Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast has released the core rulesystem of #5e #DnD under the Creative Commons By-Attribute 4.0 license. https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons

This is ONLY the System Reference Document (SRD), NOT the Player's Handbook or other supplements, and does not affect future versions of D&D.

This is a good thing. It's not perfect, because there is still a snake in the grass to be addressed (the Wizards Fan Content Policy https://company.wizards.com/en/legal/fancontentpolicy ) but my reading is that it's unenforceable.

YouTube brags on its all-knowing "Algorithm" figures pit, based upon what you watch, what you skip, and what you block outright, what you want to see.

So. If the "Algorithm" is so smart, why does it continue to cram my recommendations full of Rogan crap and Tate misogyny when I block every last channel that shows me one of those two holding forth?

If the "Algorithm" is so bad at that, how can it accurately identify what's "advertiser friendly" and what's not? Or which accounts to auto-ban?

Free to you all, unencumbered by #OGL license issues, I offer "The Dragon's Rest Inn", an adventure compatible with #DnD #5e, suitable for 5th-7th level adventurers, including a 9-page PDF, 2 super-high-resolution maps suitable for VTTs, 3 new magic items, 6 new monsters, and hooks for additional adventures. You can come git you some at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ipV25DaNTM6B24bCL4qURlAoAvR7FxbE ... please let me know what you think!

Sukkit, HasBeen. releasing under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and you can't stop me!

Cancelled my DnDBeyond subscription.

Not one more penny to Hasbro.

Facts:

https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/01/17/big-change-coming-for-hasbro-should-investor-worry/

Wizards of the Coast, the division of Hasbro that makes Magic the Gathering and Dungeons&Dragons, accounts for 22% of revenue but 72% of profit for ALL OF HASBRO, meaning that WotC is carrying Hasbro on its back. It costs next to nothing to operate that free-money machine.

And by trying to force even more out of it, they've utterly destroyed all goodwill and trust.

Nice job, Hasbro. Have you been taking Musk lessons?

#OGL #WOTC #Hasbro