Thread: SmiteWorks OGL 1.2 Discussion
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February 13th, 2023, 19:18 #101
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Paizo is being propped up as some kind of White Knight, but the truth is in many ways they're just as bad as WotC. In some cases, worse. I'm not saying they don't have some fine ideas, make some good products, or employ some great people because they do, but I find the narrative that they're some kind of 'savior' to be nauseating. In fact, Paizo constantly engages in the same kind of ridiculous pandering that WotC is guilty of.
Also, I had a post in this thread that was deleted before I had an opportunity to even respond to the demand from a moderator that I censor it. So I'll re-package that post so I don't cause any 'hurty feels.'
I'm of the demographic (straight white guy) that a number of the WotC leadership has shown open contempt for. So, I won't be financing the stupidity and bigotry of the company. Furthermore, there are also a lot of 3rd party publishers that fall directly in line with that kind of thinking and I won't be supporting them either. Historically, I've chosen to keep myself completely ignorant of a creators personal beliefs to ensure I could separate art from artist, but it's gotten to the point where I can't (actually, won't) support people that despise people like myself for immutable characteristics and/or not ascribing to their social religion.Last edited by BushViper; February 13th, 2023 at 19:22.
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February 13th, 2023, 21:38 #102
About Paizo: - All the rules, monsters, spells, etc... Are available for free on the Archive of Nethys site.
- They propose great bundles on Humble Bundle with great support for charity.
- They do PDF stuff and it actually give discounts for vtts products.
They are no 'savior' but I would call them 'White Knights' compared to WotC.
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February 14th, 2023, 02:17 #103
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Just want to say thanks to Doug and team for their professionalism and how they respond to typically hot topics! Also glad to see the 5e and other dnd 1e/2e FG purchases I’ve made will be available no matter what but listening to the 3 interviews with Kyle, I think he’s sincere in wanting to put out fires that the OGL started and start to build back the relationship with fans and 3pp creators. I think the 2nd and 3rd interviews are better as if he knew some of us words weren’t taken in the context in which he meant.
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February 16th, 2023, 17:00 #104
This will probably be the last one I post but it's a interview with Kyle Brink, exec producer for D&D by Nerd Immersion. He does ask more questions outside of the previous interviews.
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Fantasy Grounds AD&D Reference Bundle, AD&D Adventure Bundle 1, AD&D Adventure Bundle 2
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February 28th, 2023, 00:47 #105
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I own fantasy grounds just the original dm version, I've been a longtime user, longer than just about everyone in this thread including the current owners . I'd have no issue playing that version if that's what the community used, but they don't. And any purchase of the unity version would include royalties to hasbro/wizards and at this point that's a non starter for me unless things massively change with those companies.
Had the timing been different and I had purchased the unity version prior to that, as I was looking to do when this whole fiasco happened I'd have no issues using it. I truly believe this is the best application for online play for just about any pnp game system. So it does pain me not to.Last edited by jasonisop; February 28th, 2023 at 00:55.
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February 28th, 2023, 01:50 #106
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FYI, purchasing FGU software does *not* generate a royalty to Wizards. You could even just buy FGU and play D&D 5E and not buy any books and Wizards would not get any royalties.
What generates royalties to Wizards is buying the D&D Player's Handbook, DMG, Monster Manual, Adventures, ect.
So you could buy FGU and play Dungeon Crawl Classics, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds (SWADE) or many other 3rd party RPGs and not give Wizards any money as well.
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February 28th, 2023, 02:34 #107
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SmiteWorks does not have any direct affiliation with Hasbro or Wizards of the Coast; they are merely one of many publishing partners that sell content for our platform. As @Griogre mentioned, they do not get any royalties from us, unless you buy one of their products directly.
Regards,
JPG
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March 15th, 2023, 12:24 #108
It looks like the ORC first draft will be released soon.
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