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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8917845" data-attributes="member: 6879661"><p>There is risk.</p><p></p><p>Risk that the big 3pp will spin off into other systems that I don’t believe for the most part can gain the critical mass required to imprint themselves on the communities collective consciousness. Some will make it. Most won’t make a dent outside a small niche.</p><p></p><p>The financial opportunity won’t be there for the smaller 3pp that work around the bigger publishers for these games - so they will stop publishing if they find working with WotC distasteful.</p><p></p><p>I actually thing the furor around the OGL movement is one of the biggest risks of all. The hatred - “burn it all down” - towards WotC puts smaller 3pp and influencers in a bit of a bind. Do they act pragmatically and make their peace with WotC and risk enraging the mob and being labeled as team WotC or do they cut ties even though it doesn’t make much business sense.</p><p></p><p>This dilemma is why we are seeing so much waffle and prevarication from folks like Critical Role. They are caught between a rock and a hard place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 8917845, member: 6879661"] There is risk. Risk that the big 3pp will spin off into other systems that I don’t believe for the most part can gain the critical mass required to imprint themselves on the communities collective consciousness. Some will make it. Most won’t make a dent outside a small niche. The financial opportunity won’t be there for the smaller 3pp that work around the bigger publishers for these games - so they will stop publishing if they find working with WotC distasteful. I actually thing the furor around the OGL movement is one of the biggest risks of all. The hatred - “burn it all down” - towards WotC puts smaller 3pp and influencers in a bit of a bind. Do they act pragmatically and make their peace with WotC and risk enraging the mob and being labeled as team WotC or do they cut ties even though it doesn’t make much business sense. This dilemma is why we are seeing so much waffle and prevarication from folks like Critical Role. They are caught between a rock and a hard place. [/QUOTE]
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