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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Buttercup" data-source="post: 1018140" data-attributes="member: 990">I will agree with the posters on that thread about one thing.  The title of the thread, "why 3.5?" has nothing to do with what he actually said.  However, what he did say seems correct to me, as the answer to the question "what does WotC get out of OGL?"The d20 system and the OGL really have led to a renaissance in gaming.  How many of the members of ENWorld, for example, came back to the hobby because of 3E?  And how many of them started playing D&D for the first time because of it? Lots in both cases.  If you accept the idea that ENWorld is a microcosm of the whole set of currently active gamers in the world, then it's clear what WotC got out of OGL. What they hope to get out of 3.5 is pretty clear too.  More money.  I think it remains to be seen if their gamble will pay off.  I'm sure that in the short term it will be a financial shot in the arm, but if they start churning out revisions (or new editions) every 3 years, I think they may well shoot themselves in the foot.  But the D20 publishers will hurt even worse.  No way would I continue to spend thousands of dollars on material each year if the mechanics kept changing.  The beauty of D20 is that you can get a whole candy store's worth of stuff that uses the same rule set.  If some of it is 3E, some 3.5, some 4E, some 4.5 and so forth, then it will change the buying habits of many customers, I'd bet.  I know that I've already changed my long-term purchasing plans based on my suspicion that 4E will be out by 2006.  (If you're wondering, that will be when I stop purchasing.  I'll just run with whatever I've accumulated by that point, which will be more than enough to support a lifetime of gaming.)</blockquote>

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