This is fantastic news. They also said they will go to court over if WoTC try to “deauthorise” OGL 1.0a which is just epic.

Edit: The site went down lmao. Epic stuff.

Edit: BTW, Paizo is the company that also recognised their Union without requiring it to go to vote or hiring anti-union shitheads.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Edit - BTW, looks like Matt Colville will not be a part of this.

    I think that’s for the best.

    I’m happy about what Paizo is doing, but it would only take one asshole executive to make Paizo do a WOTC someday, so ecosystem diversity is a good thing.

    • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Yeah but that’s a complete misunderstanding of what Paizo is doing. The Open RPG Creative (ORC) License is not something Paizo can pull a WOTC on because Paizo doesn’t own it.

      They’re footing the bill for the thing to be created by a proper law firm in conjunction with multiple other rpg makers that will be held by a non-profit agency. It is also specifically made to be irrevocable and perpetual. It is also systems agnostic - because, again, the goal isn’t to create an OGL for Pathfinder, but an ORC that can provide a systematic way for all rpgs to be opened up to fans and other creators.

      Either Colville doesn’t understand this, which is unlikely, or he doesn’t want to be a part of the open rpg movement.

      Add in the silence from Crit Role and Dimension 20, it seems like all these big actual play creators and communities have no interest in open rpg or any desire to express solidarity with 3PP.