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<blockquote data-quote="Ilbranteloth" data-source="post: 7159512" data-attributes="member: 6778044">True, but the d20 SRD removed some key parts of the game (character advancement being one of them if I recall). But the DMsGuild thing is new, and a huge change. The fact that anybody can use not only the entire 5e ruleset, not just the SRD, and any material published at any time by TSR/WotC as long as the product produced is published only at DMsGuild, and must be generic, Forgotten Realms, or Ravenloft goes way beyond the d20 SRD. I'm not sure there was a 4e SRD.For example, in the past, WotC decided what Forgotten Realms material to publish, and even if the author of a product was Ed Greenwood, they still got to edit it, and excise or change what they wanted. Now somebody like Ed Greenwood can release as many products for the Forgotten Realms as he wants, which potentially provides far more material for folks like me than ever before.It also means that I can publish my material, etc. The changes for the 5e SRD combined with DMsGuild is pretty big. And since Ravenloft was opened up when CoS was released, I expect that if/when they get around to releasing an AP for another setting, that will be open as well. Perhaps they won't even wait for that. Maybe they decide they aren't going to release an official Dragonlance project, so they just open it up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ilbranteloth, post: 7159512, member: 6778044"] True, but the d20 SRD removed some key parts of the game (character advancement being one of them if I recall). But the DMsGuild thing is new, and a huge change. The fact that anybody can use not only the [I]entire[/I] 5e ruleset, not just the SRD, and any material published at any time by TSR/WotC as long as the product produced is published only at DMsGuild, and must be generic, Forgotten Realms, or Ravenloft goes way beyond the d20 SRD. I'm not sure there was a 4e SRD. For example, in the past, WotC decided what Forgotten Realms material to publish, and even if the author of a product was Ed Greenwood, they still got to edit it, and excise or change what they wanted. Now somebody like Ed Greenwood can release as many products for the Forgotten Realms as he wants, which potentially provides far more material for folks like me than ever before. It also means that I can publish my material, etc. The changes for the 5e SRD combined with DMsGuild is pretty big. And since Ravenloft was opened up when CoS was released, I expect that if/when they get around to releasing an AP for another setting, that will be open as well. Perhaps they won't even wait for that. Maybe they decide they aren't going to release an official Dragonlance project, so they just open it up. [/QUOTE]

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