If an OGC Wiki existed . . .

[philreed]

Your line of thinking assumes that every scrap of open text ends up in a repository . . .

Do you feel this wouldn't be the viewpoint of most gamers once they know such a Wiki exists? I think this is exactly what they would think and a handful of them would take it as their mission to try to make it happen.

 

[mearls]

Do you feel this wouldn't be the viewpoint of most gamers once they know such a Wiki exists? I think this is exactly what they would think and a handful of them would take it as their mission to try to make it happen.

To be blunt, I find that view a little paranoid. I'm sure there'd be sturm und drang about making it happen, but when it comes time to actually do all that work, I doubt much would get done.

If such a theoretical group existed, I think they would've built the wiki and started doing that by now. What's to stop them?

 

[philreed]

To be blunt, I find that view a little paranoid.

It's very possible I spent too many years at SJGames.

If such a theoretical group existed, I think they would've built the wiki and started doing that by now. What's to stop them?

I think all that is stopping them is someone to lead the charge. Someone skilled and respected that could get the ball rolling. Someone to inspire them.

 

[Ace]

I think an OGL WIKI might reduce my buying a bit. I don't buy many now mind, maybe $20 a year in purchases plus whatever I review

As an aside 3 of the last 4 PDF's I bought (not reviewed) were Ronin Arts high crunch -- I hate to discourage an OGL Wiki but I am not sure I would have bought them if I could get the few parts I need on a Wiki --

with many products I only want a few rules parts a Wiki would let me get them legally (this is important I don't mess with PTP) without then need for parts I don't want

I use and purchase essentially no D20 fluff so any flavor text is wasted space to me


With a WIKI I could get say rules stuff from Conan (if it were OGL) to graft into my game and to reverse an old saying goes why buy the cow when the milk is free

That being said my book buying wouldn't be effected and niether would my reviewing

 

[jaerdaph]

Yes it would. I didn't buy any of the 3.5 core books for the longest time because, well, I could get them free from WotC's SRD page. I didn't see a need to replace my 3.0 books which weren't that old. I only just recently bought the 3.5 Monster Manual, and only then because it was for a significant markdown from the listed retail price.

Even though a lot of d20 Modern stuff is in the MSRD, however, I own those books.

 

[Ace]

Right, and there's a legal source out there right now - the PDF that contains that data.

Your line of thinking assumes that every scrap of open text ends up in a repository, or that customers see no value in nice layout and art. I don't think either is the case. The time and effort needed to simply maintain and build a repository make any efforts to add art and nice layout to it a waste.

IMO some products would be more effected than others -- High rules, Low Art/Fluff products would take a beating especially from rules oriented guys like me. More Art or Fluff oriented products (i.e ones that are harder to produce) would not be effected as much

It might hurt the OGL'ing of stuff like 17 hats, or the like OTOH The Kyngdoms might not be impacted much

A canny publisher might react to the WIKI buy using it as a promotional tool -- make say 5 of your 22 magic snoods OGL and directly WIKI them -- than mention that there are more available in the new book 22 Magic Snoods in your promo material thus allowing the Wiki to function as a preview source

Publishers who wanted to use some of the snoods that are not OGL could ask and be granted permission as appropriate

 

[Nifft]

I'd upload some of my work. It would be handy to have that stuff all backed up somewhere besides threads here and my laptop.

-- N

 

[Yair]

I'd upload some of my work. It would be handy to have that stuff all backed up somewhere besides threads here and my laptop.

-- N

See when I read that I thought of your niffty Book of Vile Darkness work, and then that it wouldn't be OGC anyways.

 

[mythusmage]

What in 'value added' does the product provide?

 

[Nifft]

See when I read that I thought of your niffty Book of Vile Darkness work, and then that it wouldn't be OGC anyways.

My work is original, even if the class names aren't. I could rename the classes, change whatever mechanics I stole from BoVD (very few), and post them as OGC.

-- N