{"id":7029,"date":"2023-02-06T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/?p=7029"},"modified":"2023-02-03T20:19:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-04T00:19:29","slug":"crashs-course-ep-06-next-steps-after-the-ogl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/2023\/02\/crashs-course-ep-06-next-steps-after-the-ogl\/","title":{"rendered":"Crash&#8217;s Course Ep 06: Next Steps After the OGL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7050\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7029-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CrashsCourse_Ep_06_AfterOGL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CrashsCourse_Ep_06_AfterOGL.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CrashsCourse_Ep_06_AfterOGL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CrashsCourse_Ep_06_AfterOGL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/?powerpress_pinw=7029-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cogwheelgaming\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CrashsCourse_Ep_06_AfterOGL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"CrashsCourse_Ep_06_AfterOGL.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrashsCourse.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4404\" src=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrashsCourse-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrashsCourse-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrashsCourse-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrashsCourse-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrashsCourse-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/CrashsCourse.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Hello and welcome to Crash\u2019s Course, a short form podcast where I share my thoughts and advice on playing and running tabletop role playing games in roughly about 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Well hey, it\u2019s been a while! In my defense, I\u2019ve been sick since December. I\u2019m just getting over bronchitis! I\u2019ve never heard my lungs creak like an old rocking chair before! I will now blame that for any decline in recording quality.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode I\u2019m not talking about the D&amp;D OGL as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_5k0koJrXsw\">enough<\/a> people have done that already. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=as1Y1Smiq7E\">Sly Flourish<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_5k0koJrXsw\">DnD Shorts<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DsKFETkkqMo\">Sherlock Hulmes<\/a> made good videos about the aftermath, each is a somewhat different take.)<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I\u2019m talking about next steps.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a variety of takes on this topic, but the thing to remember is they don\u2019t have to be mutually exclusive so long as your group has some level of consensus.<\/p>\n<p>Right now my group is looking into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sjgames.com\/gurps\/\">GURPS 4e<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/paizo.com\/pathfinder\">Pathfinder 2<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/2e.aonprd.com\/\">SRD<\/a>), <a href=\"https:\/\/cypher-system.com\/\">Cypher System<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/cyphersrd.com\/\">SRD<\/a>), and also we might try <a href=\"https:\/\/evilhat.com\/product\/monster-of-the-week\/\">Monster of the Week<\/a>. But guess what? Like many people, we\u2019re still playing 5e. Yes, we canceled our D&amp;D Beyond subscriptions, but those were never needed to play the game. [Insert ominous foreshadowing music here.]<\/p>\n<p>When we first got together, I had friends emailing me character sheets that were everything from pdf to Word docs to spreadsheets. I looked everything up in books covered with sticky notes, kept track of initiative and enemy HP on scraps of paper, and we all rolled actual, physical dice. Chances are good that you can do the same.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there\u2019s some organizational benefits that D&amp;D Beyond provided, but many of those can be replicated with a shared Google Drive folder and a few spreadsheets.<\/p>\n<p>OK, maybe you don\u2019t like Google. That\u2019s fair. There\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/roll20.net\/\">Roll20<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/foundryvtt.com\/\">Foundry VTT<\/a>, and if you mainly want a usable online map there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owlbear.rodeo\/\">owlbear.rodeo<\/a> for all your token moving needs. Oh, I love Owlbear Rodeo.<\/p>\n<p>But what about all those other systems? OK, here\u2019s the thing: Switch to a new one if you want. I intend to do so once my current campaigns wrap up, but don\u2019t think of it as a necessity. There\u2019s still groups out there playing 3.5 and 4e who are very happy. (Maybe not 4e, never mind.) You don\u2019t have to dump 5e, particularly if you already have the books. If you don\u2019t, I suspect more used copies will be entering the market soon so you can build up your library without sending more money to WotC. Or maybe go to a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> party publisher like <a href=\"https:\/\/koboldpress.com\/\">Kobold Press<\/a>. There\u2019s tons of 5e compatible stuff out there.<\/p>\n<p>If you do switch, don\u2019t make it a unilateral decision. If you\u2019re playing as a group, then it is imperative that the members of your group have input about the system or systems you\u2019re considering. Oh, yeah, systems. Pural. There\u2019s no reason you have to limit yourself to just one. I could have a Cypher System game and <a href=\"https:\/\/greenroninstore.com\/collections\/mutants-masterminds\">Mutants and Masterminds<\/a> game going on alternate Saturdays and have a lot of fun with both.<\/p>\n<p>Before you switch, plan a one-shot or two with any system you\u2019re considering. A game can look good on paper but be convoluted in practice, or vice-versa. Have a debriefing after each session to discuss benefits and drawbacks of how things went. That\u2019s a good idea for any session, rally, but it\u2019s essential if you\u2019re trying something new.<\/p>\n<p>If you like a new rule set enough, you may be tempted to convert a campaign over. Critical Role did this twice, very successfully, starting with 4e, then Pathfinder, before moving eventually to 5e when they started streaming. Again, this should be a group decision. I floated the idea with my group and there were some misgivings as a different system can have a different feel. As much as I love our current campaign setting, I\u2019ll be creating a new one when we move to our next system. (I already have a few ideas.)<\/p>\n<p>With my after school D&amp;D club, that\u2019s another story. We may actually convert to another system, but I\u2019ll be suggesting the move because I think their play styles are better suited towards something like Cypher or <a href=\"https:\/\/evilhat.com\/product\/fate-core-system\/\">FATE<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/fate-srd.com\/\">SRD<\/a>) where players have even more agency in regards to plot points.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for this episode, subscribe to just this podcast at <a href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@CrashsCourse\">is.aaronbsmith.com\/@crashscourse<\/a> or all my D&amp;D podcasts at <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/\">aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel<\/a> for future episodes.<\/p>\n<p>Music is <a href=\"http:\/\/modarchive.org\/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&amp;query=169788\">Deadly Windmills by JAM from modarchive.org<\/a>, used with permission, as it\u2019s public domain.<\/p>\n<p>This podcast is distributed under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC-BY-NC-ND<\/a> license.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow this series on\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#x25b6;Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cogwheelgaming\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cogwheelgaming<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Mastodon: <a href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@CrashsCourse\">https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@CrashsCourse<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Mastodon: <a rel=\"me\" href=\"https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@cogwheel\">https:\/\/is.aaronbsmith.com\/@cogwheel<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Google Podcasts: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hYXJvbmJzbWl0aC5jb20vY29nd2hlZWwvZmVlZC8\">https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hYXJvbmJzbWl0aC5jb20vY29nd2hlZWwvZmVlZC8<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#x25b6;Apple Podcasts: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cogwheel-gaming\/id1291681389\">https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cogwheel-gaming\/id1291681389<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MP3 Download: <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/CrashsCourse_Ep_06_AfterOGL.mp3\">Crash&#8217;s Course Ep 06: Next Steps After the OGL<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=6006674\">Keep us ad free by supporting us on Patreon!<\/a><br \/>\nThanks to our current Patreon Patrons (as of this upload&#8230;): Chris, Cindy<span class=\"sc-AxirZ bmNQcS\" data-tag=\"user-details-full-name\"> (Patron Emeritus)<\/span>, Ellie, Erik<span class=\"sc-AxirZ bmNQcS\" data-tag=\"user-details-full-name\">, ShanShen, and Walter!<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to Crash\u2019s Course, a short form podcast where I share my thoughts and advice on playing and running tabletop role playing games in roughly about 5 minutes. Well hey, it\u2019s been a while! In my defense, I\u2019ve been sick since December. I\u2019m just getting over bronchitis! I\u2019ve never heard my lungs creak &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/2023\/02\/crashs-course-ep-06-next-steps-after-the-ogl\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crash&#8217;s Course Ep 06: Next Steps After the OGL&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312,293],"tags":[362,364,318,295,363,366,365,327],"class_list":["post-7029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-ttrpg","tag-crashscourse","tag-cypher-system","tag-dnd","tag-dungeons-and-dragons","tag-fate","tag-gurps","tag-pathfinder-2","tag-ttrpg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7031,"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029\/revisions\/7031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaronbsmith.com\/cogwheel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}