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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 8867192" data-attributes="member: 9053">This is really interesting stuff. The most important thing is that just about everything we are seeing at the moment is pure speculation. I know a few people have already mentioned this but if we shut down comments on that basis, we don't have much to discuss.With that in mind, here's my speculation: WotC is trying to bring together all content under the umbrella of the new VTT and D&D Beyond. They want to bring everyone to use that platform, that seems really obvious. The obvious carrot is integration with that platform.But what does that mean for other platforms? I use Foundry, but haven't used it for 5E yet. I know there's a module to import material from D&D Beyond, and I expect that will no longer be allowed in the 1D&D world. I wonder if WotC will continue the "special license" they have with any VTT company at that point.This all gets back to how compatible 1D&D will be with 5E. If the new game truly is backwards compatible, there's no reason that companies really need to move forward to the new edition at all because their games can just be parallel to it and still use any new content. That's why I'm of the belief that 1D&D will be different enough so as not to make that easy to do. That is 100% speculation on my part, but I think it's likely.But, as Dennis Miller used to say, that's just my opinion and I could be wrong, let's go have pie.</blockquote>