D&D 5E How will the recent OGL developments affect your D&D spending?

[Xamnam]

At a bare minimum, I no longer feel enthusiastic about supporting 5.5E, so won't buy things willy nilly, and I want to reward and celebrate ORC and possibly other licenses, where historically I mostly ignored 3P.

This actually sums up my position better, I wasn't thinking about how I'd intentionally be looking at ORC stuff.

 

[Storyteller Hero]

I'm a little worried about how people are going to treat their spending on DMsGuild, because it's a slap in the face to tell a writer that their work on a project months to years in the making might be boycotted because some marketing/business/legal executive at Hasbro/WotC made poor decisions that harmed public relations. Some DMsGuild works in progress likely just can't be transferred to non-DnD either, because of how much they might tie into DnD settings.

 

[Orius]

No change. The money I've been spending has been on gaming accessories rather than rules and supplements, and WotC's actions really don't affect that.

 

[Voadam]

I have been spending a bunch on ogl stuff recently with a bunch of the sales. Normally I would buy some older wotc pdfs but the ogl stuff has been grabbing my attention.

 

[Azzy]

Well, I canceled an order that I had for Mordenkainen Presents due to this debacle and bought Kobold Press' Deep Magic in its place. Unless WotC stop attacking the OGL 1.0a, I won't buy anything more from them. Instead, I'll look to start supporting 3PP should I feel the need for additional material for my D&D campaigns.

 

[jerryrice4949]

Spending will be down. Way down. A lot of the 3PP and kickstarters I usually support appear headed for other systems. I probably won’t follow. But more money in my pocket isn’t all bad.

 

[Parmandur]

Nothing will change at all. I will continue to purchase WotC products that interest me.

Same.

 

[JEB]

I'm a little worried about how people are going to treat their spending on DMsGuild, because it's a slap in the face to tell a writer that their work on a project months to years in the making might be boycotted because some marketing/business/legal executive at Hasbro/WotC made poor decisions that harmed public relations. Some DMsGuild works in progress likely just can't be transferred to non-DnD either, because of how much they might tie into DnD settings.

I share your concerns about the effect on DM Guild creators, but buying stuff there means money for Wizards. So if you're serious about boycotting them, that means no DM Guild.

 

[JEB]

As for my personal spending, official Wizards products (including licensed products like minis) are off the table until Wizards starts behaving better. To be fair, I'd already become much pickier about buying Wizards stuff since 2021, but I had planned to pick up Dragonlance and potentially other products before this happened.

And I'm definitely going to try and spend more money on OGL companies. Already spent a fair amount above normal in the last week.

 

[Magister Ludorum]

I will continue to buy new D&D 5e products when they come out. I will continue to buy 3 party products. If they are no longer written for D&D I will convert them for use with D&D.

D&D 5e is the preferred level based system my group plays. I am the only one in the group who ever buys 3 party products.

Our non-level based system is HERO.

 

[masdog]

While I’m not new to TTRPGs (previously played a lot of Star Wars D6 and some Old World of Darkness), I’m pretty new to D&D. I was planning to start acquiring a lot more WotC and 3PP content as my oldest is now in a TTRPG club at school.

I think I’ll just restrict my purchasing to mostly 3PP stuff going forward.

 

[Steel_Wind]

I would have bought some more titles on DDB this year, both already released stuff I don't have and some forthcoming stuff. Now I won't.

I have my campaigns planned for the next 2+ years or so... but circumstances change, feelings change, we are always changing.

I think that's it for me and WotC for the foreseeable future though.

 

[Dragonhelm]

I have been pondering this, and I think it's too early to tell. I want to see the final OGL changes before I make a final decision.

I can honestly say that I will be picking up more 3rd party products. I like to support the companies that care about their customers. I'm digging what I see from Kobold Press and AAW games.

I had decided not to buy any Pathfinder 2e products since I had D&D 5e, which is the game system I had been looking for since 2e. I've bought a few things here and there, but after the ORC announcement, I'm determined to support them more. I also dig Starfinder.

As for WotC, time will tell. I've always been a D&D fanboy. Right now, I'm trying to separate out rules and settings from the company.

I've been thinking about how I have a system I like and a lifetime of content to play. I don't need One D&D. I hope I will like it, but I am really reconsidering whether I will continue to buy every D&D book that comes out.

So I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm still sorting it out.

 

[bloodtide]

I buy little from them NOW. I got the 5E Core books, but after that everything WotC was bought at Half Price Books(or similar places). I got 5E Spelljammer as a gift.

 

[Dragonhelm]

I'm a little worried about how people are going to treat their spending on DMsGuild, because it's a slap in the face to tell a writer that their work on a project months to years in the making might be boycotted because some marketing/business/legal executive at Hasbro/WotC made poor decisions that harmed public relations. Some DMsGuild works in progress likely just can't be transferred to non-DnD either, because of how much they might tie into DnD settings.

We've noticed a plunge in sales on Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything due to this whole mess. It's the Dragonlance Nexus' debut product on DMs Guild, too.

As Dragonlance is owned by WotC, it's not like we can sell it using a different game system. If we did use a different system, we could only put it out on the Nexus site for free. We've done that sort of thing for two decades. We much prefer the ability to publish our stuff on DMs Guild and get a little compensation for it.

Our only other option would be to abandon Dragonlance and do our own thing. The problem with that thought is that we are all very passionate about Dragonlance. That's just not an option.

 

[guachi]

I didn't realize the Dragonlance book came out. I was actually interested in that after not buying a Hasbro D&D book for several years.

Won't buy it now.

Instead, I dropped $250 on Kobold Press stuff that I'd been meaning to get for the last year.

 

[Steel_Wind]

We've noticed a plunge in sales on Tasslehoff's Pouches of Everything due to this whole mess. It's the Dragonlance Nexus' debut product on DMs Guild, too.

As Dragonlance is owned by WotC, it's not like we can sell it using a different game system. If we did use a different system, we could only put it out on the Nexus site for free. We've done that sort of thing for two decades. We much prefer the ability to publish our stuff on DMs Guild and get a little compensation for it.

Our only other option would be to abandon Dragonlance and do our own thing. The problem with that thought is that we are all very passionate about Dragonlance. That's just not an option.

I will certainly buy the 5e conversion of the DL campaign when you release it -- and already have TPoE.

This will take a while to sort itself out. I would not project the future to be as bleak as all of this.

 

[delericho]

It ends it.

Any RPG spending will be for other games. But the publishers of other games aren't 3pps.

 

[Rabulias]

As such, I thought I should explain. I primarily purchase 5e 3PP supplements. I believe the recent/upcoming changes will lead to fewer 5e 3PP. Therefore there will be a smaller pool of potential purchases for me and thus most likely fewer purchases. Not because I want, but because of likely market realities.

But surely the Total Amount of 3PP Product Produced > 3PP Product You Buy? I guess the question is asking will you re-direct dollars you would have given to WotC to 3PP products instead?

 

[dave2008]

But surely the Total Amount of 3PP Product Produced > 3PP Product You Buy? I guess the question is asking will you re-direct dollars you would have given to WotC to 3PP products instead?

I don't know, but I doubt it. I have more stuff than I need or could use now, so I don't need to purchase anything. But you never know!