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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5817431" data-attributes="member: 22779">I would point out a few things here.Firstly, I am in no way saying that MarkC or JoeG or others are wrong.&nbsp; They could very well be right.&nbsp; My point is, we don't really know.&nbsp; Bottom line, we don't know how much of an effect OGL had on 3e.&nbsp; Did it have a huge effect?&nbsp; Negligible effect?&nbsp; There's no real way to measure.&nbsp; And, with that in mind, making strong statements that 5th E should or should not be OGL becomes very problematic.&nbsp; It comes down to a gut reaction.Honestly, I think that OGL material is largely in the realm of the <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20110322" target="_blank">Gnome Effect</a> where you generally had that one guy in many groups who was buying into OGL material while the rest of the group couldn't really care less.&nbsp; But, because we like that one guy (or might even BE that one guy), his opinion matters to us.&nbsp; So, even though it probably has little to no impact on our game, we back his opinion and figure that the OGL is important.----------Side note.&nbsp; I would hardly call Essentials a &quot;major relaunch&quot;.&nbsp; Considering that Essentials is 100% compatible with 4e, is entirely meant to be played side by side with 4e, and was marketed towards new gamers, rather than existing gamers, it's not really fair to call it a new edition.&nbsp; 3.5 was meant specifically to replace 3e.&nbsp; They are not compatible.&nbsp; 3e is not compatible with earlier editions.&nbsp; 2e was meant to replace 1e.&nbsp; Essentials is no more a new edition than any other splat book series.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5817431, member: 22779"] I would point out a few things here. Firstly, I am in no way saying that MarkC or JoeG or others are wrong. They could very well be right. My point is, we don't really know. Bottom line, we don't know how much of an effect OGL had on 3e. Did it have a huge effect? Negligible effect? There's no real way to measure. And, with that in mind, making strong statements that 5th E should or should not be OGL becomes very problematic. It comes down to a gut reaction. Honestly, I think that OGL material is largely in the realm of the [url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20110322]Gnome Effect[/url] where you generally had that one guy in many groups who was buying into OGL material while the rest of the group couldn't really care less. But, because we like that one guy (or might even BE that one guy), his opinion matters to us. So, even though it probably has little to no impact on our game, we back his opinion and figure that the OGL is important. ---------- Side note. I would hardly call Essentials a "major relaunch". Considering that Essentials is 100% compatible with 4e, is entirely meant to be played side by side with 4e, and was marketed towards new gamers, rather than existing gamers, it's not really fair to call it a new edition. 3.5 was meant specifically to replace 3e. They are not compatible. 3e is not compatible with earlier editions. 2e was meant to replace 1e. Essentials is no more a new edition than any other splat book series. [/QUOTE]

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