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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7679264" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>Hrm...</p><p></p><p>How much WotC does might vary. I can see them spending less time on Tyranny of Dragons than the Rage of Demons adventures. </p><p>And they offer feedback and constant advice on their other products (board games, minis, and video games). Heck, WotC staff did the bulk of the design and rule creation on the Temple of Elemental Evil board game, having planned and written it for a shelved game.</p><p></p><p>It's very much in the fuzzy middle of being outsourced and standard freelancing (especially as any freelancing is effectively freelance outsourcing). </p><p>I can think of two ways it might cross "the line" from standard freelancing into... something else. First is if the company hired to do the work hires someone else without the supervision/approval of WotC. When the people hired have the authority to delegate the work to another party that means WotC is a step removed. The second reason would be if WotC is hiring out the work because they cannot do it themselves. Which is certainly the case for the current miniature products.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, hiring a company rather than an individual could be argued as making it " outsourcing". If Paizo hires Owen Stephens to write an adventure it's freelancing. If they hire Rogue Genius Games it's outsourcing. The quality likely doesn't change, and it's just semantics.</p><p></p><p>I only really see this being an issue in terms of credit (who to praise/blame) and whether it is "official". Some people are really funky in terms of only using " official" content, as if the name of the publish carries special powers that influences quality. Rise of Tiamat is just automatically better than Fifth Edition Foes despite the same designer really being the lead in both products.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7679264, member: 37579"] Hrm... How much WotC does might vary. I can see them spending less time on Tyranny of Dragons than the Rage of Demons adventures. And they offer feedback and constant advice on their other products (board games, minis, and video games). Heck, WotC staff did the bulk of the design and rule creation on the Temple of Elemental Evil board game, having planned and written it for a shelved game. It's very much in the fuzzy middle of being outsourced and standard freelancing (especially as any freelancing is effectively freelance outsourcing). I can think of two ways it might cross "the line" from standard freelancing into... something else. First is if the company hired to do the work hires someone else without the supervision/approval of WotC. When the people hired have the authority to delegate the work to another party that means WotC is a step removed. The second reason would be if WotC is hiring out the work because they cannot do it themselves. Which is certainly the case for the current miniature products. Alternatively, hiring a company rather than an individual could be argued as making it " outsourcing". If Paizo hires Owen Stephens to write an adventure it's freelancing. If they hire Rogue Genius Games it's outsourcing. The quality likely doesn't change, and it's just semantics. I only really see this being an issue in terms of credit (who to praise/blame) and whether it is "official". Some people are really funky in terms of only using " official" content, as if the name of the publish carries special powers that influences quality. Rise of Tiamat is just automatically better than Fifth Edition Foes despite the same designer really being the lead in both products. [/QUOTE]
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