Sebastian wrote:
Bruno Kristensen wrote:
Sebastian wrote:
I have a hard time imagining a scenario in which such a deal could herald good news for D&D, but I'm open to being surprised.
Could it be good for Pathfinder, though? If, and I don't think it will happen, D&D "disappears", who'll be the biggest producer of RPGs? Certainly Paizo/Pathfinder would be somewhere on any shortlist...
I want to say yes, but if D&D goes down, it would be a crisis in the tabletop community and it's always hard to predict how it will play out. Does the death of D&D mean Pathfinder loses it's largest competitor and becomes the heir to the throne? Do the new corporate masters decide to push out 5e and, in the process, go after users of the OGL using b!!!&@%* claims? Does the death of D&D damage the rpg book market so much that the big chains don't even bother to carry those lines anymore? Is D&D spun off/sold to a non-Paizo entity, which then drives the brand so deeply into the ground that it casts a pall on roleplaying and severely damages player recruitment?
I can spin scenarios either way at this point.
I dub thee: Official Devil's Advocate.
*Knights Sebastian and places a wreath around his neck*
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