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> affects video (like Critical Role's Legends of Vox Machina) I would like to see them try biting into that apple. :) While we know that the origins of the sho

> affects video (like Critical Role's Legends of Vox Machina) I would like to see them try biting into that apple. :) While we know that the origins of the show is in DnD there is nothing in it they could claim copyright over. It is the same as if a shower manufacturer would like to claim an idea I had while showering. And while the CR team is quite small next to Hasbro, they have Amazon Studios as a producer who could probably lend them firepower.

hinkley 4y ago
CR Campaign 1 was on Pathfinder until they started trying to broadcast. You can see in the first few episodes how they struggle with remembering that the rules are different, Taliesen Jaffe ended up with a completely custom class because nothing mapped. The hunter also keeps thinking that her pet is useful, which apparently is a thing in PF, but is definitely not in 5e. As for: > I would like to see them try biting into that apple. :) They are already getting a bite of that apple. It's called free advertising, which they've been getting for almost 10 years now and all of the attendant profits from people trying to start their own Critical Role and buying models and books to go along with it. And in the case of CR, they're also the publishers for some books based on CR, which means they're getting royalties from that as well. I said this is double-dipping, but it's triple-dipping. It's just greed. Of the same sort we often have to deal with here, where something is done to build a community and then the bean counters try to figure out how to maximize profits. This isn't just bad for WotC or RPGs, things like this continue to set precedents that every company is lying to you and any outreach project is just about getting free labor.
dividedbyzero 4y ago
They will have a proper licensing agreement of their own that WotC will be happy to amend with pretty much whatever, given the crazy marketing value they have.
patja 4y ago
They don't call it by name, but the prominent and frequent use of the Bigby's Hand spell seems like a vulnerability. My understanding is that WOTC defends their IP rights to the spells with specific characters' names attached (Tenser's, Bigby's, etc.)

hinkley 4y ago

CR Campaign 1 was on Pathfinder until they started trying to broadcast. You can see in the first few episodes how they struggle with remembering that the rules are different, Taliesen Jaffe ended up with a completely custom class because nothing mapped. The hunter also keeps thinking that her pet is useful, which apparently is a thing in PF, but is definitely not in 5e. As for: > I would like to see them try biting into that apple. :) They are already getting a bite of that apple. It's called free advertising, which they've been getting for almost 10 years now and all of the attendant profits from people trying to start their own Critical Role and buying models and books to go along with it. And in the case of CR, they're also the publishers for some books based on CR, which means they're getting royalties from that as well. I said this is double-dipping, but it's triple-dipping. It's just greed. Of the same sort we often have to deal with here, where something is done to build a community and then the bean counters try to figure out how to maximize profits. This isn't just bad for WotC or RPGs, things like this continue to set precedents that every company is lying to you and any outreach project is just about getting free labor.

dividedbyzero 4y ago

They will have a proper licensing agreement of their own that WotC will be happy to amend with pretty much whatever, given the crazy marketing value they have.

patja 4y ago

They don't call it by name, but the prominent and frequent use of the Bigby's Hand spell seems like a vulnerability. My understanding is that WOTC defends their IP rights to the spells with specific characters' names attached (Tenser's, Bigby's, etc.)