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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imban" data-source="post: 4141979" data-attributes="member: 29206">I don't care all that much if it's fully open. It... would bug me, but I think the only company that I've really liked the third-party work of that couldn't pay for a reasonably-priced license would be Dreamscarred Press, with their PDF psionics supplements, some of which (Untapped Potential and Mind Divine, I'm looking at you) are among the best splatbooks I have for 3.5e D&D. Most all other PDF stuff is not really superior to the stuff on the WotC boards - better organized and possibly a little better-edited, but the WotC board stuff is free and typically of about the same quality and quantity, and I can go ask the writer himself if he was drunk or just stoned when he wrote this rule this way and probably get a good answer very quickly.I would be very disappointed and probably be much less satisfied with my choice to purchase 4e if only WotC could produce content for it that's more than occasional forum threads - no more 160-page splatbooks or the equivalent on anything except what WotC thinks will sell to the D&D Audience at Large. However, I can't say with honesty that the announcement would cause me to not buy 4e. It would drastically cut the amount of fun I have with the game, but it wouldn't impact that decision.For the record, the other RPGs I play on a semi-regular basis are Mutants & Masterminds 2nd Edition, which is open-licensed (I believe), though as I've never seen the need for any products for it past the corebook, Mastermind's Manual, and Ultimate Power, the open license hasn't really done me any good, and Exalted, which is completely closed and, due to its nature as a game system focused on a single proprietary setting, I respect that decision and don't feel that an open license or licensed products would provide any value.I was always a fan of netbooks and fan publications back when AD&D 2nd Edition was the game of the day, so I can honestly say I've always been a fan and supporter of third-party support for Dungeons and Dragons, and likely I always will be.</blockquote>

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