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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plageman" data-source="post: 6303518" data-attributes="member: 46020">I guess that -if- we get a 5E OGL we won't get as much crap as we got in the early 2000.I mean back then the PDF publishing was in its infancy and thus we saw a lot of crappy -printed- products on the store shelves creating a shelf space issue for the store. Nowadays most of the least interesting products starts and die as completely electronic products.Also I think that publishers have learned their lesson and we'll not have successful RPG lines forced into the 5E system.No the real risk is to have a situation where a small publisher will  have to choose to support either Pathfinder or 5E due to development time constraints. Even for bigger edition houses like Kobold Press they are so much into Pathfinder now that supporting a new edition of the game will be complicated. Obviously they have big backlog catalogue that they won't be able to sell to 5E enthusiasts plus they'll have to double the workload to offer the same products to two distinct crowds without being sure of doubling the income.</blockquote>