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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 403538" data-attributes="member: 363">Think about it like this: they can release it much as they did the SRD. Release everything but, say, character generation, as they did with d20. Require the use of a cleaned up and edited &quot;Rules Cyclopedia&quot; that collects the most important portions of the 1e/2e PHB/DMG/MM. They could retain the rights to the D&amp;D/AD&amp;D imprint, and license it as they did with Kalamar.HackMaster uses 1e/2e rules, licensed from WotC. As we know, HM has not crippled 3e. Based upon this fact, I doubt that the audience who would buy products for 1e/2e OGL products would be drawn away from 3e in any substantial way. That is, this would appeal to the most ardent 1e/2e fans, the ones who didn't switch to 3e. This would provide another source of revenue, which I believe - and, admittedly, what do I know? - would outweigh any potential undermining of the 3e customer base.Of course, something would have to be done to make this fair to Kenzer, who paid to use the 1e/2e rules. I don't know what could be done about that, but I'm sure something could.As for delaying the release of d20 material into the SRD - no, of course I wouldn't want that to happen. This could be done once the bulk of the material has been placed in the SRD. WotC's release pace seems to have slowed quite a bit, so keeping up will eventually be relatively easy once all the hardcovers and splatbooks are in the SRD (or whatever material WotC is willing to release into the SRD).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 403538, member: 363"] Think about it like this: they can release it much as they did the SRD. Release everything [i]but[/i], say, character generation, as they did with d20. Require the use of a cleaned up and edited "Rules Cyclopedia" that collects the most important portions of the 1e/2e PHB/DMG/MM. They could retain the rights to the D&D/AD&D imprint, and license it as they did with Kalamar. HackMaster uses 1e/2e rules, licensed from WotC. As we know, HM has not crippled 3e. Based upon this fact, I doubt that the audience who would buy products for 1e/2e OGL products would be drawn away from 3e in any substantial way. That is, this would appeal to the most ardent 1e/2e fans, the ones who didn't switch to 3e. This would provide another source of revenue, which I believe - and, admittedly, what do I know? - would outweigh any potential undermining of the 3e customer base. Of course, something would have to be done to make this fair to Kenzer, who paid to use the 1e/2e rules. I don't know what could be done about that, but I'm sure something could. As for delaying the release of d20 material into the SRD - no, of course I wouldn't want that to happen. This could be done once the bulk of the material has been placed in the SRD. WotC's release pace seems to have slowed quite a bit, so keeping up will eventually be relatively easy once all the hardcovers and splatbooks are in the SRD (or whatever material WotC is willing to release into the SRD). [/QUOTE]

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