Newsgroup: it.hobby.giochi.gdr.dnd
Titolo: Anche necromancer games dice no alla gsl

Da enworld:
http://www.enworld.org/articles/No_4E_for_Necromancer_Games!/6939
E' interessante notare coma paizo, con la linea pathfinder, stia
diventando il riferimento di molti produttori.
Sono un felice acquirente di questa linea, e sebbene mi sono deciso a
gicare con la 4ed, continuerò a comprare questi moduli.
ecco la news per intero. Buona lettura.
Sorry I have been so quiet. Things are very up in the air right now.
And no one is more aggravated with that than me. It has been about a
year now that we havent put out a product. The market for 3.5 is all
but dried up. Maybe Pathfinder's release will help, but that is still
some time off. I intend to support Pathfinder when it is finalized. I
trust and respect the people at Paizo. They are gamers and brilliant
designers. They love D&D and have its best interests at heart.
Luckily, when Wizards first took over D&D, they put a visionary
gentleman named Ryan Dancey at the helm and he was able to convince
the powers that be to release D&D 3E as an Open Game, thus essentially
assuring that the game we all love could exist in that iteration
forever. 3E and the d20 movement was a great time for gaming. A true
renaissance, in my view.
Now we have the GSL. Right now, in my view, the GSL needs some major
reworking or clarification to be usable. The bottom line, in my view,
is that the GSL is a total unmitigated failure. And that is a shame. I
have been one of the biggest vocal proponents of Wizards and I love
Scott and Linae. I still do, big time. I am hopefull that we can find
a way to change or clarify some of the issues with the license so that
we can use it and create 4E products. You know that philsophically I
believe in supporting the current version of D&D.
Trust me that I am working hard to try to resolve the GSL issues so
that we can go forward. I'm optimistic that some changes can be made.
Will they be enough to make the GSL usable? I sure hope so.
Please dont take this post as bashing Wizards. I am not doing that. I
support Wizards. And if there is one thing that is clear from this
process it is that, while I would have done it differently, they have
always been great about listening to our comments and revising things
based on our comments. That is a credit to them, for sure. And Scott
and Linae continue to be amazing and, in my view, working hard to make
the license usable.
So what will Necro do? I'll try to break things down by relevant
topic:
So are you doing 4E? Well, right now I dont see 4E products in the
immediate future from Necro without some changes or clarifications to
the license. My hope is that I will be able to get what I need so that
we can do 4E products. But as of today we have not adopted the GSL, we
have not sent in our card accepting the license. And, unless there are
changes or significant clarification, we won't be adopting it.
Necro and Paizo? I still very much want to work with them and they
very much want to work with me. The problem is the GSL. Necro will
definately be supporting Pathfinder when it comes out. If the GSL
issues are resolved, Necro and Paizo will be bringing you some amazing
products that we already have lined up and in the hopper. Seriously,
there are several awesome products literally ready to go just awaiting
the fixing of the issues with the GSL.
Tegel Manor? Right now, in my view, in addition to the problems the
GSL has in general, it has specific additonal problems for a product
like Tegel. I see the risk to Judges Guild, which wants to continue to
make OGL versions of JG content and distribute our old Necro/JG
products as well, as being too great to jeopardize permenantly, which
the GSL does. But, you may say, Judges Guild doesnt have to adopt the
GSL! That is true, but the GSL has some problematic provisions that
make that partnership very difficult and uncertain.
What about that free adventure, Winter's Tomb? Can't you just do a
free adventure? Its not happening. There is no way to "just do a free
adventure" without adopting the GSL, which we have not yet done and
wont do in its current incarnation.
So now will you release all that stuff for 3E? Doubtful. The market
for 3E is not there. I expect Pathfinder to revive it, but that isnt
going to be a full, public supportable system for some time. 3E
remains viable for many publishers. But our plan is to up the
production value on our products, which means they cost alot more to
make, which means our margins are so small, that the current 3E market
makes those products not feasible for lots of reasons I wont get into.
I know there are many fans who say they will buy that stuff and would
love to have it. Well, in a perfect world, we'd love to deliver it.
But this isnt a perfect world and fan demand isnt the only
factor--there are distributors and retailers and others who are not so
excited about generic 3E now that 4E is out.
So bottom line it for me--what are you going to do? We are working
with Wizards to clarify and/or change the license. If that works, we
will release 4E material. If there are no changes, I dont see us
adopting the GSL (absent some significant official clarification of
terms of the GSL). We will support Pathfinder. But we will not just
release OGL content from this point forward until Pathfinder is viable
and we can support it.
How likely do you think it is that there will be changes? I am very
hopeful that some significant changes or clarifications can be
accomplished with the GSL.

 and we can support it.
L'intento però mi sembra chiaro:
1- niente supporto per D&D3, ma qualcosa per Pathfinder
2- se la GSL sarà più permissiva si butteranno a capofitto su D&D4
salut
-- 
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Lo Stato sono io - Luigi XIV
Lo Stato è mio - Silvio IV 


anche se lui pensa che non sia sostenibile economicamente per lui
pubblicare per pathfinder e che ripone qualche speranza nella modifica
della gsl senno non pubblica più nulla
il problema come dicevo altrove è il rischio che gli cambino le carte
in tavola dopo pochi mesi di pubblicazione e questo è un rischio che
non vuol correre
--
Fabio

non vuol correre
ettecredo!
chi è il folle che investe in un prodotto che, senza motivo alcuno,
magari deve essere ritirato dal mercato?
Da quel che ho carpito ad amici USA, pare che la wotc farà una gsl
lievemente diversa per 3 o 4 publisher. Non so quanto ci sia di vero,
però in questa fantomatica licenza più aperta.

 indipendenti.
Specificare "editori indipendenti"
Attualmente più che altro abbiamo visto un paio di autori - Sean K. Reynolds 
e Monte "dopo il MCWoD non scriverò più un manuale di gdr" Cook - e si parla 
di questa vaghissima possibilità (che a me pare più un no che un sì) per la 
Necromancer (che comunque era già legata alla Paizo), poi per il resto 
deserto. Un po' pochino per un catalizzatore dal mio punto di vista ;)


 deserto. Un po' pochino per un catalizzatore dal mio punto di vista ;)
Questo articolo di Chris Pramas (Green Ronin) spiega un po' la
situazione per quanto riguarda Pathfinder dal suo punto di vista:
http://www.chrispramas.com/2008/07/interesting-question.html
In sostanza Pathfinder è un marchio potenzialmente interessante, ma
con un paio di problemi: retrocompatibilità e il fatto che, in realtà,
non sarà disponibile nella versione finale prima di un anno.
Ovviamente per tutti questi editori (Paizo compresa) sarebbe più
conveniente pubblicare per 4e.
Le diverse reazioni sono legate più che altro alle diverse
prospettive: Paizo è una società che vive prevalentemente di gdr (e
board game), e non aveva al momento del lancio di 4e linee non
direttamente legate a 3e, quindi ne ha creata una. Necromancer è un
editore al limite dell'hobbismo (il titolare è un avvocato), per cui,
al contrario di Paizo, può tranquillamente non pubblicare niente per
un anno e vivere tranquillo lo stesso.
Green Ronin ha le sue linee non-d20, e in più Pramas ha un altro
lavoro nel campo dei MMORPG, quindi anche lui non ha tutta questa
fretta di lanciarsi su 4e o Pathfinder.
GP