It will still be there. The product and service isn't changing, just the ownership. They bought it because it makes money and WotC has a good enough track record with making money (literally better than all the rest of Hasbro) to not make any sweeping changes that would negatively affect that.
Maybe I simply read their notice in a cynical way, but it kinda sounds like everything that has been added to this site becomes the sole property of WotC and Hasbro. So the homebrew that you created will still be on the site, it just won't be "your" homebrew anymore. It'll be the property of Hasbro, and they will be free to claim, alter, reprint, and profit from any or all or none of it as they see fit.
Maybe I simply read their notice in a cynical way, but it kinda sounds like everything that has been added to this site becomes the sole property of WotC and Hasbro. So the homebrew that you created will still be on the site, it just won't be "your" homebrew anymore. It'll be the property of Hasbro, and they will be free to claim, alter, reprint, and profit from any or all or none of it as they see fit.
Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. We'll see.
Those terms&conditions haven't changed since DDB was owned by Fandom. Technically any homebrew you ever made in here could be argued that it belongs to Fandom (soon to be WoTC). Though, this has been debated to death on the forums already. In reality there's a much larger/ more practical reason why they need that clause - they'd basically need permission for hosting every individual homebrew on the site if that clause wasn't included in the ToS
Couple of things, 1.) "published" homebrew on DDB does in fact transform the homebrew from "your" homebrew into a community resource, which is why you lose the edit function on that homebrew when you publish. It's always been that way. Sure, you get credit, but you can't actually return to it or tweak it without creating an entirely new project. 2.) The non-published stuff people compile? A lot of that is porting 3rd party press materials into people's games, which DDB endorses users doing, and DDB/WotC have access to that as much as anything else. WotC is certainly not making a grab for that either.
End of the day, if you think your homebrew has a particular intellectual property value you don't want to surrender, or you otherwise want to protect, you shouldn't be disseminating it on a publicly accessible community board in the first place.
Are you all worried your character sheets are going to wind up NPCs in WotC's nerfing of Dark Sun or something too? Maybe stalwart allies of THAC0 the Clown?
Maybe I simply read their notice in a cynical way, but it kinda sounds like everything that has been added to this site becomes the sole property of WotC and Hasbro. So the homebrew that you created will still be on the site, it just won't be "your" homebrew anymore. It'll be the property of Hasbro, and they will be free to claim, alter, reprint, and profit from any or all or none of it as they see fit.
Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. We'll see.
This kind of thing is standard, but probably not in the way that you're thinking.
It doesn't mean they go diving through the 3204608241 subclasses here for content. It means that when they release the Oath of Common Trope paladin, 17 people don't come out of the woodwork claiming that they had this idea first and their homebrew on this site with the same name proves it, so now they're going to sue. It's a defensive measure against stuff like that.
I dont know why any homebrew would change. Maybe Wizards might modify the formatting? they dont have any incentive to mess with homebrew. I mean, what would they get rid of it?
People like the homebrew creation tools, getting rid of them would upset users and they might leave DDB. Taking away hombrew would lose Wizards money.
So... Hi, does anyone know what will happen to aaaaalllllll the homebrew that has been created when ddb switches to WotC?
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Most likely? Absolutely nothing.
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Why would it change?
The FAQ already says it won’t be affected.
It will still be there. The product and service isn't changing, just the ownership. They bought it because it makes money and WotC has a good enough track record with making money (literally better than all the rest of Hasbro) to not make any sweeping changes that would negatively affect that.
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It'll all still be there, but...
Maybe I simply read their notice in a cynical way, but it kinda sounds like everything that has been added to this site becomes the sole property of WotC and Hasbro. So the homebrew that you created will still be on the site, it just won't be "your" homebrew anymore. It'll be the property of Hasbro, and they will be free to claim, alter, reprint, and profit from any or all or none of it as they see fit.
Maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. We'll see.
Anzio Faro. Protector Aasimar light cleric. Lvl 18.
Viktor Gavriil. White dragonborn grave cleric. Lvl 20.
Ikram Sahir ibn-Malik al-Sayyid Ra'ad. Brass dragonborn draconic sorcerer Lvl 9. Fire elemental devil.
Wrangler of cats.
Those terms&conditions haven't changed since DDB was owned by Fandom. Technically any homebrew you ever made in here could be argued that it belongs to Fandom (soon to be WoTC). Though, this has been debated to death on the forums already. In reality there's a much larger/ more practical reason why they need that clause - they'd basically need permission for hosting every individual homebrew on the site if that clause wasn't included in the ToS
I know what you're thinking: "In that flurry of blows, did he use all his ki points, or save one?" Well, are ya feeling lucky, punk?
Couple of things, 1.) "published" homebrew on DDB does in fact transform the homebrew from "your" homebrew into a community resource, which is why you lose the edit function on that homebrew when you publish. It's always been that way. Sure, you get credit, but you can't actually return to it or tweak it without creating an entirely new project. 2.) The non-published stuff people compile? A lot of that is porting 3rd party press materials into people's games, which DDB endorses users doing, and DDB/WotC have access to that as much as anything else. WotC is certainly not making a grab for that either.
End of the day, if you think your homebrew has a particular intellectual property value you don't want to surrender, or you otherwise want to protect, you shouldn't be disseminating it on a publicly accessible community board in the first place.
Are you all worried your character sheets are going to wind up NPCs in WotC's nerfing of Dark Sun or something too? Maybe stalwart allies of THAC0 the Clown?
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This kind of thing is standard, but probably not in the way that you're thinking.
It doesn't mean they go diving through the 3204608241 subclasses here for content. It means that when they release the Oath of Common Trope paladin, 17 people don't come out of the woodwork claiming that they had this idea first and their homebrew on this site with the same name proves it, so now they're going to sue. It's a defensive measure against stuff like that.
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(Artificer) Swordmage | Glasswright | (Barbarian) Path of the Savage Embrace
(Bard) College of Dance | (Fighter) Warlord | Cannoneer
(Monk) Way of the Elements | (Ranger) Blade Dancer
(Rogue) DaggerMaster | Inquisitor | (Sorcerer) Riftwalker | Spellfist
(Warlock) The Swarm
I dont know why any homebrew would change. Maybe Wizards might modify the formatting? they dont have any incentive to mess with homebrew. I mean, what would they get rid of it?
People like the homebrew creation tools, getting rid of them would upset users and they might leave DDB. Taking away hombrew would lose Wizards money.
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