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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 277530" data-attributes="member: 363">It's very frustrating. As much as people complain about d20 trying to take over the RPG world, it's also evident that some game companies are equally dictatorial. Chaosium's grudging acceptance of d20 versions of DLoM and even CoC is indicative of this. Basically, it seems, the attitude is: "we're gonna get and keep the licenses to these settings, and you have to play our way or no way." It would be one thing if these were settings created by Chaosium, but they're based on the writings of two of the most popular fantasy/scifi/horror writers ever. There are countless d20 fans - or even fans that use other systems, like GURPS - that would love to see versions of these settings for their favorite system. Chaosium would make money off of such projects; it's not like I'm saying give the license over to anyone else. Just work it out so that real support material can be made for the initial rulebook - but most importantly, make sure that the initial sourcebook is top-notch (like CoC).Some would say: "well, they let d20 versions of these settings be made!" Sure, but they have only gotten behind them, as I said, half-heartedly and begrudgingly. CoC had Monte and WotC backing it up, so it came out great. But will Chaosium really throw any real support behind it now? We saw how limp their offerings were for DLoM. Why haven't we seen any other books for d20 CoC yet? The book was delayed in release, from the news we got, for, what, a year? Why no modules concurrent with the release, or at least within the first few months after release? Why no books of Cthulhu magic? Why no support material whatsoever? EDIT: Remember - Chaosium reserved the right to do any other CoC books for itself, so WotC - or anyone else - cannot.That's what I mean by half-hearted.DLoM got a bad rap almost immediately, which helped ruin its potential. CoC has yet to be truly supported. To put it another way (cleaned up a bit) - poop or get off the pot.</blockquote>

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