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WotC D&D Embraces Corporate Cancer: Chris Perkins & Cultural Consultants

Started by Jaeger, November 10, 2022, 06:26:06 PM

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Brad

#90
November 29, 2022, 11:14:18 AM
Got my account reactivated after a self-imposed sabbatical just to reply with LOFUCKINGL...
It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.

BoxCrayonTales

#91
November 29, 2022, 01:30:42 PM
Quote from: Anon Adderlan on November 28, 2022, 06:10:33 AM
Quote from: BoxCrayonTales on November 16, 2022, 02:29:23 PM
Paradox has even applied to this formula to video games now, but even worse somehow. You can use their IP in your personal project you publish to itch.io, but subject to a bunch of restrictions like: you must adhere to the most recent iteration of canon (despite the changes being extremely controversial among fans), you can't use any canon characters (even tho that's pretty much the only thing fans like to discuss), you can't advertise your game as using their IP (so you don't actually benefit from the brand name recognition that would justify using the license in the first place), you have to pay a percentage of your profits as royalties, you can't invent any original ideas even if you can make them unobtrusively fit into canon, you can only make games about vampires and hunters at present because those are the only ones with rulebooks out yet, etc.

At this point, you're better off just inventing your own IP. There's absolutely nothing about Paradox's IP that would justify subjecting yourself to all these ridiculous self-sabotaging restrictions. You can very easily file off the serial numbers in a genre like urban fantasy because of all the public domain resources you can draw on. Just look at Bloodlust: Shadowhunter for an example: it feels sort of like a Bloodlines rip-off but uses an entirely original (albeit derivative) setting that Paradox doesn't seem to be able to sue out of existence.

The IP is effectively worthless at this point. The brand recognition carries no weight and the premise has nothing unique enough to be worth adopting anymore. They've made hunters, vampires, and werewolves as generic as possible. It's a shame #OnyxPath didn't get ahold of it.
How is #OnyxPath's output any better? Vigil and Lost are interesting, sure, but the fandom is a dumpster fire where WoD and CoD fans hate each other.

Ruprecht

#92
November 30, 2022, 06:28:19 PM
Quote from: Spinachcat on November 19, 2022, 02:35:05 AM
Cognitively diverse?

Does that mean WotC has some employees who aren't drooling degenerate morons?

That would be a surprise.
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Anon Adderlan

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December 02, 2022, 04:09:40 AM
Quote from: BoxCrayonTales on November 29, 2022, 01:30:42 PM
How is #OnyxPath's output any better? Vigil and Lost are interesting, sure, but the fandom is a dumpster fire where WoD and CoD fans hate each other.

All fandoms are dumpster fires, and I give no fucks beyond the quality of the writing and my personal playgroups. Anything else leads to mental illness.
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