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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8880572" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>< please imagine me opening my eyes real wide and looking kinda vacant whilst I say this lol ></p><p></p><p>But Reynard, there's no edition change, WotC has said so!</p><p></p><p>1D&D is merely some changes to D&D that are entirely compatible with current D&D! Again WotC has said so!</p><p></p><p>< back to normal ></p><p></p><p>More seriously though, I don't think that's a good analogy you're making, because we really are talking about something that's genuinely largely compatible. It's very hard to see what could possibly be in the 1D&D SRD that would be actually necessary to something like Flee Mortals. What, are they going to change monster stat blocks? I mean, they might change the math, but you don't need the SRD for the math. If they changed saving throws or how attacks worked or what AC was maybe things would get complicated but 1D&D seeks to avoid all that.</p><p></p><p>And the problem is even with opt-in deauthorization, it's a hell of a decision, to essentially put yourself at the whims/mercy of WotC (with that "We can change anything about this with 30 days notice" deal). Especially as some big boys will probably get sweeter deals than that.</p><p></p><p>Were we talking about a 3E-4E type edition change, well, it might be more convincing, but that didn't work out so great with the GSL lol.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8880572, member: 18"] < please imagine me opening my eyes real wide and looking kinda vacant whilst I say this lol > But Reynard, there's no edition change, WotC has said so! 1D&D is merely some changes to D&D that are entirely compatible with current D&D! Again WotC has said so! < back to normal > More seriously though, I don't think that's a good analogy you're making, because we really are talking about something that's genuinely largely compatible. It's very hard to see what could possibly be in the 1D&D SRD that would be actually necessary to something like Flee Mortals. What, are they going to change monster stat blocks? I mean, they might change the math, but you don't need the SRD for the math. If they changed saving throws or how attacks worked or what AC was maybe things would get complicated but 1D&D seeks to avoid all that. And the problem is even with opt-in deauthorization, it's a hell of a decision, to essentially put yourself at the whims/mercy of WotC (with that "We can change anything about this with 30 days notice" deal). Especially as some big boys will probably get sweeter deals than that. Were we talking about a 3E-4E type edition change, well, it might be more convincing, but that didn't work out so great with the GSL lol. [/QUOTE]
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