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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 3850733" data-attributes="member: 172">To give prospective players something they can buy at the LGS to play your the game, I would think. I don't think that telling new players who want to get involved to check ebay is a winning strategy.Well, there's- A continuation of the metasetting as it currently exists and which current campaigns are based on and are supported by- For those who aren't impressed by the scope of some of the proposed changes (mechanical and background), it gives them an alternative and credible venue for continued support.Were I to judge anecdotally by people who I know online and at home, I bet more than 5% of the audience still plays 3.0. I have no reason to suspect 3.5 would be worse off.I wonder 30 years after 1e's release how many people play it. Not huge by any stretch, but they seem to have a pretty significant online presence as well as the simply fact I know of real groups of such players IRL.Anyway, might in numbers is for those contemplating supporting such a move and rhetorical posturing. For me, what the end percentage is matters less than it makes continued support of the game I would prefer to play more viable. And to me, that's a good thing.Yep. The bearer of the official D&D trademark will rule the roost. If this is about winning a popularity contest, the battle is already lost.But for those of us who would like to see continuing 3.5 support -- something made possible by the 3.5 SRD -- it would be a good and welcome thing and would definitely improve our lot.Yes, it will. But the SRD released under the OGL remove several roadblocks those other systems have in receiving support from third party sources.That's a pretty rude characterization. Sure, there are some frothing fans, but to take that as the norm is naive.As for me, I perfectly understand that 4e makes sense from a financial standpoint. I even understand that dispensing with baggage opens up options for D&D as a property.But because that's what the publisher is doing doesn't mean I have to follow suit. And any support I can get in staying the course is a boon to me.Yeah, probably.Probably not, but if WotC gives publishers no other choice, it could.</blockquote>

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