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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Berandor" data-source="post: 1113373" data-attributes="member: 225">I just sent the following letter to WotC:Now, I perhaps AV or the BoEF was responsible for this; but I don't think singling him out now is right. Scantily-clad figures and excessive violence have long been a staple for Fantasy depictions and games. As has been said, even Third Edition already has its share of sexual or extremely violent content (and, in the case of the nipple clamps of exquisite pain even both <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />).So Valar has conducted itself like an ass. So you don't like the product. Then don't give them money by buying it. That's all it takes. Just like you buy D&D product and not (for example) GURPS, because you don't like it.Yes, AV has stretched the mark. Perhaps he intended to coerce WoTC into something like this. Perhaps he is already mentallly counting dollar bills. Or, he could just be someone who liked the game system, thought that most product's approach was not aimed at the right demography, and chose to try himself at publishing a d20 book about sex. At the same time as another company decides to publish a d20 book about maiming - perhaps "Torn Asunder" is the reason for these changes?Perhaps WotC has barely tolerated Mongoose and grown more and more restless, until now?In don't know.All I can say is that wizard's reaction shows a perspective on free enterprise that seems to shared by many of today's "global players", namely an utter disregard for its competitors as well as for its consumers, the latter being reduced to automatons trained to buy whatever product sports their trademark. The new license, if applied (now or in the future) can harm more than just AV, might even force small publishers out of business - and not because of inferior product.As an author myself, I want to write about what I want to write about. If the public doesn't like what I write, fine. But if someone wants to dictate me what to write, I get pricky.</blockquote>

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