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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6293699" data-attributes="member: 22779">I think that the OGL was a fantastic thing to for a relatively untested hobby games company just starting out with the D&amp;D brand.&nbsp; It got 3e on the shelves in a way that WOTC themselves couldn't possibly have done and built such a huge amount of good will among people who were producing and buying OGL content.&nbsp; And that really can't be emphasised enough.&nbsp; As far as 4e being OGL, the trick is, IMO, and always has been, the DDi.&nbsp; How do you have an Open 4e and still charge for the character builder and the like.&nbsp; I mean, we had clone 4e character builders out within weeks of 4e's release.&nbsp; With an OGL, WOTC would have to compete with free sites and that would have really hurt.There's a reason there's no pay version of a 3e character builder.&nbsp; Who would bother?&nbsp; Between PC Gen and the Hypertext SRD, you'd lose a lot of business.&nbsp; And, yes, I recognise that Hero Labs does do a 3e and Pathfinder suite of tools, but, does anyone think that they are coming anywhere near the numbers that the Ddi was bringing in?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6293699, member: 22779"] I think that the OGL was a fantastic thing to for a relatively untested hobby games company just starting out with the D&D brand. It got 3e on the shelves in a way that WOTC themselves couldn't possibly have done and built such a huge amount of good will among people who were producing and buying OGL content. And that really can't be emphasised enough. As far as 4e being OGL, the trick is, IMO, and always has been, the DDi. How do you have an Open 4e and still charge for the character builder and the like. I mean, we had clone 4e character builders out within weeks of 4e's release. With an OGL, WOTC would have to compete with free sites and that would have really hurt. There's a reason there's no pay version of a 3e character builder. Who would bother? Between PC Gen and the Hypertext SRD, you'd lose a lot of business. And, yes, I recognise that Hero Labs does do a 3e and Pathfinder suite of tools, but, does anyone think that they are coming anywhere near the numbers that the Ddi was bringing in? [/QUOTE]

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