Wizards of the Coast launched a brand new assertion this week within the ongoing controversy over rumored modifications to the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop system. Wizards, which additionally owns the favored card recreation Magic: The Gathering, has confronted heavy criticism from D&D gamers and impartial publishers over the previous few days, with some even as far as to boycott the sport totally.
In the assertion, D&D govt producer Kyle Brink describes a “path forward” for D&D, in addition to apologizing for the corporate’s actions. Brink explains that Wizards will work with followers and content material creators to create a brand new Open Game License–the key authorized doc on the middle of the controversy–in the identical method that it handles playtest supplies for the sport. A survey will ask gamers for his or her suggestions after they evaluate the brand new draft of the OGL.
Brink additional states that this new OGL is not going to change many key features of the world of D&D, together with video content material, digital tabletop applications like Roll20 and Foundry, and content material produced beneath the earlier model of the OGL, resembling previous modules. Brink additionally states that the brand new OGL is not going to have a income reporting requirement or any possession/license necessities, two widely-criticized features of the leaked draft.
As with Wizards’ earlier assertion, it stays to be seen how the bigger D&D neighborhood will reply to this. As defined in a current characteristic, a number of main D&D companions have already introduced main strikes away from the model, and this appears unlikely to stem the tide.
