Update: Hasbro has now said its deal with Xplored won't extend to D&D in any capacity.

Dear sweet Oghma. We can’t even get rid of it on TTRPGs.

  • FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    We can’t even get rid of it on TTRPGs.

    It’s really really easy to do so. Just… don’t use it. It’s not like Hasbro can force you to play with their AI. Just get together with your friends and play D&D the old fashioned way if you prefer.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Well for what it’s worth they’re likely changing the license of D&D in the upcoming edition which will be more restrictive. There are also leaks from inside the company that they are basically considering the pen & paper market dead and are going to move to focusing on the online game in their proprietary VTT app in that edition.

      So existing editions under the OGL or CC are safe, but the future edition is going to be much more of a walled garden.

      • FaceDeer@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        The proposed change to the OGL caused such an inferno of negative reactions that Wizards of the Coast backed off of the license change. If they go through with it in the future anyway, though, then it’s still really easy to avoid. Just don’t play that version of D&D, use one of the existing ones. Or one of the innumerable other systems for TTRPGs.

        Really, it’s not hard to not use a particular tool for this stuff. Dig out the old paper books if you want to go really old school.

      • AlexisFR@jlai.luEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        Well Pathfinder was created for this reason, time to move on.