Continuing the D&D executive producer's interview tour, gaming influencer Ginny Di asks a WotC's Kyle Brink about the OGL and other things.
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I think that's going to be a thing that Wizards is going to discover. The more complex their VTT offering is, the harder it is to homebrew, the smaller the audience they're going to have for it. The more expensive it is for 3pp to sell things on it, the smaller the audience they're going to have for it....immediately followed by him saying hombrewing in 3d is complicated and time consuming and will require purchased assets. So it will supported in a "you can certainly try" sort of way. Which is fine, people can just not use the vtt, but the contrast was funny to me
I mean, "yes we're still looking at adding 3.x (and possibly 4e even though Brink specifically only mentioned 3.x)" is new.Before this thread devolves into a 4e (and its virtues/sins) thread, is there anything new coming out of the interview?![]()
Rules Cyclopedia SRD or bust!Hey, if we're asking for ponies, could someone at Wizards take a editing pass at the Core Rules rtfs and make a 2e SRD. Please and thank you.![]()
Honestly Rules Compendium/Cyclopedia type books tend to make for good SRD fodder since they're typically all or mostly all rules and no/very little setting. For instance, the 4e Rules Compendium has about a dozen pages on the default Points of Light setting and the rest is fluff-free.Rules Cyclopedia SRD or bust!
Both things can be true, and probably are....immediately followed by him saying hombrewing in 3d is complicated and time consuming and will require purchased assets. So it will supported in a "you can certainly try" sort of way. Which is fine, people can just not use the vtt, but the contrast was funny to me
there were some surprising twists in this story so far, but that would be the most surprising yet…Literally just waiting to hear "we're looking at opening up 4th edition somehow" or similar.
if they did that I would do a happy dance... just cause i know SOMEONE would make a searchable list of powersBut 5.1 is actually an SRD. For 4e they'd either need to create an SRD or say "Hey we're opening up the PHB, the MM, and these pages of the DMG as open content under a CC-BY license. Have fun folks!"
I mean, I'd love for them to do that, but expecting it is another matter entirely...
Already exists. Just can't share it here bc piracy.if they did that I would do a happy dance... just cause i know SOMEONE would make a searchable list of powers
Brink: Were looking at it... We need to make sure we don't release things we don't intend or that aren't necessary for playing 3.0 or 3.5...
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I feel the same, however if they offer complete packages for their adventures, I could see doing it. Being able to make a one-time purchase to be able to just run, say, Phandelver over VTT would be a good way for a lot of us to get a free taste without the hassle of an ongoing subscription or having to find yet more time to build VTT sets and encounters for a game.As far as the 3D vtt goes Kyle says
“Creating for the 3D space can get complicated” home brew “will require more work” and “work in our part”
So yea, not for me, probably.
This is one is short (23 min) and half of it is her commentary. Not really a lot of Kyle, but her commentary is good.Right now I'm trying to determine if I should watch this, if I can be swayed into trusting them.
I'm thinking not, unless I hear there are some big revelations.
the difference is that there is no 4e SRD (to speak of), the 5e one existsBut they did for the SRD 5.1.
Granted they were in panic at the time.
It still might be his instinct, it is not his decisionPlease note that previously he said his instinct is to just do it.
But yea.
Mario Maker is amazing... I can make my own levels of a Super Mario Game within some bounds...I think that's going to be a thing that Wizards is going to discover. The more complex their VTT offering is, the harder it is to homebrew, the smaller the audience they're going to have for it. The more expensive it is for 3pp to sell things on it, the smaller the audience they're going to have for it.
i.e. the only other ones that have an SRD..I was more keying I'm on the fact that the question was about previous editions in general and he answered specifically about 3.x.
yeah, so if it became CC, you couldAlready exists. Just can't share it here bc piracy.
really? I had the opposite impression, not that I checked the 3e ones, simply based on the discussions here they seem far more completeFrom what I can tell, the 3.0 and 3.5 SRDs are far and away more IP-free than the 5.1 SRD was.
1) that is obviously true, we knew that already 2) the 3d VTT is not required to play D&D...immediately followed by him saying hombrewing in 3d is complicated and time consuming and will require purchased assets. So it will supported in a "you can certainly try" sort of way. Which is fine, people can just not use the vtt, but the contrast was funny to me