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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheFindus" data-source="post: 5453592" data-attributes="member: 75791">I think that WotC does NOT want people to be able to choose between two kinds of DnD - Pathfinder and 4E, no.For me personally, you can choose whatever you like. I am not even sure if I would like you to prefer 4E the way I do, be through with 3.x the way I am or resent the OGL as a business decision. Because that would mean that we would not be having this conversation, but be like: "Yeah, isn't 4E wonderful? Yes, it is. Wasn't the OGL a bad idea for WotC? Oh yes, it was. Now, what can we talk about next?" Boooring.It was a bad business decision because they gave away their IP. Even worse because they gave the brand itself to Paizo as well. For a new edition, which would eventually come out, that would obviously be a problem. Legally, they could have easily provided other companies with the very easy chance to produce stuff without giving away their IP. Trust me, it is really that simple.I did not write that to accuse you. My apologies if it came across that way. But "game" does not equal "rules". There are many reasons to play the "game" that have nothing to do with the "rules".But "game" has much more to do with "system support". And because Paizo is able to keep the Pathfinder-DnD system supported through the OGL, they can be successful. Which is something WotC cannot want.Yes, we can. And looking at the situation in Egypt at the moment, that is a wonderful thing. I am glad, there is no RPG-Mubarak here.<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=":)" /></blockquote>

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