I think I finally have this chaos figured out!!!

Nothing else, makes any sense.

As I've said elsewhere, with their fondness for rainbow-colored draconic imagery, and the emphasis on both control and monetization, the most likely candidate is Tiamat.

We are playing through Tomb of Annihilation these days (and for the past year) and it's a genuinely great adventure. At least, it is in the hands of our excellent DM.

The Soulmonger does seem like a good analogy for OGL 1.1, yes. Sign up to it and they have your soul.

Quote from: S'mon on January 09, 2023, 11:34:58 AM
The Soulmonger does seem like a good analogy for OGL 1.1, yes. Sign up to it and they have your soul.

You make a good point. And a lot of people will sign. They may be getting some pushback now, but in the long run I'm somewhat concerned about how many folks will remember and care enough not to sign on the dotted line.

Quote from: KindaMeh on January 09, 2023, 12:18:58 PM

Quote from: S'mon on January 09, 2023, 11:34:58 AM
The Soulmonger does seem like a good analogy for OGL 1.1, yes. Sign up to it and they have your soul.

You make a good point. And a lot of people will sign. They may be getting some pushback now, but in the long run I'm somewhat concerned about how many folks will remember and care enough not to sign on the dotted line.

I'm not so sure of that. Even the woke at TBP are up in arms at this, with only the fact that non-woke are up in arms too being cognitive dissonance (one of their posters actually called for non-woke content creators and fans to be excluded from the campaign against WotC).

This is one of those rare "0% approval rating" moments where people are talking about not just boycotting Hasbro/WotC, but anyone who aligns themselves with Hasbro/WotC. Beyond just the raw business risks of the OGL1.1 if released as leaked, there's now a bandwagon effect essentially added a further business risk to signing on and risking the 0% approval rating becoming contagious (i.e. "sellout" and "traitors" are terms I've heard bandied in relation to anyone who might sign on).

The really interesting fight is going to be all the new Non-OGL re-releases and Kickstarters that will be coming in the near future and how Kickstarter and DriveThrueRPG/OneBookShelf handle them. What happens when the non-OGL ACKS2.0 is kickstarted or released and Hasbro hits KS and DTRPG with cease and desists for 'infringing on our copyrights' even if the new product doesn't? Will Kickstarter or DTRPG fight for the people using their services or will they knuckle under and pull the product until you prove in a court you're not actually infringing on their IP?

Quote from: Mistwell on January 09, 2023, 09:46:17 AM
We are playing through Tomb of Annihilation these days (and for the past year) and it's a genuinely great adventure. At least, it is in the hands of our excellent DM.

Isn't that based on a series of 70-80s era dungeons? What adventures has Wizards made that people will be talking and reformatting 40+ years later?