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<blockquote data-quote="smiteworks" data-source="post: 7684451" data-attributes="member: 87795">It's a valid concern and a decision to work with a few publishers making 5E content was not done lightly on our part as a result. Our ability to continue selling official D&amp;D content is obviously dependent upon Wizards of the Coast's desire to continue the relationship. Anyone who already has the official D&amp;D content will be able to continue to use it if we ever lost our license, but we would not be able to sell anything more. That would definitely be a big blow to our future growth. While I can't predict the future, I can assure you that we did have conversations with Wizards of the Coast about 5E compatible products specifically. We are the small player in that relationship, but Wotc never made it seem like that. They have been very supportive from the beginning.If you look at the Kobold Press kickstarter that we are converting over to Fantasy Grounds, I think you'll see a great new resource for DM's that more than doubles the amount of monsters available for your game. The KS for this is going extremely well, and yet I don't think that affects whether or not someone will decide to buy the official Monster Manual or the FG version of it. If Wizards of the Coast were to release an MM2 next week, I still don't think it would detract from their sales volume at all. Companies like KP, GR or SG need to keep a certain amount of releases going to keep the companies afloat. If Wizards later needs another small publisher to produce new material, they are better off for having stable companies around to pull from.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smiteworks, post: 7684451, member: 87795"] It's a valid concern and a decision to work with a few publishers making 5E content was not done lightly on our part as a result. Our ability to continue selling official D&D content is obviously dependent upon Wizards of the Coast's desire to continue the relationship. Anyone who already has the official D&D content will be able to continue to use it if we ever lost our license, but we would not be able to sell anything more. That would definitely be a big blow to our future growth. While I can't predict the future, I can assure you that we did have conversations with Wizards of the Coast about 5E compatible products specifically. We are the small player in that relationship, but Wotc never made it seem like that. They have been very supportive from the beginning. If you look at the Kobold Press kickstarter that we are converting over to Fantasy Grounds, I think you'll see a great new resource for DM's that more than doubles the amount of monsters available for your game. The KS for this is going extremely well, and yet I don't think that affects whether or not someone will decide to buy the official Monster Manual or the FG version of it. If Wizards of the Coast were to release an MM2 next week, I still don't think it would detract from their sales volume at all. Companies like KP, GR or SG need to keep a certain amount of releases going to keep the companies afloat. If Wizards later needs another small publisher to produce new material, they are better off for having stable companies around to pull from. [/QUOTE]

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