sure if that's the kind of decisive comment you were looking for, but again, I'm kind of "on the outside looking in" at this one. Probably harmful, but not catastrophically so. I like my products to have a kind of lurid, pulpy, howard-esque feel to them. I was pretty upset when they tidied up all the "Demonic" stuff for 2E as well...I'm just not a big fan of pandering to soccer moms.I certainly don't begrudge WotC the right to decide how their brand is used by third parties though. "Their house their rules" to paraphrase my mom<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I don't think it has to be "either/or". I'll call it a smart business practice that makes the book awkward to be seen with (this includes any products with the words "Erotic" in the title<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />) "Best" RPG Game system? I couldn't begin to slap any label on a category that broad. I like different systems for different things.</blockquote>

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