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Closing Down the Webpage

1/20/2023

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​Like the rest of the industry, I have not been unaffected by the whole OGL debacle, and I've decided that I can no longer support or use 5E or any system connected to Wizards of the Coast going forward. What will I do if I do not use any format of an existing system owned by Wizards of the Coast? Starting today, I will place this webpage on hiatus, and I will no longer be making 5e Archetypes, and I will be pulling down the website on January 31st. 

I've been leaning this way since before the problems with the OGL. I have a serious problem with WOTC's approach to dealing with the creators that established this industry. Instead of treating bad eggs as the individuals they are and addressing those issues as they come, they have thrown a wide net over everything before 5e as problematic and worthy of ignoring. Despite this, it hasn't kept them from selling back issues of old games in PDF and POD on DMsGuild. The simple fact that they do not acknowledge  Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson as the creators of the hobby as we know it is disturbing. 

I'm going to wait and see how the market shakes out after the glut of new systems hits the market and after existing systems have scrubbed out all their previous OGL content, and then make a decision as to which, if any, system I might use to relaunch the project. 

Thank you to everyone that has visited my website and enjoyed its content. 

Sincerely, 
William Henry Dvorak
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Stoloc
1/20/2023 11:56:54 am

Throwing out a vote for Savage worlds as a system to use - it’s more rules lite than 5e,3.x/pathfinder etc.

I just picked up the Savage Worlds pathfinder rule book and so far I really like what I’m seeing.

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Fenrir125
1/20/2023 12:31:22 pm

Seems like a knee jerk reaction, especially coming AFTER WotC has walked back almost everything that negatively affected content creators. Have you seen the things posted in the last 2 days? Or how about the YouTubers who spread the panic admitting they got bad Intel?
And "not acknowledging Gygax and Arneson" is flat out untrue. The 5e Core Rulebooks all say "based on the game created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson". On the page before the table of contents.

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Greg F
1/21/2023 08:47:11 am

I play a Greyhawk game using Pathfinder 2nd Edition

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