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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 844228" data-attributes="member: 5">I'm not suggesting it could be a threat, but it is being marketed as an alternate Player's Book rather than as a supplement.  GURPS, too, is an alternate and in no way threatens D&D, IMO, but it did/does have the ability to segregate players and fracture the fantasy RPG market.  One read through on various boards online or a conversation in a FLGS shows how separatist-minded some folks can be with their systems.Up until now most d20 material may have had some differences from Core material, but for the most part the material blended with rather than replaced other materials.  Certainly not much was offered up as being a replacement for Core books though there have been some alternate classes and magic systems tossed around that have appealed to some part of the market.Another thing confusing me is your suggestion that it could turn d20 on its ear.  Is this, as is being suggested, going to be a d20 product or published under the OGL only?  I guess my previous questions might seem foolish if it is d20 since it would still require the purchase of the D&D Core books to utilize.  Anyway, sorry if I have missed the obvious but I don't get around to reading much on other boards these days due to some recent family commitments.  I hope you can straighten me out on these finer points.</blockquote>