Reply to post: Re: What's new?

Dungeons & Dragons finally going digital

JLV

Re: What's new?

As I recall WoTC were pretty clever. They open licensed their D20 system itself (combat rules) @ v3. Given that it's clean, elegant and nowhere as clunky as Gigax's 2nd ed, it pretty much took over all the alternative rule systems that had evolved till then. No more faffin around for 60 sec rounds to shoot 1 arrow for example.

But the ability, for example, to create a character with DnD v3+ classes/spells/etc.. (i.e. content, not rules) is still firmly under their copyright. That's why you couldn't create your own DnD site or mobile app and that's why this announcement is news.

A common alternative, Pathfinder, IIRC runs on D20, but with its own classes and content. But generally, all the numerous alternative systems like Runemaster/Harn/Dragonquest have lapsed. And the numerous DnD books seem to be selling well, esp with their frequent version upgrades (3, 3.5, 4, 5).

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