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We plan to do one product in support of 4E: the Green Ronin Character Record Folio. This will be an update of the d20 System Character Record Folio and we’ll be publishing it under the Open Game License (OGL).
Other than that we’ll be giving our full attention to our own game lines: Mutants & Masterminds, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, True20 Adventure Roleplaying, and Freeport: The City of Adventure.
We had hoped to include 4E support in our plans, but the terms of the GSL are too one-sided as they stand. We certainly do not blame Wizards of the Coast for wanting to defend their intellectual property and take more control over the type of support products D&D receives. We do not, however, feel that this license treats third party publishers as valued partners. Under its terms WotC could frivolously sue a signatory for supposed violations of the GSL, lose the actual court case, and still ruin the winning company because the license specifies that the signatory has to pay WotC’s legal fees. Also, the GSL can be changed at any time and WotC is not legally required to so much as inform its licensees.
Let me be clear in stating that I don’t think that the people in charge of WotC currently are just waiting to attack companies with frivolous lawsuits. Once you sign the GSL though, you open yourself up to that at any point in the future. Who knows when new people will take over the D&D brand and who can say what their vision will be? Who knows when the political winds at WotC will change again and things will get even more restrictive? We do not want to operate under such a cloud moving ahead so that’s why we won’t be signing the GSL.
This means the Green Ronin Character Record Folio is the only 4E compatible product you’ll be seeing from us this year and likely for 2009 as well. Perhaps WotC will revise the GSL in the positive way, but we cannot build our business on maybes. We know this will disappoint those of our fans who have embraced 4E and we’re sorry about that. We have to make the best business decision for Green Ronin’s future and right now this is it.
Thank you for your continued support.
Chris Pramas
President
Green Ronin Publishing
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Wizards of the Coast announces a forthcoming revision to the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Game System License (GSL) and System Reference Document (SRD).

“We recognize the important role third party publishing support plays in the success of the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. We have listened to the community and our valued colleagues and have taken their concerns and recommendations to heart. Our commitment to the health of the industry and hobby gaming lifestyle is reflected in the revisions to the Game System License.”
–Linae Foster D&D Licensing Manager

While the delivery date is not yet firmly established, the revised documents will be available in the very near future.

The new fan site policy, to be made public at a later date, will be posted upon completion.

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So, mit folgenden Infos kann ich schonmal rausrücken:

Das deutsche Pathfinder Beta Regelwerk wird 24,99 € kosten. (ca. 400 Seiten, vollfarbiges Softcover)

Es wird auch als kostenloser Pdf-Download zur Verfügung gestellt werden!

Es wird nicht zeitgleich mit dem englischen erscheinen können, da wir durch die Lizenzverhandlungen und diverse Kleinigkeiten zu viel Zeit verloren haben. Es wird so schnell es geht erscheinen - was das genau bedeutet kann ich noch nicht sagen, aber wir arbeiten mit Hochdruck dran. Das Kampagnensetting ist dann das nächste Buch.

In Zukunft werden wir natürlich versuchen, neue Titel möglichst zeitgleich mit den englischen rauszubringen (wobei wir nicht alle Titel übersetzen werden)

Was immer Paizo anderen Verlagen in Zusammenhang mit der OGL und Pathfinder anbietet, werden wir auch genauso für die deutsche Version anbieten soweit es geht. Genaueres muss ich allerdings nach dem Gencon erst noch mit Paizo absprechen, damit ich nix falsches sage oder verspreche.

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