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.
All 3PP content published under the new license (which WOTC want to force on everyone) can be used by WOTC for any purpose for ever without paying any royalties or fees. And, if you happen to start making big bucks (750k) from that content, you owe them 25% royalties (on revenue, not profit). Given most publishers operate on margins much, much smaller than that, this is just a way to forever limit the growth of 3PP. WOTC don’t want another Paizo. Ever.
Also, Wizards can change the terms of the license to whatever they want, whenever they want, and by using it you acknowledge that they have sole discretion to determine whether you've violated the agreement, and you forfeit the right to sue them, forfeit the right to a trial by jury over any related dispute, and using Open Game Content (which, again, they determine if you've done!) means that you implicitly agree to the terms of the license agreement. It's a frankly ridiculous document full of blatantly illegal shit that will never hold up in court and which no one in their right mind would agree to voluntarily. Wizards has tried to defend themselves saying that only the biggest companies will have to pay royalties - but they can change that any time to whatever they want!
It's literally the piece of paper from Parks and Rec that just says, "I can do what I want."
Jesus it really is just 4e all over again, I honestly wonder then how shitty OneDnD is going to be when it comes to sucking out player money
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