Keith- I'm not trying to be critical, but I list in the tome of horrors exactly how to use the content. It gives examples and everything. I give step by step instructions. It is as easy as complying with the OGL is ever going to get. No other publisher has ever put instructions in the back of the product, to my knowledge. Please refer to those instructions, and if you still have questions email me or post here.
As for your email to me, I commonly (and rapidly) respond to emails of this type. For some reason yours must have gotten labeled as spam or otherwise been deleted. I get over 300 messages a day. If someone I dont know emails me with a subject that just says "question" or something like that, it normally gets deleted. So if you email me please use a subject line that identifies your email as being related to Necro and to a question about TOH. In fact, while I am at it, why dont you tell me what monsters you want to use and I will tell you how to do it. Thanks and good luck! Clark --- Keith Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to use some of the OGC from Necromancer's The > Tome of Horrors > (ToH), but was just looking for some opinions. > > Many of the creatures in the ToH are used with > permission as they were > previously printed by TSR. In the designation of > OGC it states: > > [start quote] > All text contained within this book (including > monster names, stats, and > descriptions) is hereby designated as Open Game > Content with the > following exceptions: > > 1. Any text on the inside or outside of the front or > back cover or on > the Credits or Preface pages is not Open Game > Content. > > 2. Any advertising material - including the text of > any advertising > material - is not Open Game Content. > > 3. Any material contained in the "Credit" section of > each monster is not > Open Game Content. See the "Note on the Credit > Section" below; > Note on the "Credit" Section: The credit section > for each creature > contains information detailing the origin of the > particular monster. > This content is not Open Game Content, as explained > above. Some > material within the Credit section is copyright > TSR/Wizards of the Coast > and/or Necromancer Games, Inc., and is used within > the Credit section by > permission. You are not allowed to use any of the > information in the > Credit section under the Open Game License. > [end quote] > > For those that haven't seen a Credit, it looks like > this: > > Credit > The Haunt originally appeared in the First Edition > module A2 Secret of > the Slavers Stockade (© TSR/Wizards of the Coast, > 1981) and later in the > First Edition Monster Manual II (© TSR/Wizards of > the Coast, 1983) and > is used with permission. > > So, am I right in thinking that the stat blocks for > these creatures are > OGC, but their names (and any other info in the > Credit section) is not? > That is to say, I can use the stat block, so long as > I use a different > monster name? That's my reading of it. > > To follow on, the book later sets out how they would > like the Section 15 > declaration to be made, which is an entry for each > individual creature > used. Since I cannot use anything within a Credit, > this means I cannot > fulfill this (since I cannot use a name if it > appears in the Credit). > So, how should this best be dealt with? Is the > license itself exempt > from this decleration (thus allowing me to use the > actual creature > name)? I wouldn't have thought so. The method for > setting out Section > 15 is just advice (there is a disclaimer stating > that it is not legal > advice), so should I just add something like: > > Tome of Horrors, Copyright 2002, Necromancer > Games, Inc.; Author > Scott Greene. Additonal Authors: list of additional > authors here. > > I think this fulfills my legal obligations. Not > sure about any ethical > ones, however. > > I have emailed Necromancer Games on this matter, but > haven't received a > reply. As it has been a while I thought I'd ask > here. > > Any help, suggestions and opinions appreciated. > > Many thanks! > > Keith Robinson > > > -- > Keith Robinson > A whole new world... > http://www.thekyngdoms.com > > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
