Summary: <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This episode Keepers Bridgett, Dave and Murph riff on what it must be like to grow up as a deepone hybrid!<br> <br> <br> <br> Campus Crier<br> <br> <br> <br> The Campus Crier is where we talk about recent Mythos-related events and happenings in the world. This episode was recorded on January 12, 2023. Happy new year everyone! <br> <br> <br> <br> The main topic of conversation for pretty much everyone in the whole TTRPG industry is the leaking of Wizards of the Coasts OGL 1.1 last week and coverage by Gizmodo in a story called <a href="https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634">The Dungeons & Dragons’ OGL 1.1 Tightens Grip On Competition</a>. While Wizards has yet to release an official response to the leak and subsequent uproar and backlash, many prominent game publishers have already announced complete changes in their business models and game systems (including partnering with newer systems such as Mork Borg). The hashtag <a href="https://www.opendnd.games/">OpenDND</a> was Trending earlier today on Twitter, and is an open letter to WOTC to back off.<br> <br> <br> <br> Most prominently, <a href="https://koboldpress.com/raising-our-flag/">Kobold Press</a> and <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/future-of-mcdm-77116508">MCDM</a>, both top publishers of supplemental 5e materials, have announced their own game systems that will be truly open and available for use by others. Other publishers have begun scaling back production and support for 5e materials,or shutter them entirely. Naturally, everyone has plenty to say about it all. Even Denis Detwiller and Arc Dream Publishing was forced to make a <a href="https://twitter.com/drgonzo123/status/1612821150480093192">statement</a>, which, to our listeners at least, should be funny as hell.<br> <br> <br> <br> There’s a lot to unpack with the Wizard's announcement, official or not. And they have not yet responded to the leak in any public fashion as of the time of recording, <a href="https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-announcement-wizards-of-the-coast-1849981365">in fact they have delayed any such announcement several times</a>. I know some of our audience may not know how this potentially affects them, but if you enjoy games or any other media products that rely on the OGL, then this affects you. There has been some claims that they are “dismantling the RPG Industry” which should raise alarmist concerns for those, like many of our listeners, that don’t deal with WOTC or DnD. But there are a few key things to take from Wizard’s proposed changes to the OGL:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * They are seeking to revoke OGL 1.0a, which as unpopular as it may be, is entirely legal as far as I can tell.<br> <br> <br> <br> * They are taking a cut from the signers of the new OGL based on a tiered system that has the highest tier giving 25% of income to WOTC.<br> <br> <br> <br> * Signees of the new OGL will give the irrevocable, non-transferable rights to their creations in perpetuity to WOTC to use however they wish.<br> <br> <br> <br> * Any crowdfunding will also have to pay revenue to WOTC, as above,, and have additional strings attached<br> <br> <br> <br> * Virtual Tabletops will no longer be able to support OGL products, as everything OGL will likely have to go through OneDnD’s own VTT instead.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> We are still in the early parts of how this rolls out, and by the time this is live we will have certainly learned more. But however this lands, it is sure to cast a long shadow over how creators engage with Wizards and 5e going forward.<br> <br> <br> <br> And Paizo comes in with some last second <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v?Paizo-Announces-SystemNeutral-Open-RPG-License">additions to the news</a>, announcing the Open RPG Creative license (ORC for short) that will be ...
