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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The-Magic-Sword" data-source="post: 8257971" data-attributes="member: 6801252">WOTC specifically also has more resources to do that kind of legal vetting as well, Paizo runs a tight ship, all things considered-- you can tell from the way their warehouse team discusses the logistics of their job.I would also say that as a corporate strategy DM's Guild suits WOTC way more than Paizo, specifically WOTC's role in the market with 5e is just to consolidate their hold, by driving third party to their platform and creating community and engagement with 5e, they can create natural incentives not to diversify. We're seeing this play out with youtubers and such who ultimately stand to lose a lot from switching systems too because of their reliance on that 5e 'we don't play other systems' crowd, DMs Guild as a platform for acquiring and engaging with content, that only allows DND in the first place, serves to create an incentive to emphasize that 5e content-- compared to if it was multi-system.I think we'll continue to see a slow build of 2e content both third party and on youtube as the market grows, but the 5e hold is hard to break, in the short term it would either take some major WOTC scandals to make them even more radioactive than recent events have made them such that a big part of the youtube audience looks for an alternative to their products, or a major content creator jumping and taking their fanbase with them.I'll be honest, when I say 'major content creator' it would pretty much have to be Critical Role, if say, Matt's next campaign were in a system like Pathfinder 2e, that would be a goddamn seismic shift in the balance of power. Its hard to imagine  since he's literally partnered with WOTC at this point for published products like Wildmount, but if either WOTC went radioactive or he just really decided he liked the system, it would be possible-- he actually tweeted a heavily signed copy of the CRB the Paizo team gave him and he was a big 1e fan before the stream started. If nothing else, I'm kind of surprised they haven't done a one shot in it like they have for other systems.</blockquote>

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