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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8894044" data-attributes="member: 6879661">I think it’s very worthy of Paizo to pay for the legal fees to set up the license but they aren’t actually changing the circumstances for most 3pp. They are saying that PF2 is open, but it always has been. The take up hasn’t been great because 5e has always been so much popular.If 5-6 small publishers each release their own game systems distanced from D&D then I am sorry to say I foresee a divide and conquer issue.  None of those game systems will become big enough to sustain the community and commentary that 5e does and so the streamers, influencers, you-tubers, blogs? Websites will have to stay with 5e to maintain and grow the audiences they need. Those games become as relevant as the myriad of systems out there now that you struggle to get anyone to talk about (my own preferred WFRP included)Essentially the legal risk doesn’t go away unless the game is made different enough to make it incompatible with 5e. As soon as it becomes incompatible it no longer benefits from the gravy train.The ironic thing for me, is that it’s the fan fury that gathers more and more momentum which is pushing 3pp to make statements and push through decisions that could have massive repercussions for their businesses. All without a single public statement from WotC. The mass hysteria from the fandom when nothing has been officially announced gives WotC all the cover they need. They can sit back and watch what their competitors do, then make a new proposal that gathers back in all the commentators, streamers, you tubers, bloggers etc and watch their previous 3pp competitors dwindle into obscurity.If I was a 3pp the smart move would have been to wait and see and be sensible. It may feel like folks are capitalizing on the moment, but that only lasts until the news cycle shifts and something else takes over.</blockquote>

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