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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PatrickLawinger" data-source="post: 2538583" data-attributes="member: 2735">In order to close 4e they would have to be so different from 3/3.5 that it would hardly be recognizable as DnD. The magic system (and tons of variants), majority of spells, majority of monsters, AC system, base 20 rolling system, skills system, feat system, class system, level-based system, etc. are all open content. The cat is out of the bag.Could they do it? Sure, they could try. Will they? I doubt it. They have been adding modern/future material to the modern SRD, they have plans to add further new DnD/fantasy material into the SRD, I just don't see them closing material.Have people made "variant handbooks?" Yes. Is this a direct competition with WotC? No, I am willing to bet that 95+% of the people that have bought a "variant handbook" still own a copy of the DnD PHB (and/or d20 Modern-depending on the game). They are the big boy on the block. The more people play RPGs (any RPGs) the better it is for WotC. One thing that might happen is a more restricted d20 (or d20-type) trademark or license. In other words, they'll open up content but to indicate compatibility with a trademark symbol you might have to pay a license fee. Doing this would probably require WotC to institute some sort of review policy, this would be costly to them so I honestly don't know if they would bother with this.Patrick</blockquote>