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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 4036785" data-attributes="member: 553"><p>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:</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">1) have their own idea of what should be in such a document</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">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. </p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Brennen, post: 4036785, 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: [INDENT]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. [/INDENT] 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. [/QUOTE]
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