Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 5763092" data-attributes="member: 17106">An interesting question. Ignoring the 'somehow', I think this might actually do more to kill the hobby than the shelving of the D&D brand.The disillusioned crowd who needs to constantly buy rpg products and flocked to PF after 3.5's demise would be screwed. I doubt any significant number of them would move to 4e or the other available gaming systems, and I doubt any new game produced in the current environment would satisfy them. Most would probably play with what they have and produce whatever fan-generated material they could get away with. Anti-WotC rage would increase to previously unimagined levels.4e would not really benefit; if anything the loss of synergy with PF adventures and social networking might hurt the brand.The 3.5 secondhand book market would become even more robust then it already is, and the people that still play some non-PF 3.X game would continue to do so, albeit without the convenience of the SRD. Beyond that, blatant copyright infringement would increase to new levels. Full text of all the books would be all over the internet, and WotC would never be able to hire enough lawyers to kill the bootlegging.In short, roleplaying would go post-apocalyptic.</blockquote>