If you support #OpenDnD so that third party publishers have a right to flourish with the OGL and create D&D products, and are choosing to boycott sales on @dms_guild to do that, you need to touch some grass.
Here's some things you should know.
Here's some things you should know.
First, a few facts:
1. DMsGuild is not owned or run by Hasbro
2. Wizards of the Coast gets 20% of the revenue off each sale at DMsGuild (not 50%)
3. OneBookShelf gets 30% of the revenue off each sale
4. The DMsGuild CCA locks your content there, you can't move content off it
1. DMsGuild is not owned or run by Hasbro
2. Wizards of the Coast gets 20% of the revenue off each sale at DMsGuild (not 50%)
3. OneBookShelf gets 30% of the revenue off each sale
4. The DMsGuild CCA locks your content there, you can't move content off it
For every dollar you don't spend at DMsGuild, you're taking $0.20 away from WotC, $0.30 away from OBS, and $0.50 away from one of the Creators who are the folks you are fighting right alongside against the OGL.
And $0.50 means a lot more to those Creators than $0.20 does to WotC
And $0.50 means a lot more to those Creators than $0.20 does to WotC
Also, OneBookShelf?
They're our allies in this too.
Do you think they benefit from the OGL closing up? They are hugely invested in the openness and success of the OGL 1.0a
So now you're punishing two allies 4x as hard (0.80 v 0.20) as you're punishing WotC.
They're our allies in this too.
Do you think they benefit from the OGL closing up? They are hugely invested in the openness and success of the OGL 1.0a
So now you're punishing two allies 4x as hard (0.80 v 0.20) as you're punishing WotC.
And what Wizards gets out of DMsGuild is an absolute fucking pittance compared to all their other revenue streams. Its basically nothing.
Yet that means a shit ton to the creators.
Yet that means a shit ton to the creators.
I can absolutely get behind the idea of creators no longer CREATING content for DMsGuild (although one could argue its a safer and more secure license than OGL at this point), but customers choosing no longer to purchase from the DMsGuild just disproportionately hurts creators.
The work I've done at DMsGuild over the years continues to give me passive income, enough to cover a week's worth of groceries each month on average for my family.
It also opened a ton of doors for me into other work with non-Guild 3PPs even outside OGL and D&D
It also opened a ton of doors for me into other work with non-Guild 3PPs even outside OGL and D&D
So no, I won't be removing my Guild content from sale just to spite Wizards of the Coast the absolute pittance they get from my work.
And I won't ask any creator or consumer to stop creating for the Guild or purchasing from the Guild.
And I won't ask any creator or consumer to stop creating for the Guild or purchasing from the Guild.
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