Little Addendum RE the OGL 1.0a and SRD Creative Commons! Please Read! (PINNED COMMENT) A few folks have pointed out to me that whilst the SRD 5.1 being under Creative Commons means we can make 5th Edition D&D Content freely now, there is still a chance that Wizards will amend or try to revoke the 1.0a OGL (they have said they won't but we shouldn't take anything like this at face value) and that WILL affect content made for older editions of D&D and possibly games built on/around it (citation needed on that second bit). This is a great point, one I overlooked because I don't make published content for those editions but a lot of folks do! Sorry about that! I'd love to see those editions Basic Rules/SRDs added to Creative Commons as well (I played a ton of 3rd/3.5 and 4th and liked parts from all of them), OR the 1.0a OGL modified to be 100% irrevocable and perpetual without question.

@MarkHyde

Жыл бұрын

Definitely agree re previous rules/SRDs being put into a CC license Especially the 3.5 SRD.

@baumchen9379

Жыл бұрын

to play a little bit devil's advocate here (dw, i'm not advocating anything remotely close to their previous attempts): i never want a legal document to be unchangeabe, or at least not unammendable let me explain something written with even the best foresight in the world can't always account for the future, even if it seems completely benign and fair a law written in the 1800s for example could hardly account for let's say the internet, and might suddenly screw over the very thing it was trying to protect new loopholes, exploits and other unintended abuses, even if only through ambiguity (language changes over time, and it's easy to loose meaning), can easily come up basically i'm all for keeping the ogl 1.0a and protecting it, just maybe we should be careful with our wording as well when we try to do so hope this can add to the discussion in a constructive manner

@retu3510

Жыл бұрын

And the OSR use stuff from the OGL to keep even older TSR editions alive

@benkr

Жыл бұрын

1. they cant actually revoke this whole thing. if it goes to court they will fail. 2. i would be rather careful. they can pretty much empty the SRD 5.1 from content and on top dont CC the next version (6 or whatever it is) and fuck everryone from behind.

@ttrev007

Жыл бұрын

I think with the 5e being put in CC removes any reason for WotC to deauthorize the 1.0a OGL since 5e is the edition they care about. Moving forward they will probably not add to the SRD so 6e/One D&D will not likely be put under an open license, but i think past editions should be safe.

we all love you Mark, glad to see you well rested and happier. Now please promise us one thing: Make Trott's life a living hell no matter what ruleset you use

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Always.

Unite we stand, divided we fall, always has been, always will be.... 💜💜

@pnlrogue1

Жыл бұрын

As we all know - you never split the party.

@JustSomeDudee

Жыл бұрын

Our Battlecry will never be forgotten. An Untold army Unleashed against Impossible odds.

Dear Mark. In regards to how you said you did not expect this much support to your channel. You have spent years making a community, it does not matter how rarely you upload. You have already made the D&D community a better place by your contribution.

General Kenobi! For real though, seeing the backpeddling from Wizards over this made me happy, yet cautious. I imagine they'll see the scars of this for a while...but at least it has been rectified.

@pnlrogue1

Жыл бұрын

The scars don't deserve to go away. Wizards, and the rest of the industry needs to know that it's the community that makes this hobby, not one publisher. I'm really excited to see so many new PF2 players having just started driving into it just before all this kicked off.

@JacksonOwex

Жыл бұрын

@@pnlrogue1 I won't single out PF2 but will say that I'm glad people are FINALLY actually checking out other RPGs in general!

@pnlrogue1

Жыл бұрын

@@JacksonOwex absolutely and I'm personally really pleased to see so many new PF2 players as well as looking forward to seeing what Black Flag is like

Thank you Mark for being a level headed voice in all this. It is good to have, even as we come out of the storm WotC kicked up this month. And it is good to see you well. You and High Rollers have been big inspirations for my own DMing, and I am glad that is much safer now. So I look forward, finally with a bit of hope, to what the year has in store. Cheers, Mark!

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much! Means a lot to hear folks refer to me as a level-head, having done a lot of Community Management and always striving to listen and be fair and kind, its good to know people feel that way about me! :D

@Rob229992

Жыл бұрын

Well put Kale, I second this. High Rollers is an inspiration for me and my GMing too. Mark really comes across as caring, a good listener and level headed.

You and the HR crew are the reason I play DnD … I’m so glad the out pouring of support helped you … stay healthy Mark looking forward to the end of aerios and the start of campaign 3

They listened. This is a win. Stay vigilant. Thank you, Mark. ♥️

@042Decoy

Жыл бұрын

We won the battle not the war. I find it hard to believe they're just going to 100% give up on this. They'll try something else.

@kohakuaiko

Жыл бұрын

@@042Decoy true, but I win so rarely that I'll take this.

@c0niferal

Жыл бұрын

@@kohakuaiko what a mood

I have so much love and respect for you. You're an amazing person and DM. Your presence in this community is a warm and positive thing.

Barely four minutes in but I'm just so so relieved to see Mark happy and healthy.

You encapsulated exactly how I've been feeling about the sudden shift from yesterday. Definitely hard to entirely quit completely but also impossible for me to just forgive and forget at the moment.

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

I get it bud. Stay vigilant, but let's at least relax and enjoy the win for now.

If Knights of Eveningstar has proven anything, it’s that you have a good mind and a keen eye from taking parts and pieces of several different things, smashing them together and making gold appear out of scraps. Keep up the great work. That show has showed me just how talented you are at your craft. Thank you again and as always please keep up the good work.

Thank you Mark for all content you make. Hoping for your TTRPG one day.

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

One day! I've got some of the basics locked down, but it's always going to be the details (things like equipment, spells, magic items, monsters, etc) that take some time!

Glad you're doing better! This whole thing has been such a nailbiter, and even though there's still a need to be vigilant, it's nice to breathe a sigh of relief that I don't need to take down my DM's Guild content or stop selling journals! Take care of yourself; you've always been such a positive force in the community!

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

1000% this. Vigilance is key, but man we all deserve a fucking break and a bit of relief from worry. Thanks for the support, Kate! Love your stuff!

I can’t wait to see your system!! I have such respect for you as a GM and storyteller. When you publish it I will absolutely build you a giant shrine in my game store! You again put into words exactly how I’ve been feeling about all this. 😊💙💚💜 Thank you!!!

Happy to hear that you gotten some good rest, could tell the joy of spreading this new for friends who had lots of concern of D&Ds future - all is well in the end. Looking for the positive future ahead of us this year.

Glad you're doing ok! Whatever you choose to do in the future will be great

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Honestly having so many folks tell me they didn't care what system I ran, or what content I made they would support me was something I really, really needed to hear. It's been a HUGE help for my mental health in general, beyond all this OGL stuff.

Great news and glad you are doing well! I’m excited for the future!

He's back, baby! Step aside and let the GM do his do! We are here to learn and be guided. We trust you because you have shown us that you deserve that trust. Integrity is hard fought and easily lost. You've shown us the strength of your conviction and the love in your heart. That will not be forgotten. Now, let's get that new system going cause I can only learn so many. Love you!

So glad to hear you're doing better, Mark! I have so much respect for you. You are such a valuable and well-spoken member of this community. I love how you keep it real, sharing both your worries and your hopes and acknowledging the things that we will only really know with time. I for one, would be happy to watch some mini-campaigns using different RPG systems on High Rollers. Also, you making your own game system is really exciting! From seeing your homebrew creations during a High Rollers, it is always super inventive and cinematic. Your boss fights especially stick out in my mind. Having the PCs gain stacks of a special effect, unique to the character of the boss, as the fight goes on and requiring certain actions to remove those stacks and/or spend them for an advantage in the fight is just... *chef's kiss* I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavours!

Glad to hear you're feeling better. It's amazing how cathartic putting something genuine out there can really feel. Thank you for the update!

Glad you are doing better!

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I am very much!

@IrisCrain

Жыл бұрын

@@SherlockHulmesDM Remember, self-care is a thing! (And an important one at that! You can't help others if you're stretched too thin to care for yourself!)

I'm so happy you are feeling better. I love everything you do, and look forward to seeing what you come up with.

You got me DMing Mark. Its great to see you hopeful and motivated and I can't wait to see what comes next for you!

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

If I've helped bring more DMs to the table and helped people discover this hobby I love, I am a happy, happy, person. Appreciate the support!

@Nammley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for everything Mark!

@rstlr01

Жыл бұрын

Watching High rollers Curse of Strahd really opened my eye to running modules as your own story! This is what truly allowed me to settle into the role of a forever DM for the last 5 years. I have an now graduated to running my own stories, and the high is like no other.

@jenheil

Жыл бұрын

@@SherlockHulmesDM Same! Nights of Eveningstar brought me back to D&D, and I wouldn't have gotten the courage to start DMing if it wasn't for your show. I still just run pre-written modules, but I've definitely been inspired by some of your customizations for NoE (especially your crit rules). Thanks for all you've done for the D&D community!

Glad to have this update from WotC. I think the main thing they have achieved with all this is that many of us have opened our eyes to other systems and worlds beyond D&D. I'm excited to see the Highrollers bringing their chemistry to other TTRPGs & settings off the back of this. Much love

More important than any other aspect of these videos is the trust that I and everyone else in the HR community have of you Mark. We believe you aren’t jumping on the band wagon of the scandal and that you have no ulterior motives. That totality of trust is earned, and you should be proud of both what you’ve done and how you’ve done it. Thank you.

Mark, thank you again for being such a level headed voice in the storm of opinions. I’m excited to see what you create, as you are a major inspiration to me in my own work as a GM. After the big Mighty Nein announcement Wednesday, I’m also eagerly awaiting a certain sorceress making her animated debut!!!

Although this has been an awful, fraught time, it seems to have been the catalyst for lots of people to take the leap into making their own systems, which is a good thing. I'm so glad that WotC saw sense (whatever their reasonings may have been) and so proud of the community for fighting together to achieve this win.

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Same!

I'm so stoked with this update. Your video was the first i saw on the matter and it really opened my eyes. I'm glad this seems to have a happy ending.

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

A happier ending maybe, but definitely still cautious about WotC does next! Excited for NEW things though and hope more folks try out different systems and games still!

What great summary of the experience and situation. Thank you. A silver lining for me in all this has been finding and subscribing to your channel. I love your kind, generous, yet grounded perspective. It is good to have videos like this to signpost the history of what happened here. I have seen this cycle before in the decades playing the game and the role of the watchful participants is key. Like you, I had thought this would play out over months or longer. I would not have been surprised if courts got involved. I thought that WotC had more bark than bite legally, but was afraid they’d force it to the test. I’m glad they didn’t, hope that it’s at least in part because of those on the inside who saw the risks of legal failure, and hope they will put internal learning in place to help them break the cycle of corporate forgetfulness of where the value lies. Only time will tell. Tonight, we celebrate.

Well done and thanks for being one of those helping provide our community with a voice. Glad to see you feeling more upbeat, stay well 👍

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the support, thanks!

Thanks for being willing to so earnestly share your thoughts and feelings on all this! For smaller creators like myself, it really helps ease the nerves! Very grateful!

I just need to say Thank you so much! Your older videos Dm 101 has helped me put together my first campaign. You deserve all the supoort you get from this community. Youre one of ny favorite d&d content creaters, and i wish you the best!

Very well said mark, much love to everyone in the community

For me this feels like a Pyrrhic victory, we as a community won in keeping the OGL 1.0a. There was a major cost, in our trust of WOTC, and damage done to the community and by the community. Even with my own group, some just didn't care others were strongly of the opinion that WOTC had the right to change the OGL how ever they wanted, going so far as to blame the layoffs on the OGL drama.

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

I can see that for sure. Gaining the CC on SRD is a win for creators, but I definitely wouldn't say the whole thing was "won". Like I said in my last video, just feels like everyone lost. We just managed to salvage a little ground at the very end.

Thanks Mark for using your voice to support the community and other third party creators. I really appreciate your videos have been focused on clearly communicating what was going on and setting out your views without engaging in hyperbole. Thanks for being such a great person in TTRPGs.

I just wanted to say I love your DMing style! How in character you get, the variety in NPC's you have and how great your stories are! You've inspired me to create my own stuff! Tho I'm real bad at DMing but I still have fun just creating random things! So thank you and thank you for covering stuff like this! You should do more random dnd videos, even video on what process you go through creating your stories! Like come on! I need like a video on your NPC background and story stuff obviously holding back secret plot stuff! It would be so coooooooll!!

You are one of the few creators I genuinely love. Thanks so much for your words and actions in this community.

So glad to hear you are feeling a bit better and hopefully even seeing a light at the end of this tunnel. Can’t wait to see what your beautiful mind comes up with!

Glad to see them seeing some sense. Hopefully this won’t happen again but as this isn’t the first time they’ve tried to screw their community over who knows… I hope this allows for some serious growth for the TTRPG community. Good luck to all you players and GMs out there in these trying times.

Good to see you, my dear man! And boy what a time to have ya! Ppl like you and Ginny will have support in your efforts regardless the landscape. You've been sincere, creative, and firmly about the community you represent and what we all love; The shared experience these systems all give us and their new ways to explore storytelling, human experiences, our imaginations, and creative expression in general, rather than any single system for doing it. You're great leaders, so even in rough waters, ppl listen and try to help. When any one if you isn't able to create for a while, you're missed. When you return, you're welcomed, and when here, you're listened to!

I'm glad you're feeling better Mark! I was a little late catching your first video, and hope you saw the message there, but either way, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and maintain such an even-handed approach. There is a little that I'm sad about with this, because while 1.2 had a lot of problems - a lot of loopholes that needed to be fixed - 1.0a itself is still not a strong legal document and it IS direly in need of an update... so I would rather they'd have fixed 1.2 to the point of it being acceptable, than just giving up and going back to 1.0a. In particular, the 1.2 draft had a provision that any parts of any *future* SRDs that were not released to CC4 were covered by the license, which is something 1.0a doesn't do... and I'd really liked to have kept that provision. Either way, though, releasing the full srd5 to CC4 is a big move, and while that doesn't mean I'll trust them, It is enough for me to show my appreciation of the action, and continue to support the people whose fault this wasn't - the designers and other team members who had nothing to do with making the mess. I'm moving forward with more caution, and less trust, but still with a desire to support. I'd like to see their fancy new VTT, and I think it'd be cool if it truly is an excellent tool, robust enough and free-and-flexible enough to win merit on its own without having to try to stifle competition... it's never going to 'be' the game, though; it can never be more than an optional tool, but I hope they can still make an excellent tool of it while understanding that. Anyway, thanks for the status update, I'm glad to hear you're doing better, at the end of this rough couple of weeks! -Erica

Just glad to hear you and everyone are doing better. I’m looking forward to watching you and your team playing new things.

Once this all blows over a bit more, I would LOVE to see you and Matt sit down and talk about all of this, the future of TTRPG, etc. And hey if your homebrew system pans out, I hear Darrington Press likes to publish cool things... ;)

Glad to hear that you are doing well and I look forward to seeing what you create going forward!

Thanks for the update Mark. So glad to hear you’re feeling better about things 🥰

Great video. We support you Mark. I look forward to seeing your ideas for a new RPG. I can’t wait to see more of your game mechanics for difficult non-combat tasks like winching the sails or turning the knobs in the right order. I also enjoy it when bad guys run away when they know they are going to lose. Anyway, keep up the great work. 😊

It so good to see you looking and feeling better. :) I thought it was good to express your feelings when all this was happening. And with such reserve. Something we all needed during the weeks previous. Thank you so much for showing us a calm we all need as we move forward. HUGS!

So glad to see you back! My DnD journey started off with episode 1 of Lightfall, and it spiraled out of control from there watching Critical Role, Dungeons of Drakkenheim, and Dimension 20. I started DMing for my wife, brother, and a couple of our friends in December. We are all loving it, and it all stemmed from High Rollers and that first episode! Even used the characters starting in a jail cell as our starting point lol Love everything you guys do, and cant wait to see what you guys do next!

Hey Mark! Im going to ComicCon this year but I'll miss your show on Friday. Just wanted to say youve been an inspiration to me as a DM and learning from your DM style has been an enriching experience for me. Best of Luck at ComicCon, hope all goes smoothly, Its gonna be a Cracker!

Mark, Thank you very much for posting these videos. I have fell in love with your D&D content being with HR, Critical Role, and Knights of Evening Star. Your story writing has really helped me through some trying times. I appreciate you talking about these things so I can understand a little more in the situations.

Great job again here! Keep doing this!!!

Man you're really good with characters, the Obi-wan impersonation at the beginning of the video was spot on

Mark, I am glad you are feeling better. Thank you for your videos and campaigns

It's good seeing you up and going again mark. And can only agree while my group will stick to 5e. We'll look to third party stuff and trying out other systems. Again thank you for putting your thoughts out there and for us to keep vigilant

At the very least, I'm glad you're uploading again. I became aware of you only a few years ago and I love everything you appeared in. Based on your knowledge and insight, I put you up there with mcdm. Looking forward to experience your thoughts more often if possible. Thanks for both of these videos!

Thanks for covering this!

Great to hear you are doing better! And great video as always. Personally I’m hopeful but guarded, I’m still going to run my Netherdeep campaign and my Masks of Nyarlathotep game but I’m prodding at Runequest and setting up a roll20 for it mostly as a vision board 😀. Hope to see you at empire again you were very nice when you shopped at our Varushkan Night market stall

Of course we did mark you’ve inspired so many people and have given us so many amazing memories and even though I’ve been band off the high rollers sub Reddit for mentioning a curtain colbolt I’ll always watch and support you as one of the few dms in my opinion that can stand with Matt with some of the most interesting worlds I hope you continue to create your amazing content for this thriving community even tho we don’t deserve it

Really looking forward to your system, Mark. I'm still a d&d player and DM, but I'm excited to play all the new systems and content that come out of this cloudy period.

I am so happy that this part has been won. It isn't a complete win, but that just means staying vigilant. Mark, I am glad to hear that you were able to get some sleep. I did see your previous video and I appreciated the honesty and vulnerability that you shared. My heart goes out to all within this community. I don't pkay regularly. I have only had a couple of opportunities. I do watch a fair bit of content and my kids are involved in regular campaigns so I am aware of what was happening. I was livid for all of you. I hope that the powers that be have finally pulled their heads out of dark places and see where their bread is really buttered. Anyway, thank you for you insight and honesty.

🎊 So happy to see you feeling more confident, We all love you Mark, Personally I'm in the same place on the whole trust, Love the game, and am willing to be convinced to try new editions, but yeah, will continue to vote with my wallet if they don't show me something worth while.

Well said yet again! The groups I play in were already experimenting with other systems (Gary Gygax's Lejendary Adventure & a purely homebrewed Old West themed game based on the Desperados CRPG), but we were planning on moving back to D&D 5e for our next campaign. We decided that in spite of the stunning reversal yesterday that we are still not willing to reward their bad behavior, and for now we're going to give PF2 or Cypher System a shot next. Our campaigns typically last for 1.5-2 years, so we'll have plenty of time to evaluate where WotC goes from here.

Just got here! showing love!

Glad to see you and hear you are well. Play on! :)

Thank you for being a voice of reason in the Chaos. Thanks to you and Ginny I feel able to make an informed choice that is right for myself and the group of Critters I have the honour to DM for. We are for now staying with 5e but, as you said, Wizards will have to convince us to move to One D&D when it is published.

Thank u, thank u for how level-headed u r, one of the few. We love u ❤️

Hey mark letting you know, that i can clearly hear your hand gestures against your table. Had a few shock moments wondering who was knocking on my walls :D

I kept thinking that my neighbors were banging against the wall, but when I noticed my cat wasn't reacting in the slightest And then I realized it was in the video. I am notorious for bumping my mic when I record or hitting desk--glad I am not the only one! Fantastic videos btw! I am new to your channel because of the the OGL debacle.

Very well said. It is a good sign that Wizards backed off from their initial plans, but as you pointed out, the leadership that thinks that D&D is undermonetized and has it's future in more digital assets and video game-like resources are still there. Seeing how they handle the next edition will be quite telling I think, as well as what they do with D&D Beyond. As always, take care. :)

Once again, you've summarized my thoughts/feelings very well. Thanks Mark!

It's great to see your demeanor on this video as opposed to the last one. Glad you are feeling better.

You are in good company, sitting in uncertainty as to how to proceed-- and in your position as someone who is planning on creating their own TTRPG to better suit your paradigm for fantasy roleplaying design and gameplay, as well. I, personally, am not quite going so far as creating an entirely new game, but I'm well into creating a hack for (or a massive revision of) 5e D&D which will revamp the majority of the player and DM-side systems, as well as add on additional systems and subsystems on top of it for the sake of creating a more rich and diverse gameplay experience. As someone who similarly comes from a background of homebrewing 5e and expanding what the basic game's system puts in the DM's hands, I very much look forward to seeing what you'll come up with, and what sort of new RPG world we and similarly minded people can bring forth in this new era of freedom and openness that has come with WotC's capitulation.

Well said! This really encompasses my feelings and thought on this topic at this point.

Damn I'm happy for the D&D community and the power you have shown! I just hope you don't forget that it is MONEY that talks... And that there is plethora other RPG games out there to try out.

Great video Mark, glad you're in a better place.

Glad to see how your going about this. I hope people remember to love d&d for what it brought us. and thank you Mark for being so honest and upfront with your info.

I've enjoyed these vids and I'm glad you were able to sleep and are doing well! And yes Ginny rocks!

much love and respect brother

Thanks, Mark. Also, please continue work on your own game system. I am a big fan of the mechanics and ideas you’ve been bringing to the last few arcs of Aerois like incognito, the mechanics for the stone maw hunt, etc.

You're a lovely man, Mark - don't ever change. Thanks for the impassioned and reasonable analysis.

Nice summary Mark thanks!

YOU ROCK, DUDE!!! ((So does Gini Di!!!))

The White Walkers have retreated, and we have built the Wall. Now we join the Night's Watch, ever vigilant to their further advances

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Not a Game of Thrones guy, but I think I get the reference. XD

Best thing of this whole debacle is that a lot of D&D players finally took a look at other systems and hopefully branch out.

Glad to here how your doing and your thoughts. For me the one question that remains is when will Nate be done touring so we can get more "Nights of Eveningstar"?😁

It’s great to hear that you’re doing better and I’m really looking forward to potentially seeing one shots in other systems. Any chance you‘ll look into anything Cthulhu or Warhammer related? Somehow the idea of seeing the HR crew in either of those settings is absolutely hilarious to me.

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Warhammer Fantasy RPG is gonna be our first mini-campaign! Tom and I have played a few sessions of it and really like it! And I got the CoC Starter Set at Pax Unplugged so definitely want to run that as well!

@W1ngis

Жыл бұрын

@@SherlockHulmesDM I couldn't have asked for more. Really looking forward to this. And cheers for the reply.

I think that none of us thought that they would actually do the ONLY thing that would stop this avalanche of bad decisions. I am really looking forward to reading a book on what was happening behind the stage in WotC and their big partners, in couple of years. :D

More clear and measured thinking from Sherlock! (with credit to same from Ginny Di). Thanks for presenting wisdom to the storm!

Glad you're feeling better!

@SherlockHulmesDM

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I hope to see a lot more of your wisdom advice and personality on KZread Mark. This has left me very wary of platforms Wizards control. I won't be buying digital content on d&d beyond for example but if they make a good book then I might buy it but it will have to be really good the bar is high Kobold Press, ghostfire and others make really good product and there are other games I want to try. So wizards need to invest a lot of effort and make really great stuff. And if 6th edition isn't open I think I'll skip it. Thanks again Mark, see you soon.

You were great it moved me tremendously thanks! ❤

A great, thoughtful video! One of the best things to come out of WOTC/Hasbro's attempt to decommission OGL 1.0a is people looking at other games to see what other experiences are out there. Another one is a lot of 3rd party creators & content creators looking to develop their own systems. Diversity is a strength when we look at communities. Different people come with their own experiences and perspectives. By welcoming them into our communities and bnuilding our communities to support them, we grow and become better versions of ourselves. A lot of indie creators have different backgrounds, often marginalised in different ways. Their experiences and perspectives influence their game design which make for more empathetic play experiences. There is a probability that many people who railed against the Ampersand Corporation's attempted changes will be mollified by their capitulation and go back to playing D&D. But I'm hopeful that some folks will branch out, and find a new game that teaches them something about themselves and others. I hope that creators' content exploring non-D&D & indie games gets as much presence on platforms as D&Drama did. I know I will be hunting for it from creators with renewed vigor.

Brilliant video....... Bravo SH

Another great video!

So glad you’re doing well! And that you’ll continue to develop your own system - I’m sure that will be an amazing experience and look forward to seeing it. Diversification is a smart move IMO - the executives who tried this are still at Hasbro, and ‘irrevocable’ hasn’t been added to the OGL, so there’s no guarantee they won’t try to sneak things past us in the future.

It's amazing that they actually listened to people and changed so many things positively. At the same time, it is worrying that they tried to do all this stuff in the first place, and they could try something again in the future. The community definitely has to stay vigilant.

The power of a community. ❤ We’ve seen it with Sonic the Hedgehog. Now we’ve seen it with DnD. Good job everyone, perhaps the little guys can make a difference after all

I've watched up to Aerois #55 so far & gotta say that in this, & tbh even how open you are in the first OGL video; you seem happier, more self assured, really in touch with yourself if that makes sense, compared to the version of you I'm watching from 3 years ago. Dunno if that's accurate but I really hope it is, you've given a lot to a lot of people & it'd be great if you're doing as well as you seem to be :)

Oh, in your upcoming game, can you include a trigger spell? I used to love "Quest for Glory" computer games as a younger man and one of the things they had that no has replicated is a trigger spell. It triggers magical effects, sets off magical traps, etc. Look it up. It was very enjoyable.