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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 5863818" data-attributes="member: 6670763">Though I think they might benefit from it now more than ever. D&D is having a hard time with 4th Edition, for whatever reason, getting prematurely canceled and a fan base that is not only split, but also extremely cautious. Neither 4th Ed. players nor fans of older editions will jump on this train simply because it's the new edition of D&D and reflect on it's quality only after a year or so of releases has passed.When 5th Edition comes out, many people will eye it with extreme scrutiny and may decide to ditch it very early on. Having strong 3rd party support would allow for thinking "Well, I am not a huge fan, but other companies may turn this into something I totaly love". Even if WotC does barely make any profit of these people, it keeps the rules system popular and it will keep being discussed by word of mouth and in online forums. If the massage is "we do it this way, and everything you'll get will be like this", people who are not smiten by it may very well just lost interest. And 5th Edition bombing will permanently break D&Ds back.</blockquote>