Wizards of the Coast is burning D&D

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Dungeons and Dragons, XP to level 3 with Davvychappy, potentially a bit a Critical Role with dungeoneering, tabletop community next to tabletop RPG, dungeons and dragons, Fjord, Beau, Jester, Yasha, Caleb, Nott, 5th edition dragons, 3.5e, dungeon dudes, DM GM, dungeon master, game master tips sprinkle a bit of Caduceus, Mollymauk in the Mighty Nein. Matt Mercer.

[@MonkeyDM]

For no reason at all, here's the link to unsubscribe: www.dndbeyond.com/store/subscriptions/manage

[@noname-wr4qf]

Thank you

[@ArmadilloJohn]

Imagine a company so scummy you need a hidden link to unsubscribe from their site.

[@ericironcrow8291]

Post this on everything !

[@BlueBannedGod]

Hehehe

[@bryanblack4636]

​@@ArmadilloJohn could have sworn it was illegal to hide the option to cancel your subscription but hmm

[@smugluca8198]

If they hid the cancel subscription button, then we in lawsuit territory now

[@lavacatplayz]

@@thomasb5666that still seems in the lawsuit territory

[@mistborn5097]

You just have to go to your subscription page on the website, I couldn’t get it to work on the mobile app but once I was home I was able to cancel it from my computer

[@friedfish6870]

​@@mistborn5097 I think we could make a case then cause what of someone only has a phone?

[@bannana422]

As long as they make it right they can avoid it, but yeah, there's a very limited stretch they can take that to.

[@homebrew_heretics9631]

​@Fried Fish I was able to do it in crome from my mobile device

[@no.notfromRDR]

And to think all of this started with a simple horse armor.

[@box298]

How so?

[@Noah2472-j1n]

Nah, it started with Maple Story's gacha system.

[@Noah2472-j1n]

​​@@box298 It's basically about how predatory microtransactions and monetization strategies have pervaded the gaming industry. And one of the first examples in the West is the horse armor in Oblivion.

[@renanbernardinicota9276]

CURSE YOU TODD HOWARD!!!!!!!

[@box298]

Ohhh thank you for the explanation, out of context that sounded so confusing for me

[@vensangre]

I WAS giving them my money, but now I keeps my money. If they call me an obstacle, then an obstacle I will be

[@tmac8396]

Don't think of yourself as an obstacle, but rather as one of the adventurers standing between the Dragon and the innocent people it wishes to terrorize and rob.

[@silverbloodborne9495]

Wotc: you are obstacles Me: no im a god dam retard warlock who refuse to listen

[@fredwardv6988]

@@tmac8396 Yes, that would be an obstacle to the dragon. Obstacles can be good, even great things depending on the context.

[@ozylocz4078]

Damn… wait till you find out Walmart, all social media, Apple ect. also don’t give a f*** about you lol

[@Nintardo]

​@ozylocz4078 but none of those are for games like WotC is. Games are supposed to be fun, and so creators of them have to care about community opinions

[@aretailcashier450]

Sounds to me like an EXCELLENT time to start a pirate themed campaign

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

YAR HAR FIDDLE DE DEE!

[@iliagluhchev2821]

​@@Zombiewithabowtie Do what you want cus a pirate is free!!!

[@warclock3224]

Imma do this but the entire module is gonna be pirated, characters, tokens, plotline just full on piracy

[@e5858]

@@warclock3224 You encourage the players to use the PHB, XGtE, and TCoE, then do a campaign that’s a mix of adventures from Ghosts of Saltmarsh and Candlekeep Mysteries, all adapted to the Theros setting. Of course, everything is going to be pirated.

[@asbjrnbroseliger7836]

We HAVE to keep doing this! They also hope, that we, AS A COMMUNITY, will just FORGET about the unfairness the creators have to deal with!!‼️

[@zizanreal6851]

I hope that makes her retire from the position. greedy cunts ruin everything fun these days. Cant let em keep that up

[@D00ML0RD1]

What there trying to pull is striaght up illegal and i will gladly help gather evidence to sue there ass stright into the ground.

[@ssfbob456]

I've already forgotten. After all, Pathfinder is a complex game, I need the brain space for all the new rules.

[@thetowndrunk988]

@@ssfbob456 LOL. I like that. We should forget…….so we can make neurons available for the new games

[@enigma4326]

It’s funny to me that wotc thought that they could f with the DnD community of all people.

[@Punishment90]

In other news Paizo is doing awesome. They have collaborated with a legal group and other major 3rd party companies to make their own OGL called the Open RpG Creative License which will be called ORC. Time to jump in the ORC van!

[@McdonaldsSprite8191]

“Saddle up brothers! On this day we ride!”

[@sorensnowfur]

"Hop in ya gitz!"

[@spritemon98]

@@McdonaldsSprite8191 for the WRAAGGH!!!!

[@McdonaldsSprite8191]

@@spritemon98 “Wake up boyz! It’s time for foightin!”

[@priestesslucy3299]

_ORC ORC ORC!_

[@matthewgobbett]

DND Players must always remember the one rule that can never be broken: NEVER split the party, no matter if your party is 4 players, 7 players, or millions of players.

[@theinternetwizard4656]

Whys that? Am new to dnd so just curious

[@mariorodrigoarevalo7908]

@@theinternetwizard4656 Don't. I've played like only two campaings and in BOTH, whenever we split the party, everything goes wrong. I was the most inexperienced and yet It wasnt my fault that we ended up in a dangerous situation, it's just the party is better togheter

[@josuelopezgarciamaravilla1126]

​@@theinternetwizard4656horror movie trope shit hits the fan when the group split is easier to get killed ambush etc

[@phoenixthewolf6301]

@@theinternetwizard4656 you have a party of 7 let’s say you split up 3 and 4 a monster planned to be faced by 7 of you is now faced by 3 you’re even more fucked if the op player(s) are in the other split

[@bigfan1816]

Anyone who hasn’t already unsubscribed should Call Them to ask to cancel their subscription because the website no longer functions as intended

[@houndgirl7365]

The button was moved to a3rd party show. The link is small but there. My postmenopausal couldn't show me exactly as she had unsubscribed already, but try bottom right hand I'm the same page where you would normally unsubscribe. Click the link then click the button. Scummy that they felt the need to increase the difficulty amazon did this and I guess they got sued

[@midnightcas9995]

I started a large server last year. Me and my friends built it to 35 strong and we use DndB religiously… until this shit happened. We’re gonna find a new source to use.

[@SparkStudiosTunes]

If you want a good character sheet tracker or online tabletop, I recommend Tableplop. It’s free and easy to use, but it doesn’t have any of the books built into it.

[@mythicalthings1796]

Dnd5ewikidot has most of the classes, races, feats, background, etc.

[@urmomgay0166]

aurora is a good character creator you can get it for free and buy all the supplements in a package fora dollar i think from creators patreon

[@blikthepro972]

5etools

[@calebadam2576]

Roll20 is a decent option, it's the option my group uses anyway. And I totally don't endorse it, not at all, but you don't necessarily HAVE to get official copies of existing D&D merch when there are PDFs that exist. but again I totally don't support undercutting a greedy company's sales.

[@GuiItyUniverse]

WotC attempted deception and slight of hand. The community has rolled nat 20's in insight and intimidation. I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

[@SpectralKnight]

It only takes one in the party with expertiece in insight XD

[@sekunriruisen506]

They never knew one of their employees were the party's Inquisitive Rogue.

[@boxofmadness2511]

Yeah, nah, mate, this is one of those events where the dm doesn't even let you roll, WOTC encountered an scripted event, no high roll would save you of this

[@MisterIncog]

@@boxofmadness2511 double this. The more you fuck around - the more you find out

[@kipy_mudkip]

They rolled 1 in deception and 3 in sleight of hand but they have -dex so that’s a 1 and 2

[@KrahzduulTheObliterator]

Wotc was quoted as saying "ArArArAr Spongebob me boy I need me money."

[@Fibonochos]

Wizards of the Coast: *casts 3rd level "F--- around"* *THE ENTIRE DND COMUNITY: CASTS 9TH LEVEL "F---ING FIND OUT B----"*

[@the_dogeboi243]

*Casts 20th Level "Find Out"*

[@nicholasholladay-elser7307]

@@the_dogeboi243 That shouldn't be possible since Mystra blocks any spells above 9th... and yet it still works. Even the gods approve the cast.

[@croc_moat2327]

Either don't be scared to curse or don't curse at all

[@rodrigobecerra750]

I'm so disappointed because I just recently got into D&D and bought a few resources in D&D Beyond. Such a shame to discover what's happening with WotC now :(

[@ethanwilliams4559]

Now? They've been sliding downhill for sometime now. Everything you think Disney's doing they've been doing too.

[@bradwayneg]

Plenty of other awesome systems! Look around! OSR, Pathfinder 1e or 2e, Fate, and tons of others! Trust me, you can find a company and game system worth giving your money and time!

[@Spirited_skiing]

There are good 3rd party apps for d and d, or if you own the books and want to keep playing, just print the character sheets out! Seriously, I’ve been playing 15 years and I’ve bought a total of 8 books from wotc in that whole time (3.5 and 5e sourcebooks 15 and 2 years ago respectively), and then not given them a dime in between

[@MVM_DND]

Sorry to hear about your money, but don't stop playing the game. Just because all this is happening doesn't mean that this amazing game can be ruined. I won't allow that

[@meliponalord8892]

You can still play the game, you should probably just avoid buying any more of their stuff, and there are a lot of other good options. Pathfinder, Monster of the Week, Hero System, Skate Wizards, Mutants and Masterminds, Call of Cthulu...

[@fungiez]

Me, who prints paper charactersheets and has physical books What is this online bs?

[@kosm866]

You and all the other DnD KZbinrs should contact Critical Role and collaborate on a single new TTRPG game manual. If everyone jumped ship to a single new system it would keep the community together and leave Wizards to fight amongst themselves.

[@NinjaSushi2]

I do agree that someone needs to come up with a new system but that would take too long and in the meantime we all need to jump over to Pathfinder 2E or go back to 3.5.

[@firedrake110]

​@@NinjaSushi2 everything ever printed for 3.5 is floating around in a fat pdf folder you can just "stumble across" online, all those resources without spending a dime ;D

[@immortalkingbsd1017]

Pathfinder second edition

[@asdfghyter]

LegalEagle explains in his latest video why this might not even be necessary. the rules of a game is not copyrightable, so anyone can make and use DnD compatible material without needing any permission from WotC whatsoever. the OGL is mostly pointless. making a new game manual would of course mean you need even less interaction with WotC though, so it might be worthwhile still

[@zachrabaznaz7687]

​@@firedrake110Yarr, hardy harr, a pirate's life for me! But legitimately though Archive of Nethys has EVERYTHING from Pathfinder 2e, and Pfsrd has everything for 1e. It's completely legal and encouraged by Paizo btw

[@WillRennar]

So basically, they think of their players as treasure chests and are surprised to see us all turning into mimics.

[@arumaka3662]

Its beautyful when the players get united against the greedy company

[@Smorble]

"Why do I have to have 2 customers and 2 money? Why can't I have 0 customers and 4 money?" Also hiding that button sounds like lawsuit territory lmao

[@nipplenix3917]

Lol now they have 0 customers and 0 money :)

[@MAKE_IT_PRINT]

And this is why you don't mess with a community that loves strategy games

[@bee5464]

Hey dude, all luck to you with your Homebrew project, despite DnD crashing an burning, I still hope to see you make it through.

[@G-Blockster]

That ending is perfect. I'm psyched about the new shared gaming engine being discussed by Kobold Press and Paizo.

[@craigjones7343]

The entire WotC organization does not hate the players and creators, it is the WotC executive that hates the players and creators. As you stated employees have leaked information about the situation which proves it is not the entire organization.

[@TheMineKnight]

While true, those people who view players as nothing more than bags of money are the ones in charge, so the distinction barely matters. We need to all stand against the company, because that will show anyone willing to listen that we don't like bullshit.

[@kentonkyuubininefox9264]

I think the company needs a new CEO at least.

[@EPSILON-35]

I nominate MonkeyDM.

[@christopherzapata4970]

This has Hasbro written all over it. I wasn't happy when WotC bought TSR, and less so when Hasbro bought WotC. Hasbro has a habit of destroying companies it buys, then buying more companies to stay afloat (that they later destroy, continuing the cycle).

[@nox9856]

Time to convert to pathfinder!

[@MasterGibz]

...about that

[@Vernas_R]

@@MasterGibz .. It's doing well, with all of its info on a public website and with fairly up-to-date character creators? It is also making its own license to counter D&D's?

[@lizhope9050]

@@Vernas_R pathfinder used the OGL 1.0 to publish which means the new OGL might mess over pathfinder

[@Vernas_R]

@@lizhope9050 They can try, but if you ever paid attention to what goes on legal wise, D&D can't get it with a 'nat 20'.

[@Vincentius_Cardinal]

​​​@@Vernas_R not to mention Pathfinder only use the ogl to make the first edition the second edition is completely free of any of that.

[@onurb8552]

I feel so sad over the whole situation, I have a dnd of CoS tomorrow but I don’t even feel like playing. It’s sounds weird but I feel like I’m going to just “feed the dragon” (the dragon being WotC)

[@kelving420]

There's nothing wrong on playing it as long as you're not supporting them, and by that I mean: -Cancel your subscriptions to dnd beyond (and tell your dm and fellow players about the situation, to convince them to do the same, you can still use it for a little while even after unsubscribing, so you have time to transfer your data onto something permanent) -only use third party resources (or first party ones that you guys already had beforehand)

[@dakorius]

Remember, as long as you (or anyone in your party) don‘t give a cent to wotc from now on, you are successfully fighting against them. Don’t let this stop you from having fun playing a game you enjoy. Just never buy anything from them again and you‘re good.

[@onurb8552]

@@kelving420 done all of the above, but the sentiment is appreciated. My players use dnd beyond so I hope that doesn’t count as supporting WotC

[@kelving420]

@@onurb8552 i mean, if theyre not subscribed to it, its not supporting them, but if they are it's a whole different story. I personally prefer using roll20 to play my games and wikidot or 5etools to look up rules and spells, since the free version of dnd beyond is so limited that it hurts

[@Drazil232]

​​@@kelving420 nah, you can still use first party stuff that's new for you, just don't buy it from them and 🏴‍☠️

[@Artemisx13]

When a website blocks your unsubscribe button you call your bank and block transactions from them. 🤭

[@sobek-racrocodile9448]

Indeed. If people wanted to hurt D&DB, and WotC more they would have called their banks to stop transactions and request a charge back on the most resent one. That would have given them not only a loss of revenue, but a ding on the radar of every credit bureau. Stocks would tank (if they haven't begun already) when those bureaus file their end of month reports.

[@WineGuyDionysus]

“She thinks DnD is under-monetized” I mean I could say the same about her as a person but that wouldn’t be worth much now would it.

[@lambentlamprey]

She tried to sell her soul, got a refund XD

[@leonardouriarte2524]

Dont forget that Paizo the company that made Pathfinder is making their own version of the OGL as well in response

[@geoffreyperrin4347]

Capitalism at work. You can be greedy, but only if that greed means you are providing a product that people want at a price they are willing to pay without antagonizing the buyer beyond what will make them not buy

[@ethanwilliams4559]

What you described is capitalism, what you are accusing wizards of is not.

[@Hk-ox4bb]

Exactly Skylanders did that, it monetized a lot, more than WotC is doing, but it made it so people would buy stuff

[@rugspiffy]

Funny thing about free markets: the participants have to be free. Choice isn't possible when lies, threats, and coercion are leveraged against one party. There's another word for forcing another person to work for someone else for free, and we here in America where WotC is located fought a damned civil war to abolish that over a century ago.

[@kamchatmonk]

Capitalism is why we're having what we're having in the first place. It always ends up with an oppressive corporate monopoly that squeezes all the money from customers to appease the insatiable appetite of shareholders. When maximizing profit is all you care about, it's inevitable.

[@rugspiffy]

@@kamchatmonk Respectfully, it appears you are conflating cronyism and oligarchic tendencies with free markets. Those are actually opposing principles. In free markets, once a business trespasses on the interests of their customers, the customers take their trust and money elsewhere, and if the business violates the liberties of another party, that party takes them to court. Currently, with all the customers abandoning DnDBeyond and blasting WotC/Hasbro online, and with other publishers and creators publicly announcing intent to litigate, the free market seems to still be working to some degree.

[@IIIGioGioStarIII]

I love how WotC taught us that even the little guys can band together to fight great evil... Only for them to be shocked that we the little guys are banding together to fight them, the BBEG

[@altereds1037]

As a Pathfinder Enthusiast watching this, all I can say is we will welcome any of you with open arms.

[@tiffanywren9227]

Me and a lot of my friends wish we knew how to play but have no one to teach us

[@altereds1037]

@@tiffanywren9227 I would be happy to help. How can I reach you?

[@couch_philosoph3325]

But pahtfinders system seems so difficult to s Dm 😢 even with dnd i have difficulties sometimes (i am a new dm).

[@mod3rnknight189]

D&D is a play that you imagine with friends, we don't need books with rules telling us HOW to play the game, I can literally make up my own work with it's own rules, monsters and magic and it will still be D&D, that's what I love about D&D

[@jiralishu]

There are so many resources to make your own classes, monsters, dungeons, etc. that wotc doesn't have a way to monetize, that there's no way this wouldn't end in disaster for them.

[@luclin92]

Well biggest reason to use dnd over other systems is that it is the most popular system, meaning you always have a easy time finding new ideas for rules, monsters, settings, and more. But yeah it's still a primary game of the mind.

[@lasermanso]

As i start learning about it, i started to buy 3rd party content instead of the official stuff, such as kobold press and yours

[@Mr_StinkyAr]

Looks like there’s going to be a lot more homebrew now

[@kishinasura1989]

wizards of the coast: we do what we want The Community taking lvls in oath of vengeance Paliden: *Holy Music Intesifies*

[@calilycan3213]

They've gotta hate everyone pirating DND materials

[@timaeusdelpueblosecretodel6801]

As a yugioh player, it’s nice to see WOTC being the ones burning games instead of konami

[@Raan-Shi]

Same. Looking at WotC crashing down has been really funny to watch so far. I love how smart their community is, though, absolute chads.

[@jamesbourgeois1357]

This is why after I completed my collection of 3.5 I never got another d&d book

[@EnFr]

Im still gonna use DnDB, but with no giving them money at all.

[@Rexx2345]

The Waffle House has found it’s new host

[@joaquinandres9300]

The waffle house has found its New host

[@OPWoods]

The waffle house has found it’s new host

[@slothjazz]

The Waffle House Has Found Its New Host .

[@TheInstinctWithinV2]

The ending caught me off guard. Thanks for that belly laugh

[@Dellamore_]

"The more you fuck around, the more you gon find out" I'm dead lol

[@MLGHazrad]

When Greed ruins your franchise smh...

[@ddragon_5574]

THE WAFFLE HOUSE HAS FOUND A NEW HOST

[@Selvokaz]

*sitting at the pathfinder table* "You Couldn't Live with Your Own Failure, Where Did that Bring You? Back to Me"

[@suscribebelow]

You get my life for the Stitch at the end

[@aduinoch]

In all honesty, D&D IS undermonetized. The books are primarily bought by DMs, and not every DM buys every book. But the way you fix this is to make products your players actually want to buy. There is no good reason WotC doesn't produce more merch or accessories that the the average player would want to buy.

[@DandDgamer]

Bingo. I will buy products that provide actual value. I'm not seeing it. Stop coping and git good, wotc

[@silaskoot4308]

I also would like to see cheaper options. Like a 10 €/$ mini booklet with additional NPCs or something. Instead of a whole new campaign I dont have time for.

[@klassensj2]

D&D might be under monetized, but D&D Beyond is over monetized. Pay a subscription to access nothing except basic character creation until you climb over a paywall for each additional book you want.

[@aduinoch]

Dragon Shield made some player and DM accessories last year. Got the Warlock version of the player spellbook. It's really nice

[@apollo507]

It's not under monetized. You have to pay for everything involved except for your own imagination in the playing of it. You know how much money people spend just on the minis for a SINGLE campaign? Not to mention anything you purchased on dndB isn't really yours. You don't own a copy of anything you payed for if they can choose to revoke or remove said materials. So your technically paying full purchase price for something that your really just borrowing and at any time WoC can just say fuck you we don't care that you payed money for it it's gone now, deal with it. You ask me I say D&D is monetized enough already for a game that is supposed to be 90 percent imagination.

[@gload_]

The Waffle House has found it's new host.

[@s4v4gedragone43]

The Waffle House has found it’s new host.

[@sander6367]

The Waffle House has found its new host

[@ColgateSupportGroup]

The Waffle House has found it's new host

[@joshuatrautwein9317]

I really enjoy the legend of zelda owl music in the background makes me really nostalgic

[@coalcreekdefense8106]

The ending.. *Chef's kiss*

[@brennendet3836]

The waffle house has found it's new host

[@soldatdaniels8738]

I barely interacted with this community and I love it.

[@fritchim5765]

I love that I got into the hobby to watch a war break out

[@hyrulehollowtitan9657]

The waffle house has found it’s new host

[@holgerthorell2868]

The waffle house has found it's new host

[@pikachudardis]

Me who made all my characters on notepad: I’m four parallel universes ahead of you

[@priestesslucy3299]

Flee the Evil Empire of the Wizards. Join the Horde. ORCs band together

[@QueenHexagram]

the Waffle House has found it’s new host.

[@flintthepitbull8298]

The waffle house has found its new host

[@GhillieCOWBOY]

“The Waffle House had found a new host”

[@marlettohemmingsen2828]

I love that clip at the end lol

[@bensmall2602]

I love that the collective reaction has been "lol okay I'll find another rpg to play"

[@relitfirelight347]

The Waffle House has found it’s host

[@fhagalliciogomes]

Pathfinder never looked so interesting until now

[@adamgilmor1098]

Yeah, the house is on fire. We stand together!

[@sebastiangrebe8276]

youtube ceo needs to see this "the more you f... around the more you find out" graph too.

[@whitekid7056]

The ceo should get the good old stake burning

[@cdr1179]

I absolutely lost it at the end 🤣🤣🤣

[@cedi5581]

I am so proud of this community!

[@danielbickford3458]

so for a while now I've been working on a little personal project and because that project I had a tab for DND Beyond's warlock Homebrew archetypes pages open in a background tab. and I hadn't looked at a couple weeks but last time I had checked there was about 140 pages of material. I checked last night and it was about 135. That means people are already pulling out, and I'm curious to see how far down this goes.

[@truffeltroll6668]

Can't wait for your new Pathfinder videos!!

[@MaceOfSpades5]

Boys its time too call in a Lawsuit

[@acathosh]

I've yet to learn of a CEO I don't hate

[@g-moneyg-life]

I'm so proud of this community.

[@bladestalker9365]

We must keep up the pressure and keep turning up the heat. Together as one party of various classes and races and backgrounds against one bbeg.

[@dazzle9712]

I am so proud of this community.

[@codychavez9839]

My group left 5E The second they implemented sensitivity readers!

[@Fobia17]

That fuck around and find out clip usage was 😘👌

[@NinjaSushi2]

LMFAO the ending was golden. Heh :D

[@lelysio5688]

Preventing Customers from unsubscribing from a Service sounds HIGHLY ILLEGAL. Even the US should have laws against that.

[@nevinherren2738]

I love that end.

[@Phantom-wn3uz]

GRAB YER PIRATE HATS LADS AND LASSIES, WE’RE GETTING THOSE BOOKS IN PDF

[@magnetronman298]

They released a new statement, obviously very catered to the community and very much designed in a way to convince us to not hate them but at least they're changing the OGL

[@Nyrm01]

It's beautiful to see the subscription model bite the greedy company in the ass for a change

[@Joyless222gaming]

I need that graph as a t-shirt.

[@thunderwashington255]

All aboard the Pathfinder train of glory!

[@leoaleefth]

That was so wonderfully explained and hilarious 😂

[@neiljasper7735]

Suddenly a lot of DMs' home campaigns involve the party stopping evil mages who live by the sea from stealing people's gold pieces and crafted items...

[@Idococaine123]

Time to hoist up the jolly Rodger.

[@deathblite9806]

Glad I took my time coming to dnd. Might try the community version of it now

[@Mr_Brains]

I thought i felt a aura of darkness

[@futtynucker]

The Futty Nucker is pleased. lol lmao

[@BenCDBrown]

Hear that, it's the sound of other systems being discovered.

[@ccollectrMonkey]

This is what happens when you get too greedy and you go for that red dragons gold at level one

[@jordanreyna8744]

“We rolled a nat 1 on this one.”

[@dragonfire2246]

Me over here with my paper character sheets and physical books.

[@oscarpine7145]

Wait, are we all a giant party and the new D&D is the bbeg.

[@tenjin5586]

I love this, i hope dnd becomes fan-owned

[@tythetie]

I just learned about this from my friend yesterday. She had mentioned something similar but also stated that the new open gaming license with the fifth or possibly a new edition, if it was signed by creators, would revoke the ogl signed for previous editions. She had also mentioned that if you signed the new ogl, no only would you owe them a portion of profits you make, but if you piss them off for any reason they can cancel your contract and sell your product under their own brand. Apparently, revoking an open gaming license is illegal; it is said so by various lawyers, including the lawyer, who made the original open gaming license for the very first edition.

[@tythetie]

Also, I'm not sure how much of that is true. I am not really involved in d&d unless I see an interesting idea for a campaign, help her with campaign ideas if she is stuck, or she wants to talk about an ongoing campaign. There is likely more to what I had mentioned, but that is what I remember.

[@aquaticdemon1]

THAT. ENDING. HA!

[@camerongunn7906]

It's time for Wizards of the Coast to learn that pen and paper and dice trump everything in ttrpg.