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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 4036785" data-attributes="member: 553">Even in kinder terms, I think the idea of a 3rd party publisher 'consortium' doing a stable 3.75 core set of rules is a pipe dream for the reasons you describe. Every designer/publisher will:1) have their own idea of what should be in such a document 2) will more often than not end up creating a setting or new OGL game which would deviate significantly from the 'new' core rules anyway, just as we've seen with 3.x. Both of these factors would lead to a continued fragmenting of an already splinter group of publishers for a system which would have a steadily declining customer base. Danny Devito's buggy whip analogy from Other People's Money comes to mind.Some publishers/designers/writers are happy to create great support content for their favorite system, and some want to produce their own system and support material. The d20 OGL helped create a unique niche between the two, which WotC no longer wants to encourage.</blockquote>