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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 4379872" data-attributes="member: 2572"><p>And my response here is: so what? The thing about the marketplace is that everyone is out for themselves. As a producer of a product it doesn't matter to me if my product has a secondary effect on someone else's product unless it costs me money as well. I'm not sure if your concern about D&D being tarnished is your personal opinion or if it merely an explanation in your mind as to WotC motives. WotC can complain all they want about other companies producing compatible game materials but unless trademark or copyrights are actually violated they have no legal recourse. Sure they can sue, but Hasbro's lawyers have already tried that in the Monopoly case and failed. Tarnishing a brand reputation is not a valid trademark violation. Trademarks are to prevent consumer confusion and producing bad compatible products doesn't cause legally actionable brand confusion if the compatible material is properly labeled.</p></blockquote><p></p>