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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 2640060" data-attributes="member: 22779">Well, I actually wasn't thinking of current releases either.  WOTC certainly doesn't place newly released books into the srd, so I don't see why other companies should.  But, take an example that's near to my gaming experiences.  I recently ran a naval campaign.  At the time, there were at least five separate d20 rule books for running naval combat.  There are more now.  Think about that for a second.Five naval combat rulebooks for DnD.  What other gaming system would see five different rule books covering EXACTLY the same subject?  Wasn't the point of the OGL so that companies didn't do this?  And it's not like naval campaigns are mainstream gaming.  This is a pretty small niche.In addition, as I write this, I know that at least three of those rules books are out of print.  Essentially, the companies that wrote those rules will never make a dime out of those books again (in almost all likelyhood).  How could it hurt for one of them, say, Mongoose, to put out a Naval Revised SRD which included the SRD plus Seas of Blood?Or, better yet, contact someone like Sovelier Sage or the guys at the Hypertext SRD and hand them the rtf files.  Ask them to add a section onto their website for a Mongoose Naval SRD Supplement.  I'm pretty sure they'd jump at it.  I could see this having three effects:a)  Other companies could then start producing books based on the Supplemented SRD's without having to reprint the entire material from whatever book they drew it from.  As it stands now, if I want to make a book with a PrC from Scarred Lands (for example) I either have to use up a page or two reprinting the PrC or I have to make my buyers angry for not including the material.b)  Increased lifespan for 3.5.  By greatly beefing up the SRD, you increase the number of people who will use it, thus meaning that more people will stick with 3.5 when 4e eventually comes out.  This is definitely a win for the d20 crowd who lose out the hardest when a new edition is released.c)  Provide a great deal of advertising.  By having a ((Company Name)) Supplemented SRD, you reach out to many more potential buyers that might otherwise completely ignore your books since they don't know you exist.d)  Greatly increase the chance that 4e will be OGL.  As it stands, WOTC has no real incentive to make 4e OGL since they're the only ones making the rules available to users.  Sure, OGC is useable by other publishers, but, then again, it isn't other publishers who buy your books.Then again, what do I know?</blockquote>

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