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<blockquote data-quote="Odhanan" data-source="post: 3478905" data-attributes="member: 12324">Couldn't have said it better myself. Plus, I love the craft of D&amp;D. I love the relationship there is between designer and user, the craftsman building a tool (a product) for yet another craftsman (the guys using the game around the game table, DM and players). There's something creatively stimulating about it. Crafts need dedicated creators who work out of love for their craft and earn enough to make a living. This is at the opposite of the corporation where individual responsabilities for decision-making become quasi non-existent and the craftsman becomes just one of the mindless wheels of the &quot;system&quot; for lack of a better word.I support craftsmen who love the game. The OGL allows these craftsmen to create d20 works I'll enjoy and use to bring forth my own works, my own take on the craft. Ergo, I'll continue to support the OGL.I don't want to support a mindless system packaging RPG products like Mars bars anymore. That ended a few days ago with emotional disgust. Now I'm not that emotional about it. I understood at last why I was angry. That's not the usual rant. Taking this for the 'usual ranting of a geek' would be grossly underestimating my reaction, and those of a lot of fans around us, I think.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Odhanan, post: 3478905, member: 12324"] Couldn't have said it better myself. Plus, I love the craft of D&D. I love the relationship there is between designer and user, the craftsman building a tool (a product) for yet another craftsman (the guys using the game around the game table, DM and players). There's something creatively stimulating about it. Crafts need dedicated creators who work out of love for their craft and earn enough to make a living. This is at the opposite of the corporation where individual responsabilities for decision-making become quasi non-existent and the craftsman becomes just one of the mindless wheels of the "system" for lack of a better word. I support craftsmen who love the game. The OGL allows these craftsmen to create d20 works I'll enjoy and use to bring forth my own works, my own take on the craft. Ergo, I'll continue to support the OGL. I don't want to support a mindless system packaging RPG products like Mars bars anymore. That ended a few days ago with emotional disgust. Now I'm not that emotional about it. I understood at last why I was angry. That's not the usual rant. Taking this for the 'usual ranting of a geek' would be grossly underestimating my reaction, and those of a lot of fans around us, I think. [/QUOTE]

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