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Hey all!
If you didn't hear the big news, Wizards of the Coast officially declared that they would not unwind the OGL 1.0a. And to top it off, they placed the entire 5.1 SRD into the Creative Commons. This means that they no longer own the Fifth Edition rules, but it's not controlled by a third-party non-profit organization. So we can make Fifth Edition content forever without any fear of losing our right to.
What does that mean for DMDave?
Although it's been a tumultuous few weeks, we ended up getting a lot of good things out of it.
- We've built a close relationship with Paizo, so you can expect us to start venturing into Pathfinder 2e territory.
- I'm in love with the OSR movement, particularly MorkBorg since it lets me create full rulesets without much fuss. Expect to see some more of that stuff, particularly with the next Kickstarter.
- I'm working with Noah Downs and a few others to create a coalition of TTRPG creators to ensure that we're represented and organized, just in case something like this ever happens again.
- We can now create 5e without fear of hassle or changes from the big monsters on the coast. So our adventures will never ever stop.
Anyways, thank you all for your continued support! Honestly, none of this would have been possible without folks like you all getting behind us and speaking up. It was enough to make a billion-dollar company take a step back and recognize that they were making a huge mistake—so much so, in fact, they were willing to give the rules back to us for free! Forever!
Great great day.
Thank you all,
- Dave