D&D Beyond is doing a OGL 1.2 FAQ on Twitter

[Jer]

Thank you. I was out of 4e when the real gsl made its debut. Seems far less helpful than I had hoped..

Yah it stinks. If 4e had had a real srd there might still be support for it even under a more restricted gsl license.

But it worked the way wizards wanted it to work. They stopped publishing 4e and no Pathfinder type clones showed up so as far as they're concerned it worked.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Thank you. I was out of 4e when the real gsl made its debut. Seems far less helpful than I had hoped..

Yeah, there's a reason you've never seen a 4e retroclone.

 

[Remathilis]

Yeah, there's a reason you've never seen a 4e retroclone.

I mostly assumed it was due to the fact it was never OGL.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

I mostly assumed it was due to the fact it was never OGL.

Well, sure. But if the GSL had been more like the OGL, you can bet there would have been something. Even if it had just been a labor of love.

 

[Jer]

Well, sure. But if the GSL had been more like the OGL, you can bet there would have been something. Even if it had just been a labor of love.

Even if it had had a real srd I probably would have put out some stuff for it myself as a labor of love. Even under gsl restrictive rules.

 

[Alzrius]

Yeah, there's a reason you've never seen a 4e retroclone.

You've caught the gaze of Orcus!

D&D 4E - Introducing Orcus -- a 4E retroclone

Last year, I launched a 4E retroclone called Orcus. I've posted about it in a few other places, but never shared it here -- which I wanted to correct now. I'm very open to contributions from others, whether that's homebrew material you've created or proposing balance/gameplay fixes to the...

www.enworld.org

 

[see]

Yeah, there's a reason you've never seen a 4e retroclone.

Sure I have, it's called Orcus.

It's true that the "4th Edition System Reference Document" was not remotely enough to build a retroclone on, on its own. However, if that SRD were to be released under the OGL 1.0a, that would actually help the Orcus people a lot, since they could attach their OGL 1.0a content to the 4e names.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

You've caught the gaze of Orcus!

D&D 4E - Introducing Orcus -- a 4E retroclone

Last year, I launched a 4E retroclone called Orcus. I've posted about it in a few other places, but never shared it here -- which I wanted to correct now. I'm very open to contributions from others, whether that's homebrew material you've created or proposing balance/gameplay fixes to the...

www.enworld.org

Sure I have, it's called Orcus.

It's true that the "4th Edition System Reference Document" was not remotely enough to build a retroclone on, on its own. However, if that SRD were to be released under the OGL 1.0a, that would actually help the Orcus people a lot, since they could attach their OGL 1.0a content to the 4e names.

Given it literally only released a week and a half ago, I think you can appreciate why I would say what I said.

 

[see]

Given it literally only released a week and a half ago, I think you can appreciate why I would say what I said.

January 5th 2022 is a year more than a week and a half ago.

 

[Composer99]

That's uncalled for when you're discussing a product developed by a tiny third-party outfit that has (as far as I am aware) almost no associated promotional activity.

Heck, I don't even know what new D&D products are out half the time if I don't go check them out in a bookstore or my FLGS!

And in point of fact, the published book did, in fact, only come out this past January 9th.