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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6307385" data-attributes="member: 78752">That is how every commercial RPG outside the d20 continuum other than 13th Age functions.  Those games generally have no fan-made retail product affiliated with them.  Certainly, if they do, no one suggests it is in any way reflective of the quality of the official game.Your assertion was that nothing could stop IP squatters.  Regardless of the efficiency of the methods involved, that statement is not true.Are you speaking from the perspective of a content producer or of a consumer?  Because those are two very different positions and I am having trouble following you as a result.  Consumers always have the right to vote with their wallets.  Content producers do not always have the right to sell elements from someone else's IP because of some community mandate.You're moving the goalposts.  If Wizards opens a curated store, how is that not establishing themselves as the arbiters of quality in D&D supplement design?</blockquote>