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Message: <blockquote data-quote="radferth" data-source="post: 5267063" data-attributes="member: 5791"><p>It is my belief that what WotC underestimated was not specifically Paizo, but the effect of greatly decreasing the number of 3pp adventures being published.  When wizards was switching from the OGL to GSL, I think they were trying to shake folks like Green Ronin and Mongoose, who were primarily publishing crunch books and rules variants (Freeport notwithstanding).  I assume they were hoping to keep folks like Necromancer, Goodman, and Paizo publishing adventures.  I think WotC didn't realize what a positive effect having so many talented folks writing adventures for 3E was, and how effectively licensing issues would end up chasing said talent away from writing  4E adventures.  To be sure they are some doing so, and the system would have turned some of these writers off regardless of licensing, but 4E would be in much better shape if they could have figured out how to keep more of these guys on board.</p></blockquote><p></p>