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<blockquote data-quote="painted_klown" data-source="post: 6525783" data-attributes="member: 6785485">Intersting discussion here in regards to the OGL license. I do beleive that there was probably a lot of &quot;meh&quot; material released and that it was (more than likely) difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff with so much stuff being available. I am hoping that if/when an OGL is released for 5E, there is some sort of safeguard built in to avoid this happening again. I like to collect, and collecting 5E books will be something that I persue, but if we end up with a boat load of terrible material, I will be hesitant to throw down my money. One poster had an excellent suggestion in regards to 3rd party material, and that is to have an approval process of some sort, prior to allowing publication with the 5E logo. Buy a product that hasn't been &quot;officially approved&quot; and you take your chances. IMO, something like that would allow the market to have the ability to flourish with 3rd party products, while keeping the level of poorly designed products off the shelf. Non-approved garbage won't sell very well, and thus retailers won't have it on their shelves. It reduces confusion for new players, and reduces the chances of buying a product that seasoned players won't enjoy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="painted_klown, post: 6525783, member: 6785485"] Intersting discussion here in regards to the OGL license. I do beleive that there was probably a lot of "meh" material released and that it was (more than likely) difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff with so much stuff being available. I am hoping that if/when an OGL is released for 5E, there is some sort of safeguard built in to avoid this happening again. I like to collect, and collecting 5E books will be something that I persue, but if we end up with a boat load of terrible material, I will be hesitant to throw down my money. One poster had an excellent suggestion in regards to 3rd party material, and that is to have an approval process of some sort, prior to allowing publication with the 5E logo. Buy a product that hasn't been "officially approved" and you take your chances. IMO, something like that would allow the market to have the ability to flourish with 3rd party products, while keeping the level of poorly designed products off the shelf. Non-approved garbage won't sell very well, and thus retailers won't have it on their shelves. It reduces confusion for new players, and reduces the chances of buying a product that seasoned players won't enjoy. [/QUOTE]

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