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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orcus" data-source="post: 3982749" data-attributes="member: 1254">They understand. They know the value of the 3E publishers. I've had long conversations with Scott Rouse about this exact point. I think Wizards is an awesome company and the people there are cool. But on the internet, the big guy always gets a bit of a Microsoft label (and, right or wrong, WotC inherited some of the baggage and bad will of TSR policies). WotC has seen and they know that as the "big guy" they wont have the street cred of some of the third party guys, particularly Necro and Paizo and GR and Goodman (by the way, I am geeked that Joe is going 4E, go Joe!). Its just the price of being the big guy on the block. They know that people who would ordinarily not pick up 4E will consider it because a publisher they trust is going to support it. As I've said before, I cant tell you how many people have emailed me to tell me that Wizard's Amulet was their first 3E game and until they stumbled on it and found it for free they had no plans on going 3E. Bottom line: they know that companies like Necro can convince people who might not look at 4E to take a peek. Heck, just read this thread. The proof is in the pudding as they say. Clearly WotC made the right choice to work with the publishers. And I commend them for understanding that. Because that says the understand the market. That means good things for D&D long term, in my view. So big props to WotC from me.</blockquote>