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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 4114621" data-attributes="member: 12332">Hrm.&nbsp; I generally predict that people will, over time, eventually be producing OGL-based games that are widely compatible with 4E D&amp;D.&nbsp; Essentially for the same reasons that the OGL was created in the first place ... you can copyright the words but you can't really lock down the rules.&nbsp; A &quot;Daily Power&quot; and a &quot;Once A Day Ability&quot; may be mechanically similar but derived in different means.So Paizo could, essentially, run Pathfinder on 3.75 (Alpha) then move to 3.8 (Beta) and publish 3.99 (Pathfinder proper) then run the books as a loss-leader, offer up reasonably-priced PDFs, and produce something that essentially slots with 4E that runs off an older version of the OGL.&nbsp; As long as people, even they, produce a few step-products along the way that they can incorporate in the OGL document, they should be fine.--fje</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 4114621, member: 12332"] Hrm. I generally predict that people will, over time, eventually be producing OGL-based games that are widely compatible with 4E D&D. Essentially for the same reasons that the OGL was created in the first place ... you can copyright the words but you can't really lock down the rules. A "Daily Power" and a "Once A Day Ability" may be mechanically similar but derived in different means. So Paizo could, essentially, run Pathfinder on 3.75 (Alpha) then move to 3.8 (Beta) and publish 3.99 (Pathfinder proper) then run the books as a loss-leader, offer up reasonably-priced PDFs, and produce something that essentially slots with 4E that runs off an older version of the OGL. As long as people, even they, produce a few step-products along the way that they can incorporate in the OGL document, they should be fine. --fje [/QUOTE]

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