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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Mistress" data-source="post: 4134239" data-attributes="member: 11816">I have to say making 3e OGL is what revived DnD after T$R and 2e. The 3rd party publishers filled the stores with ready made adventures in far greater number than was needed and WotC would never have been able to keep up with demand on their own. They keep people playing DnD longer because of options. Even games like True20 and Conan helped DnD. They are still D20 still the same basic rules, it is far easier for a change of pace of play one of those with out learning a whole new set of rules. Plus many DnD products could be more easily adapted and used with those games, because the basic core rules are similar.I don't believe WotC would be stupid enough to not release the GSL or limit it as much as some people have posted. They would create bad blood with a small but vocal minority of their fan base and worse do the same with all those 3rd party companies. Who would then be forced to either make their own system or more likely jump in with Paizo and make Pathfinder RPG and support it. Then they really would directly compete against DnD. No even if worse case happen I still don't see 4e not being a success. But I think the cut in sales if all 3rd party publishers supported another game system would be noticed and further more I think Orcus aka Clark is right. It would have it's biggest impact in the future when 5e comes out. I think the number of people still playing 4e at that time would be a much smaller number than those that was playing 3e when 4e was announced.I just can't believe WotC would do this, I can't believe the suits at Hasbro could be that short sighted and blind to the market and not listen to those in charge of WotC that know what they are doing. I won't say it can't happen only that I would be shocked if it did.</blockquote>

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