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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8916651" data-attributes="member: 7035894"><p>The fundamental problem is that 3PP weren't creating stuff for D&D because they loved WotC or something. They were doing it because there was money to be made. It's easy for a player to talk about switching to another system, but there are a plethora of possibilities, which creates huge risk for 3PP.</p><p></p><p>So much of RPG gaming being centred on D&D via the OGL created a consumer base that kept a lot of 3PP sustainable. Yes, I profoundly support folks making things that aren't D&D (frankly, I am not that interested in non D&D RPGs <em>unless</em> they are <em>really</em> not D&D). But I don't have to make a living. If the RPG scene completely fractures, that will destroy most small 3PP, at least in the short term. That is why simply walking away from the OGL is not necessarily a feasible option for a lot of folks.</p><p></p><p>Those of us who are not 3PP should be careful about getting on our high horses and making hyperbolic proclamations. There are a lot of people whose livelihoods are at stake. Mine isn't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8916651, member: 7035894"] The fundamental problem is that 3PP weren't creating stuff for D&D because they loved WotC or something. They were doing it because there was money to be made. It's easy for a player to talk about switching to another system, but there are a plethora of possibilities, which creates huge risk for 3PP. So much of RPG gaming being centred on D&D via the OGL created a consumer base that kept a lot of 3PP sustainable. Yes, I profoundly support folks making things that aren't D&D (frankly, I am not that interested in non D&D RPGs [I]unless[/I] they are [I]really[/I] not D&D). But I don't have to make a living. If the RPG scene completely fractures, that will destroy most small 3PP, at least in the short term. That is why simply walking away from the OGL is not necessarily a feasible option for a lot of folks. Those of us who are not 3PP should be careful about getting on our high horses and making hyperbolic proclamations. There are a lot of people whose livelihoods are at stake. Mine isn't. [/QUOTE]
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