The Saddlebag is taking another week off to navigate OGL 1.1
Hey heroes, title says it all. The video goes into more detail about the time off and why it's sadly needed.
TLDW; I'm taking another week away from making daily content in order to continue planning a path forward in the wake of OGL 1.1. I know that I and the rest of the creator community are doing everything we can to continue making content for you with as little disruption to you as possible. OGL 1.1 makes this extremely challenging and painful to do so. More information about the specifics of this license should be coming out soon, so hang tight for more details on the hows and whys of it all.
I'll be back on the 9th, next Monday. In the meantime, I'll be continuing to meet with my lawyers, planning, and getting any time-sensitive content published. Thank you all for your patience. I'm sure I'll be back again before too long, so keep an eye and ear out.
As always, you are all my heroes. I couldn't do this without you, and it's an honor to be here with you. Thank you again, and I'll be back soon with more content!
-g
Comments (19)
I just purged my Foundry VTT Server for my next campaign and will start fresh with Symbaroum. Your Artwork and ideas are not necessarily DnD-specific, so I'm looking forward to keep using your content albeit in a different system, world and context. While I won't end my Patreon pledge, a solution where the money doesn't also end up in a Hasbro CEO's bonus would be preferable.
Love your content Griffon! You and Kibble have some of the best Patreon content out there (IMO). Will support your work as much as I can!
Moving to Savage Worlds Pathfinder. Come join the fun. They have cookies.
My group is in the process of switching to Pathfinder 2e because of all this. Might be worth looking at too!
Having just looked over the big changes in the leaked OGL 1.1, my level of empathy for Griffin has kicked into overdrive. This just *sucks*. Like he said in the video, it's *way* worse than the PR piece is suggesting. Resist. The only leverage you creators have is NOT to sign. Keep publishing under 1.0a / 5E SRD. It isn't rescinded if you don't sign the new one. That is WHY a signature is required now, because that is the only way they can override Clause 9 of 1.0a in a bullet-proof, stands-up-in-court way. If enough of you hold out, hopefully Hasbro will come back from La La Land, and restructure this to be a bit less disgusting, and everybody can get back to bettering this hobby.
Agreeing with those previous posters, I have no desire to move to One D&D... sticking with 5e and earlier.
I'd prefer you continue making content for 5e and just avoid the new, toxic OGL all together. I don't plan on leaving 5e for One D&D, and I have a suspicion of you polled your fans you'd find a majority of players will have the same opinion. Regardless of what you decide to do, I hope I can still support you along the way
If I'm not mistaken, they've legally made that not possible. They have officially stated several times in the past that you can operate under whichever OGL you like, and that each OGL will only apply to the current system. So While WotC may want to make the new OGL apply to all content, I don't think they legally can
Maybe have a poll of people that plan on moving to one DND? I'm planning on just staying with 5e and moving to pathfinder 2e. Wotc has been pretty disappointing lately.
OneD&D seems to be on the ramp-up of being rather lame. 5e is just fine and flexible.
Even if WotC somehow revokes their current 5e OGL for something more restrictive, if you move to another non-D&D system I will be moving with you.
People will still play 5e I think no one won't play it so can't you still make 5e content
I haven’t taken to the comments much but the work you do is invaluable and so very appreciated. Take your time and please let us know how we can help.
Take all of the time you need. This sucks. Just remember, we support you. The funny thing is in theory, One D&D is backwards compatible. In theory. We know that while technically true (old classes / feats /etc. will still show as Legacy and usable in D&D Beyond, etc.) obviously D&D Digital will require OGL 1.1. I hope all 20 or so creators are STRONGLY considering sticking with OGL 1.0a and the existing OGC / 5E SRD. That IMO is the path forward. No royalties. No signing contracts. Just use the existing legally binding contract, and help ensure One D&D falls flat on it's face, as it deserves due to the corporate overreach. Yes, this does mean that you can't publish for D&D Digital, but: 1) we don't even know what that means yet 2) or the royalty structure 3) it is by no means a guaranteed success Furthermore, if the big 20 "unionize" and agree to NOT do this, it will all but ENSURE that D&D Digital fails. CR will toe the Corporate Line. As will Kobold Press. But, everybody else...IMO they have options here. If they get all on the same page, and do not move to OGL 1.1, it WILL have an impact...
This change isn't too bad for small creators, but for professional creators that make 3rd party content as a living, it's a real pain, and detrimental to their livelihood. I can't imagine this direction for D&D is healthy as a whole.
It sucks that WotC/Hasbro's decisions affect you to this degree. I really wish it was different. Take all the time you need to figure this out, I hope that you're able to continue doing this!
Good luck man, you and other creators make our games so much better.
I'm hoping you all can figure this all out because your content is great
Good luck. It is unfortunate that WOTC and Hasbro have chosen this course of action. The silver lining is that excellent creators like you and your team have made so much exceptional content that WOTC and Hasbro cannot use their market share without consequence. Happy new year.