3y ago

Will Pathfinder still be standing after the dust settles?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/2681

Is there a consensus on what #Pathfinder is going to look like after the dust settles on the #D&D / #OGL changes? I've just shut down my dndbeyond subscription as a result of the changes and told my group we need to move the campaign to another system. But #Paizo and Pathfinder are the main targets of the changes, so I'm not sure whether that will even be an option for us!

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- I'm not going to support them, that's the whole point! The question is whether Paizo/Pathfinder will be an option instead
What's happening in D&D that's attacking PF?
- Hasbro is changing the OGL. The new one is horribly restrictive, allows them to steal the work of 3rd party producers without compensation and gouges them 25% of their profit and revokes the old OGL
  
  Pretty much, yes. Here's an archive of Gizmodo's article, which goes more in-depth into the fiasco:
  https://archive.is/94i9f
  
  What's OGL? Never heard of this before.
There can't be a consensus, as the rulings are based on laws, and the laws all depend upon the judge at the time.
A few lawywers have already weighed in. None of them have been willing to give a prediction.
At least there are plenty of non-OGL options. I've been ranting for a while now about the OGL not being open, but I never thought I'd see such movement around the issue.
- Well it does, in so far as I'm currently running D&D, but refuse to keep doing so. I don't own any Pathfinder, so I would be outlaying a chunk of money to make that happen
  
  You can play Pathfinder and Starfinder without paying, since the rules are all free ( https://2e.aonprd.com/ ). Adventure Paths cost money, but if you run your own adventures then you don't need to buy APs.

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