Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1: Spelljammer Creatures
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If I was a creator & calling it quits with WotC, I'd go thru everything I've published for D&D, swap out the mechanics / IP references, and re-release my works for whatever new system(s) caught my eye. Not a fast task by any stretch, but better to change system with a updated version than to completely abandon the non-OGL / D&D-specific parts of previous efforts.
Eberroff: Recovering from the Most Recent Special Military Operation, coming soon to a Pathfinder / Nexus site near you!
*hem*pathfinder*cough*
Hot take - This was to shift all the angst from ONED&D. With all the talk over OGL, OneD can fly in under the radar.
Or it's a blatant attempt at fan-baiting. Which I don't think is true but it wouldn't surprise me given that the "ApOlOgY" from today included THREE MENTIONS of how they just wanted to protect Hasbro/WOTC from racists.
It doesn't seem like a stretch to assume that if this OGL issue turns into 4th Ed (take 2), that the same thing we did during 4th would happen again, adding in a switch from DDB to Nexus, following Prophet Bradford to the Promised Land of Digital TTRPGs. <cue dramatic music & special effects>
Personally, I think that the way that WotC is handling this is VERY detrimental to the TTRPG community. I have already spoken to my players (seven in total who are all D&DB users) about whether we should ALL cancel our subscriptions. Our decision will be voted upon during our next gaming session in two weeks. We are all watching very closely to see if WotC does the right thing...but somehow, I doubt it.
I'm headed to Pazio with the new ORC license. That PR statement was really condescending and just felt like failed damage control. They should have just went with "We messed up big time, we're sorry. The only thing changing is we're making sure we can't change the OGL in the future." It would have gone over a lot better.
Hey, worked out well then. Why not now?
If you went to a therapist and showed them this responce they would say you need to cut the narcissist out of your life because there trying to gaslight you with obvious lies
I hate to tell WOTC but a post that has as its primary purpose to cover the ass of some idiot senior executives is not going to fly. This response is tepid at best. It includes several obvious lies the worst of which was "we never dreamed of stealing your stuff" when the language clearly indicated that was its exact purpose. They don't address the mutability of the license at all nor several other major concerns. This was half assed at best and completely inadequate. Short of shit canning a few senior executives I don't see WOTC ever regaining the good will of the community.
https://youtu.be/HUGDKC79maA
Pretty much sums ups my thoughts on this...
And yeah, so girthy
Shit… with the popularity of D&D these days, they had Elven Accuracy extra advantage and still rolled a nat 1.
PbP 🎲: Tyekanik; Moneo Noree; Korba Muris; & occasional DM:
if you want to make your cancellations mean anything, you will do it now while the execs are looking at the subscription rates. in two weeks they will have made their decisions.
"we ALWAYS intended this discussion" - pure gaslighting
"we are putting out a new OGL to prevent racists and NFTs" - pure gaslighting - if THAT was the reason, why was there ANY royalty language???
we dont know what the final OGL will be, but we DO know they ARE gaslighting.
I’ll still play dnd it’s just this whole controversy has gone on and I feel like although dnd will survive it will not fully recover from it’s injures
Ah, the weekend. Time to read up on other systems. Spent almost as money on them last night as I spent on DnD this year (meaning within the last 12 months). Before the leak that was meant to be spent here.
This is already over, they are too Mammon deranged to realized they've destroyed themselves.
Right? Are they hoping we didn't hear about the content creators that were sent that OGL with a contract to sign and an implied ultimatum? that's not seeking feed back.
May be backing off, but I doubt it. That announcement was late, and ingenuine. There is so much revisionist history, and blatant falsehood in there.
I also note that for someone claiming to be open and looking for feedback, they didnt allow comments on that thread.
Nor should they - there are forums where folks can demonstrate their lack of reading comprehension, and, with the exception of a few posts actively promoting racism or saying nothing but swear words, the clear direction from Beyond to the moderator staff has been to let folks provide as much feedback - constructive or not - as they would wish.
You don’t let people rant on your PR post - especially when it is clear so many people are going to read “hey, sorry about that, tossing our lawyers under the bus for their negotiation tactics. By the way, we are going to give you what you want on your points of contention (licensing back, royalties, narrowing the scope just to written text, preserving existing 1.0 rights)” and still angrily rant about the exact things you already are committing to fix. That’s just basic common sense - when there’s plenty of other places folks can be open, you don’t need to also let those who will never be satisfied rant on official statements as well.