D&D 5E I still want D&D and Beyond, but...

[dave2008]

I've been really bummed the last week or so with the OGL news. I simply can't get myself up to really do anything D&D / RPG related. I was briefly excited about changing to a new platform, but that soon faded. I was checking DnD Beyond (DDB) this morning to see if there was any OGL news and I realized something. I want to play D&D, not another game, and I want to use DDB. There is a lot of interesting content on DDB (a lot of it free) that reminds of Dragon/Dungeon magazine. I want to continue with my 5e homebrew game, it is just about perfect for my group.

I know technically I can continue playing, but this whole OGL debacle has just drained the RPG will out of me. I guess I feel betrayed? I don't know. Even the calls to create a new open system or rally behind another system just feel wrong and a bit like a betrayal as well. I like D&D and I like sharing it with others. I like the shared community. These forums are, in fact, the only social media I really engage in. I like hearing what @Micah Sweet , @Parmandur, @Maxperson , @TheSword, @Ruin Explorer, @Stalker0, @Matrix Sorcica, and many, many others have to say. I doubt I get that if I leave D&D. I am just finding it very hard to have the desire to play or engage in D&D right now.

For me, the best, and possible the only solution, is a new OGL 1.0(b) that adds that is irrevocable and next to nothing else. I don't even think I want a siloed OGL1.1 anymore (which I previously thought would be fine). Otherwise I just might leave the hobby all together.

 

[eyeheartawk]

Old versions of D&D games won't go away nor will their OGL based progeny.

The great things about RPGs is that you an just have an old book and play forever needing nothing else.

I mean, the undeniable truth of that fact is why WOTC is doing all of this in the first place.

Take a break, and play D&D in whatever form (whether is actually, officially, "D&D" or not) strikes your fancy.

 

[dave2008]

Old versions of D&D games won't go away nor will their OGL based progeny.

The great things about RPGs is that you an just have an old book and play forever needing nothing else.

I can play forever, and we use our own setting, but I have lost the will too currently. I reminds me of when I skipped 2e and 3e.

I mean, the undeniable truth of that fact is why WOTC is doing all of this in the first place.

I think Hasbro is doing this, not WotC.

Take a break, and play D&D in whatever form (whether is actually, officially, "D&D" or not) strikes your fancy.

Yep, that is probably the solution. However, I do have some commitments to 5e that I don't want to drop.

 

[Mort]

Accidental post!

 

[FrogReaver]

Old versions of D&D games won't go away nor will their OGL based progeny.

This isn't clearly the case anymore.

 

[eyeheartawk]

This isn't clearly the case anymore.

What I mean is, what's out there now won't go away. Even if you accept the terms of 1.1 it explicitly states this.

 

[Baldurs_Underdark]

[...]and I want to use DDB. There is a lot of interesting content on DDB (a lot of it free) that reminds of Dragon/Dungeon magazine. [...]

(emphasis mine)

That's the thing, isn't it? You all got hooked on an amazing platform (DDB) that has tons of information, functionality and a great user interface. And then the startup company sold it, and now someone wants to make money.

The first hit is for free. After that...

 

[FrogReaver]

What I mean is, what's out there now won't go away. Even if you accept the terms of 1.1 it explicitly states this.

What I mean is, that's actually not clearly the case.

 

[DEFCON 1]

Nothing wrong with taking a break from gaming or D&D for any reason if you just aren't feeling it. If you can get your group to go along with it... pick up another RPG and play a short 3-month campaign or something. Most likely this whole OGL thing will be settled down by then. After al... this whole brouhaha has only been going on for less than a month. Three months from now everything will probably have been cleared up and either everyone becomes comfortable dipping their feet in the D&D/OGC pool... or a full break happens and you can make the choice then as to whether the OGL matters enough to make you stop playing D&D altogether.

 

[eyeheartawk]

What I mean is, that's actually not clearly the case.

Sure it will?

Anything already published under OGL 1.0a remains valid and fine even according to Hasbro's terrible new license. Is anybody saying otherwise?