WotC Rumor: OGL will not be supported starting with One D&D

[darjr]

What? It’s entirely unexpected! Even the tone of the video expresses that.

 

[Morrus]

At worst, 3PPs might miss out on access to official D&D branding, IP access, maybe eventually VTT integration or something

We don’t have that now. Makes no difference whatsoever. There’s nothing left they can take away from OGL publishers!

 

[beancounter]

It's just a rumor, and people often make speculative videos to catch eyeballs/clicks.

Take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Grantypants]

I strongly doubt it. They'd only do something like that if they thought it would be more profitable than the status quo, and I just don't see where they think this would benefit them. The OGL legal language is pretty ironclad. They're not going to be able to get out of that. Unless OneD&D is way more distinct from 5e, people will be easily able to write stuff under the current OGL that can be used for OneD&D. The DMs Guild is basically just free money for WotC. All they really have to do is sit back and collects their cut. I guess they could be trying to push more people into publishing their stuff through DMs Guild as opposed to freely under the OGL, but I don't see the reward there as being worth the hit to goodwill they would take from fighting OGL creators.

 

[Zardnaar]

Meh don't care. Might grognard out the next edition anyway due to rl stuff.

 

[Morrus]

I strongly doubt it. They'd only do something like that if they thought it would be more profitable than the status quo, and I just don't see where they think this would benefit them. The OGL legal language is pretty ironclad. They're not going to be able to get out of that. Unless OneD&D is way more distinct from 5e, people will be easily able to write stuff under the current OGL that can be used for OneD&D. The DMs Guild is basically just free money for WotC. All they really have to do is sit back and collects their cut. I guess they could be trying to push more people into publishing their stuff through DMs Guild as opposed to freely under the OGL, but I don't see the reward there as being worth the hit to goodwill they would take from fighting OGL creators.

The problem with DMs Guild — and I speak from experience of publishing through several edition changes — is that pre-OneD&D material sales will drop off a cliff. Even if they are technically still compatible (as in 3E-3.5) people won’t buy it if it wasn’t made specifically for the current edition. Been there, done that!

 

[MichaelSomething]

With how many people that won't touch non WOTC stuff with a ten foot pole, why should we be surprised?

 

[DarkCrisis]

Best adventure I ran for 5E was third party.

 

[Zardnaar]

Best adventure I ran for 5E was third party.

Kobold Press is the new Paizo.

 

[Morrus]

Best adventure I ran for 5E was third party.

Me too. By a looong way. Then again, I published it.