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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 6684771" data-attributes="member: 40359">I think you both are probably right. In "OGL vs no license", then with an OGL there is definitely money to be made. And when there is money to be made I think it's a safe assumption that you will get BOTH higher quality products (like those ones you list - thanks for the shout out to Oathbound!) and a lot of junk cranked out for quick money/ambition-outreaching-skill/whatever. As what happened in 3.0, the higher quality products can even help pressure WotC to up their game as well, which benefits everyone.With "OGL vs limited license", you still get the higher quality products, but apart from either costly WotC-reviewing or very high license fees, garbage will be reduced but not eliminated.Either way, a clear license will lead to both better products and more junk.(I'd happily put up with more junk if it meant more great products as well. Personally, my group somewhat prefers 5e over Pathfinder as a system, but we have a greater preference for the niche stuff. Without any 5e niche products, we are sticking with PF. 3pp licensing to cover some of our niche interests would convert us over really quick especially if it is of the range and quality as the products you list. A 5e OGL would have the bonus effect of allowing the pulling the best from 3.x/PF into 5e. I know the plural of anecdote isn't data, but at least this group isn't buying any 5e stuff entirely because of the minimal 3pp support.)</blockquote>

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