Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ...
by hinkley on Monday January 09, 2023 @04:51PM
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CR Campaign 1 was on Pathfinder until they started trying to broadcast. You can see in the first few episodes how they struggle with remembering that the rules are different, Taliesen Jaffe ended up with a completely custom class because nothing mapped.
The hunter also keeps thinking that her pet is useful, which apparently is a thing in PF, but is definitely not in 5e.
As for:
> I would like to see them try biting into that apple. :)
They are already getting a bite of that apple. It's called free advertising, which they've been getting for almost 10 years now and all of the attendant profits from people trying to start their own Critical Role and buying models and books to go along with it.
And in the case of CR, they're also the publishers for some books based on CR, which means they're getting royalties from that as well.
I said this is double-dipping, but it's triple-dipping. It's just greed. Of the same sort we often have to deal with here, where something is done to build a community and then the bean counters try to figure out how to maximize profits. This isn't just bad for WotC or RPGs, things like this continue to set precedents that every company is lying to you and any outreach project is just about getting free labor.
The hunter also keeps thinking that her pet is useful, which apparently is a thing in PF, but is definitely not in 5e.
As for:
> I would like to see them try biting into that apple. :)
They are already getting a bite of that apple. It's called free advertising, which they've been getting for almost 10 years now and all of the attendant profits from people trying to start their own Critical Role and buying models and books to go along with it.
And in the case of CR, they're also the publishers for some books based on CR, which means they're getting royalties from that as well.
I said this is double-dipping, but it's triple-dipping. It's just greed. Of the same sort we often have to deal with here, where something is done to build a community and then the bean counters try to figure out how to maximize profits. This isn't just bad for WotC or RPGs, things like this continue to set precedents that every company is lying to you and any outreach project is just about getting free labor.