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It began with the forging of the OGL. D20's were given to Chaosium and White Wolf, wisest and most goth of all developers. So too were they given to others, great craftsmen, third party developers and indies with their zines.
But they were all of them deceived. For another edition was made.
In the lands of the Coast, in the fires of TSR, the dark lords forged in secret THREE POINT FIVE, which would destroy all others who had invested heavily in third. And into this edition they poured their errata, their marketability, and their will to please moral watchdogs incensed by the Book of Vile Darkness and the Book of Erotic Fantasy.
ONE SYSTEM TO RULE THEM ALL.
One by one the FLGSs fell to the power of the system. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of retroclones and publishers marched against the armies of TSR, and in the pages of 'Dragon' and 'Dungeon' magazines, they fought for the freedom of RPG's.
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But they were all of them deceived. For another edition was made.
In the lands of the Coast, in the fires of TSR, the dark lords forged in secret THREE POINT FIVE, which would destroy all others who had invested heavily in third. And into this edition they poured their errata, their marketability, and their will to please moral watchdogs incensed by the Book of Vile Darkness and the Book of Erotic Fantasy.
ONE SYSTEM TO RULE THEM ALL.
One by one the FLGSs fell to the power of the system. But there were some who resisted. A last alliance of retroclones and publishers marched against the armies of TSR, and in the pages of 'Dragon' and 'Dungeon' magazines, they fought for the freedom of RPG's.
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Use the Homebrew, DM!
You want to allow players to do things that would make the Wizards of the Coast' pointy hats curl?
You want to play as evil-doers who burn villages to the ground, steal candy from babies, and kick puppies? (Actually no, don't hurt the puppies!!!) :(
You want to make your players battle against giant dildo golems?
Wielded properly, the mighty power of Homebrew can do anything!
You want to allow players to do things that would make the Wizards of the Coast' pointy hats curl?
You want to play as evil-doers who burn villages to the ground, steal candy from babies, and kick puppies? (Actually no, don't hurt the puppies!!!) :(
You want to make your players battle against giant dildo golems?
Wielded properly, the mighty power of Homebrew can do anything!
Some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend, and legend became myth. And for two decades the OGL passed out of all mainstream conversation.
Until, when chance came, it tried again.
Golem voice "D&D is undermonetized... One D&D... 20% royalties..."
Until, when chance came, it tried again.
Golem voice "D&D is undermonetized... One D&D... 20% royalties..."
Once upon a time in the some time ago, D&D, which at the time was in its third edition, created the OGL, whereby they said "Hey, here's our game system, our *D20* system! If anyone else wants to use it, go for it!"
And go for it people did! EVERYONE was doing it, turning all of their games into 'D20 system' games! And every game that was D20-ified had the little logo 'D20 system' slapped on it. "It's a world of RPG's that are all mix and matchable!" People said.
BUT a few things happened all together. First, people started to get sick of the D20 system. They were like "Hey, this doesn't really fit EVERY SINGLE GAME out there, y'know? I kinda liked Call of Cthulhu better when it used a D100 percentile system!" Additionally, Wizards of the Coast pulled a not-too-cool-of-them-move by deciding "Third edition? We're sort of done with that. We're changing some stuff JUST A LITTLE, and making 3.5!" and lo and behold, a bunch of third party publishers which had based all their D&D supplements on third edition suddenly had to re-do a whole lot of stuff.
So, one way or another, the flood of D20 rpg's was not only devalued but also hated, and joining RPG's all together in a single boat nearly sank the industry.
And go for it people did! EVERYONE was doing it, turning all of their games into 'D20 system' games! And every game that was D20-ified had the little logo 'D20 system' slapped on it. "It's a world of RPG's that are all mix and matchable!" People said.
BUT a few things happened all together. First, people started to get sick of the D20 system. They were like "Hey, this doesn't really fit EVERY SINGLE GAME out there, y'know? I kinda liked Call of Cthulhu better when it used a D100 percentile system!" Additionally, Wizards of the Coast pulled a not-too-cool-of-them-move by deciding "Third edition? We're sort of done with that. We're changing some stuff JUST A LITTLE, and making 3.5!" and lo and behold, a bunch of third party publishers which had based all their D&D supplements on third edition suddenly had to re-do a whole lot of stuff.
So, one way or another, the flood of D20 rpg's was not only devalued but also hated, and joining RPG's all together in a single boat nearly sank the industry.
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