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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6206431" data-attributes="member: 22779">Morrus answered this for me.&nbsp; The point of OGL material was to keep people playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; Which was great for WOTC.&nbsp; But, as Morrus says, Pathfinder is a complete game.&nbsp; Pathfinder doesn't sell 3.5 PHB's.&nbsp; It does not drive anyone to play 3.5 D&amp;D.&nbsp; Which is what each and every OGL product was meant to do.&nbsp; Even though WOTC might not be supporting 3.5 D&amp;D, what difference does that make?&nbsp; The point is, the OGL failed to do what it was supposed to do - namely sell 3.5 PHB's.&nbsp; Does anyone actually think that the purpose of the OGL was to force WOTC to print a single version of D&amp;D in perpetuity, never changing or altering the game?&nbsp; Even if 4e had been as open as 3e, do you really think it would be a great deal more popular than it is now?&nbsp; Considering most people are turned off of 4e because of the game itself, not because of the OGL (that might be another nail in the coffin, but hardly the first one that people point to), do you really think an OGL style license would have saved 4e?Does anyone think that the OGL really has that much power?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6206431, member: 22779"] Morrus answered this for me. The point of OGL material was to keep people playing D&D. Which was great for WOTC. But, as Morrus says, Pathfinder is a complete game. Pathfinder doesn't sell 3.5 PHB's. It does not drive anyone to play 3.5 D&D. Which is what each and every OGL product was meant to do. Even though WOTC might not be supporting 3.5 D&D, what difference does that make? The point is, the OGL failed to do what it was supposed to do - namely sell 3.5 PHB's. Does anyone actually think that the purpose of the OGL was to force WOTC to print a single version of D&D in perpetuity, never changing or altering the game? Even if 4e had been as open as 3e, do you really think it would be a great deal more popular than it is now? Considering most people are turned off of 4e because of the game itself, not because of the OGL (that might be another nail in the coffin, but hardly the first one that people point to), do you really think an OGL style license would have saved 4e? Does anyone think that the OGL really has that much power? [/QUOTE]

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