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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 7687441" data-attributes="member: 7006">Actually... what is currently happening might very well be what WotC is relatively happy with.  They aren't releasing 5E material via an SRD into the OGL pool, which means only those people and companies who are experienced designers and knowledgeable of how the OGL works are the ones currently producing 5E compatible content via the 3E SRD.  Thereby increasing the odds of the products being of a certain level of quality, and reducing the overall number of products released that could water everything down.What we HAVEN'T seen is the mass of questionable product that every Tom, Dick and Harry made up and released during 3E trying to make a quick buck... product which probably sometimes salted the soil for less discernible purchasers.  Tom, Dick, and Harry right now could be making and releasing product for 5E, but they aren't for fear of reprisal due to not being fully up on what using the 3E SRD entails.So by WotC's probable way of thinking, they don't need to release a 5E SRD, because the 3E SRD is more than up for the challenge to allow the professionals to make quality product for the system.</blockquote>