Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="dmccoy1693" data-source="post: 4433299" data-attributes="member: 51747">No, I understand your point.&nbsp; I've been hearing it from the pro-4E crowd since Jan when the GSL was announced. &nbsp;&nbsp;And I&quot;m saying that that is the way that the OGL was designed to work.&nbsp; Wizards wanted that from the beginning.&nbsp; The idea is to keep a player close to D&amp;D.&nbsp; Take Conan for example.&nbsp; Mongoose could have created their own system for Conan.&nbsp; They didn't.&nbsp; So the player of Conan stayed close to d20 so whenever they wanted to return to D&amp;D, it wasn't that big of a leap for them.&nbsp; &nbsp;Contrast that with Exalted.&nbsp; Most Exalted players I've met look down on D&amp;D.&nbsp; I'm one of the few exceptions, those that went back to D&amp;D after playing Exalted for a long time.&nbsp; I love exalted, don't get me wrong, but I was looking for something different and my friends that won't consider a game unless it has &quot;D&amp;D&quot; on the cover wanted to start a new game so I said, &quot;What the heck, why not.&quot;&nbsp; Had it not been for them, I would have missed 3.X and that would have been ok with me.&nbsp; I now enjoy 3.X/Pathfinder, but that's for another time.&nbsp; &nbsp;Players that leave D&amp;D have a hard time returning to D&amp;D.&nbsp; By Wizards giving away the system for free, it is much much easier for players to eventually return to D&amp;D.&nbsp; THAT is their benefit.&nbsp; That is how Wizards makes money off of the OGL.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmccoy1693, post: 4433299, member: 51747"] No, I understand your point. I've been hearing it from the pro-4E crowd since Jan when the GSL was announced. And I"m saying that that is the way that the OGL was designed to work. Wizards wanted that from the beginning. The idea is to keep a player close to D&D. Take Conan for example. Mongoose could have created their own system for Conan. They didn't. So the player of Conan stayed close to d20 so whenever they wanted to return to D&D, it wasn't that big of a leap for them. Contrast that with Exalted. Most Exalted players I've met look down on D&D. I'm one of the few exceptions, those that went back to D&D after playing Exalted for a long time. I love exalted, don't get me wrong, but I was looking for something different and my friends that won't consider a game unless it has "D&D" on the cover wanted to start a new game so I said, "What the heck, why not." Had it not been for them, I would have missed 3.X and that would have been ok with me. I now enjoy 3.X/Pathfinder, but that's for another time. Players that leave D&D have a hard time returning to D&D. By Wizards giving away the system for free, it is much much easier for players to eventually return to D&D. [B]THAT[/B] is their benefit. That is how Wizards makes money off of the OGL. [/QUOTE]

Verification