> Ryan S. Dancey > > Because you don't need a physical description, culture, or list of > tactics if you have the WotC products that contain those things, and if > you don't have those WotC products, you may sense the lack and be > motivated to make a purchase.
Not true. The END USER does not need these things if they have the WotC books, but the 3rd party developer doesn't have enough material to bridge the gap to the WotC products. It forces 3rd party developers to create products that inspire a purchaser to "sense the lack". Either that or invent a new creature with the same name to compete with the WotC version. I just don't see an upside to either option. > I don't agree that there's a correlation between "not having all > potential background material" and "useless". You're putting words in my mouth. I'm not saying that the material is useless, I'm saying that there isn't a business case for including them. There is not enough OGC to promote the sale of WotC material. On the contrary, the material published promotes a schism effect that I think WotC should avoid. If you leave the Gith out you should probably leave out Illithids too - and I think you would be perfectly justified in doing so. -Brad _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
