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<blockquote data-quote="bowbe" data-source="post: 3694769" data-attributes="member: 6328"><p>Piggy backing on what Der Kluge mentioned about 3rd party developers/and WOTC ties. </p><p></p><p>Chris Pramas: of Green Ronin formerly of WOTC, Monte Cook: Formerly of WOTC. These are easy home run balls. Everyone knows this. </p><p></p><p>How about this?</p><p></p><p>Anthony Pryor: Formerly of TSR, Formerly of Sword&Sorcery Scarred Lands, now Freelancing for WOTC</p><p></p><p>Joe Carriker: Formerly of Sword&Sorcery Scarred Lands, now Freelancig for WOTC</p><p></p><p>Ari Marmell (Mousferatu) Most of you know him from the boards. He's written for nearly everyone including WOTC. </p><p></p><p>Fan Favorite Mike Mearls, Formerly of Fiery Dragon, Formerly of Malhavoc (Iron Heroes) now D&D WOTC R&D. </p><p></p><p>This is a SHORT list of folks who started in the 3rd party genre and are now writing hardbacks for WOTC as freelancers or otherwise! Obviously if WOTC thinks the 3rd party guys are good enough to write canon for them, then WOTC must feel that their "3rd party stuff" must not have sucked too bad. </p><p></p><p>A thing to note: Writing for WOTC is an awesome opportunity and pays pretty well compared to 3rd party enterprises but it has two sides to it. Pay is good. Keep your IP? Not a chance. WOTC "buys that" with the larger than 3rd party paycheck. Hence a lot of guys who were in the "formerly with WOTC" category had started their enterprises while still working for WOTC. Obviously they had ideas/creations/characters/settings that they wanted to keep. </p><p></p><p>WOTC offers authors the advantage of "getting name recognition'. Just as surely as nobody knows who the hell I am, most EN-world posters know who at least a few of the above freelancers or "new" staff writers and developers for WOTC are. That is AWESOME! Name recognition can pay dividends later on.</p><p></p><p>At the same time, if your a creative person, you have to weigh it out "what is worth the money vs. what is worth the IP?" To some, IP is worth its weight in dead trees. That "fair use of a character you invented" could come in handy if you say... created the persona of Mordenkainen or Robilar would it not?</p><p></p><p>Just something to chew on.</p><p></p><p>Case</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bowbe, post: 3694769, member: 6328"] Piggy backing on what Der Kluge mentioned about 3rd party developers/and WOTC ties. Chris Pramas: of Green Ronin formerly of WOTC, Monte Cook: Formerly of WOTC. These are easy home run balls. Everyone knows this. How about this? Anthony Pryor: Formerly of TSR, Formerly of Sword&Sorcery Scarred Lands, now Freelancing for WOTC Joe Carriker: Formerly of Sword&Sorcery Scarred Lands, now Freelancig for WOTC Ari Marmell (Mousferatu) Most of you know him from the boards. He's written for nearly everyone including WOTC. Fan Favorite Mike Mearls, Formerly of Fiery Dragon, Formerly of Malhavoc (Iron Heroes) now D&D WOTC R&D. This is a SHORT list of folks who started in the 3rd party genre and are now writing hardbacks for WOTC as freelancers or otherwise! Obviously if WOTC thinks the 3rd party guys are good enough to write canon for them, then WOTC must feel that their "3rd party stuff" must not have sucked too bad. A thing to note: Writing for WOTC is an awesome opportunity and pays pretty well compared to 3rd party enterprises but it has two sides to it. Pay is good. Keep your IP? Not a chance. WOTC "buys that" with the larger than 3rd party paycheck. Hence a lot of guys who were in the "formerly with WOTC" category had started their enterprises while still working for WOTC. Obviously they had ideas/creations/characters/settings that they wanted to keep. WOTC offers authors the advantage of "getting name recognition'. Just as surely as nobody knows who the hell I am, most EN-world posters know who at least a few of the above freelancers or "new" staff writers and developers for WOTC are. That is AWESOME! Name recognition can pay dividends later on. At the same time, if your a creative person, you have to weigh it out "what is worth the money vs. what is worth the IP?" To some, IP is worth its weight in dead trees. That "fair use of a character you invented" could come in handy if you say... created the persona of Mordenkainen or Robilar would it not? Just something to chew on. Case [/QUOTE]
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