D&D 4E Reported post: A couple of things that suck about the 4e SRD/OGL(3981150)

[EricNoah]

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liked most of the announcement about the SRD/OGL, there were some things that were understandable, like the early access fee and phased release schedule, but there were others I really don't like.

1) All OGL products will require the PHB. Third party publishers have proven they can create good and successful d20-based games that don't really need WotC books. Locking them into requiring the PHB is the worst possible way they could acknowledge that. What this means for those games is an unavoidable fork in the road.

2) No third party support for the digital initiative, this would maim games that use 3rd party material. To me this is a defining factor in the success of the Digital Initiative, in this era, being able to customize a product for ones' tastes is *mandatory* (WoW's scriptability, myspace customization, internet mashups, etc).

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