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I wonder what the 3rd party publishers, who are dependant on WotC think?
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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3707934" data-attributes="member: 48965"><p>I'm sitting here pondering the numerous, "no one's forcing you to switch, it doesn't affect you unless you let it" comments in many of the threads. I am also pondering my love for the Iron Kingdoms setting...a setting for 3.5. Now I feel sort of in limbo, will Privateer Press go the route of 4.0 and tap into the current market? Will they still release anything they might have had planned for 3.5 between now and May? Will PP decide to go with their own system and stop depending on WotC to determine when they have to update their campaign setting? So yeah, it does kind of affect me...even if I'm not playing in WotC's playground. </p><p></p><p>I'm just feeling, at this moment, that this is the drawback of the OGL. Smaller companies can't produce books in the numbers and frequency that WotC can, so while D&D 3.5 might be bloated and creaking under it's own weight...alot of 3rd party publishers are nowhere near that amount of material for their campaign settings. Now the question is do they go with 4th and try to tap into the new market that D&D is creating or stay with 3.5. I for one won't like getting a new edition and "new" revamp of the same stuff over and over again, without the time given for smaller publishers to get more new stuff. I mean Lock and Load(the character primer) had to be redone when 3.5 came out. I don't know, maybe I'm just rambling...but thoughts or oppinions anyone?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 3707934, member: 48965"] I'm sitting here pondering the numerous, "no one's forcing you to switch, it doesn't affect you unless you let it" comments in many of the threads. I am also pondering my love for the Iron Kingdoms setting...a setting for 3.5. Now I feel sort of in limbo, will Privateer Press go the route of 4.0 and tap into the current market? Will they still release anything they might have had planned for 3.5 between now and May? Will PP decide to go with their own system and stop depending on WotC to determine when they have to update their campaign setting? So yeah, it does kind of affect me...even if I'm not playing in WotC's playground. I'm just feeling, at this moment, that this is the drawback of the OGL. Smaller companies can't produce books in the numbers and frequency that WotC can, so while D&D 3.5 might be bloated and creaking under it's own weight...alot of 3rd party publishers are nowhere near that amount of material for their campaign settings. Now the question is do they go with 4th and try to tap into the new market that D&D is creating or stay with 3.5. I for one won't like getting a new edition and "new" revamp of the same stuff over and over again, without the time given for smaller publishers to get more new stuff. I mean Lock and Load(the character primer) had to be redone when 3.5 came out. I don't know, maybe I'm just rambling...but thoughts or oppinions anyone? [/QUOTE]
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