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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 8503144" data-attributes="member: 7635">OP's suggestions are great, but to splash some cold water in them, they probably aren't worth* the cost to implement them.First, the back catalog of D&D books is massive. It would take a team of consultants years to go though it all. That would be at best a full time job for a number of people to do. That costs money.Second, Dragon+ is a poor vessel for distribution of material. Barely anything of value beyond puff pieces and ad copy gets put in it, it's mostly gated by a (free) app, and I wager less people read it than post in your typical D&D social media site. Third, getting old authors who no longer work for D&D to issue mea culpas is a longshot. Some might do it for free as a gesture to the community, some might do it as a paid freelance commission (pay your creators, always) and some might not consider it a worthwhile endeavor. Bob Salvatore has books coming out to sell so it makes sense to address the elephants, but what does a creator long removed from some work for hire project gain by doing this. I guarantee few people today under the age of 30 know that Orcs of Thar even exists, let alone Bruce wrote it.All of this would cost money. And since we still live in a capitalist society, we have to weigh it in terms of value gained. Is having a team of people read old material, publish corrections, and then get the old authors to compose reflections on that going to improve sales? Does it help sell copies of the next D&D book, or even sell copies of Orcs of Thar? Is the cost even equal to the sales it gets on DMs Guild? Is the cost of ignoring it or slapping a boilerplate warning less than this endeavor? Will not doing it hurt sales of the next D&D book? Is it just better to remove the back catalog again?It's a nice, noble gesture the op is describing, but unless it makes WotC money or at the very least stops wotc from losing a significant amount money, it's not happening.* Of course, it may have value to those who were offended or demeaned by it, but unless that translates into greater sales, good will only goes so far.</blockquote>

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