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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7677727" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, see, that's the problem.&nbsp; Say we see a dozen or so books of variant mechanics come out.&nbsp; How many of them will be based on faulty mechanical underpinnings?&nbsp; At least one or two.&nbsp; That means that a significant number of groups is going to have their game go wahoonie shaped because of someone's books, which, in turn, makes it harder for those groups to trust other 3pp and everyone loses.&nbsp; By keeping a bit of a stronger hand on the tiller over what sees the light of day, WOTC can hopefully dodge the mountain of dreck that we saw in 3e that resulted in the constant call of &quot;core only&quot; from fans and led to&nbsp; considerable amounts of tribalism between those that refused to touch 3pp with a ten foot pole and those that constantly complained that WOTC was bereft of creativity.&nbsp; Books for D&amp;D affect WOTC, whether WOTC publishes them or not.&nbsp; It's very much in WOTC's interest to make sure that books are not going to make people's games go wahoonie shaped.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7677727, member: 22779"] But, see, that's the problem. Say we see a dozen or so books of variant mechanics come out. How many of them will be based on faulty mechanical underpinnings? At least one or two. That means that a significant number of groups is going to have their game go wahoonie shaped because of someone's books, which, in turn, makes it harder for those groups to trust other 3pp and everyone loses. By keeping a bit of a stronger hand on the tiller over what sees the light of day, WOTC can hopefully dodge the mountain of dreck that we saw in 3e that resulted in the constant call of "core only" from fans and led to considerable amounts of tribalism between those that refused to touch 3pp with a ten foot pole and those that constantly complained that WOTC was bereft of creativity. Books for D&D affect WOTC, whether WOTC publishes them or not. It's very much in WOTC's interest to make sure that books are not going to make people's games go wahoonie shaped. [/QUOTE]

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