A simple way to fix this would be to in the copyright section right after the
D20 and OGL licenses put in language such as this.
All content in greyed boxes in this book is designated Open content. With the
exception, All the proper nouns detailed below are closed and copyright 2000 by
sonso games.
Terms covered
Snakemen
Mongoosemen
.......
Since the OGL doesn't define how to indicate closed content, simply make sure
that any content that is clossed is defined as such.
Remember, for practical purposes, only proper nouns can be protected anyway.
Doug Meerschaert wrote:
> > Now you move on to your next creation, mongoosemen. Mongoosemen hate
> > snakemen with a passion. In fact, this hatred is so great that it gives
> > mongoosemen +2 to hit when fighting snakemen. So in the greyed out stats
> > block you put "+2 to hit when fighting snakemen." The problem is
> > that you've
> > just opened the name of your snakemen race. Your book is leaking your IP
> > through 'open' holes.
>
> This is the first legitimate problem I've seen detailed this way; Thanks!
>
> To solve the above, you could write "when fighting snakemen, mongoosemen
> have a <I>+2 to hit</I>."
>
> Of course, I personally think only the most rabid WotC lawyer would try and
> press a case with such a vauge reference, but that's just me.
>
> (You could also say "Mongoosemen have a rabid hatred of snakmen. <I>To
> reflect this, they gain a bonus equal to the Ranger's favored enemy class
> skill.</I>"
>
> DM
>
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