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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kerrick" data-source="post: 4706626" data-attributes="member: 4722">IIRC, they stated that a large part of their decision rested with the fact that WotC was dragging their feet producing the first iteration of the GSL. They are, as you stated, a company with a lot of employees, and they needed to produce something to make money. So Jason popped up with his collection of house rules, pitched it as an alternative to 3.5, and the other folks said "Great idea!" I'm sure they saw that a lot of people were dissatisfied with the new edition, and they felt that a revision of 3.5 would help garner them those customers - hence their decision to stay close to the existing rules. It was an excellent business decision, and it'll keep them going for the foreseeable future.Exactly! Folks like you and me, Raven, Ryan whatshisname (the E6 guy), and the folks who do Microlite d20, we're all doing this for fun, not for profit. Publishing's a pain - I know, because I've had two books published. It's much easier simply to write the stuff and put it online as netbooks or on a site, slap an OGL on it, and say "Here it is, go to town!" The only downside is getting recognition - we have to spam forums and get the word out, and if we're lucky, it'll catch on.</blockquote>