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<blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 4105324" data-attributes="member: 725">No offense, but from what I have seen (look at amazon.com for example), sales for D&amp;D far outweigh sales for SW. And while SW is similar to D&amp;D, it isn't directly compatible (genre). While most things released under the OGL are compatible with D&amp;D and thus directly strengthen the position of D&amp;D in the market place. If WotC/LucasArt had released a SW SRD and allowed the use of the term &quot;Requires the use of the Star Wars rulebook&quot;, then the OGL could increase the position of the SW game.The OGL market created a diversity of products that is to date unrivaled in the RPG industry, all based on the same game system, and most assume you'll be using the supplement with the D&amp;D rules. Sure there are some variant systems that grew from the OGL (M&amp;M, Conan, True20, Spycraft, etc.), but to be honest, these have become so different from the D&amp;D game that they're no longer really compatible with it. And thus do not really benefit from the OGL, I would say that they're actually hindered by it (needing to release their content under the OGL). I would go so far as to say that if there was no OGL, these variant systems would have been created in some form or another, the only problem would have been that they wouldn't have had the exposure they now benefit from (due to the OGL).While I'm disappointed that the GSL won't open up the rules as the OGL did, it does have the added benefit of focusing folks on the D&amp;D brand and compatibility with it. In exchange it seems that WotC is opening up more of their IP, something I always found strange before. While you were encouraged to support 3.x, supporting their support material wasn't easy (maybe if you asked nicely), why reinvent the wheel if WotC already did a marvelous job on it. WotC did a wonderfull Samurai, how many variant Samurai were presented in numerous rules supplements by third part publishers? If you could include the Samurai class from WotC by stating &quot;The Samurai class is taken from Oriental Adventures published by WotC.&quot;, this would interest folks in that book, while saving publishers the time of 'inventing' a new class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cergorach, post: 4105324, member: 725"] No offense, but from what I have seen (look at amazon.com for example), sales for D&D far outweigh sales for SW. And while SW is similar to D&D, it isn't directly compatible (genre). While most things released under the OGL are compatible with D&D and thus directly strengthen the position of D&D in the market place. If WotC/LucasArt had released a SW SRD and allowed the use of the term "Requires the use of the Star Wars rulebook", then the OGL could increase the position of the SW game. The OGL market created a diversity of products that is to date unrivaled in the RPG industry, all based on the same game system, and most assume you'll be using the supplement with the D&D rules. Sure there are some variant systems that grew from the OGL (M&M, Conan, True20, Spycraft, etc.), but to be honest, these have become so different from the D&D game that they're no longer really compatible with it. And thus do not really benefit from the OGL, I would say that they're actually hindered by it (needing to release their content under the OGL). I would go so far as to say that if there was no OGL, these variant systems would have been created in some form or another, the only problem would have been that they wouldn't have had the exposure they now benefit from (due to the OGL). While I'm disappointed that the GSL won't open up the rules as the OGL did, it does have the added benefit of focusing folks on the D&D brand and compatibility with it. In exchange it seems that WotC is opening up more of their IP, something I always found strange before. While you were encouraged to support 3.x, supporting their support material wasn't easy (maybe if you asked nicely), why reinvent the wheel if WotC already did a marvelous job on it. WotC did a wonderfull Samurai, how many variant Samurai were presented in numerous rules supplements by third part publishers? If you could include the Samurai class from WotC by stating "The Samurai class is taken from Oriental Adventures published by WotC.", this would interest folks in that book, while saving publishers the time of 'inventing' a new class. [/QUOTE]

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