". . . the character and creature names Shandril, Corian,
Tavik, Vortigern, Talon, Baran, Lauriel, Arlen and
Eralion . . ."
Vortigern is a famous historical name. Talon is the name
of one of my favorite NPC rangers. 99% sure I played with
Lauriel in an adventure when I was in High School. Arlen
is a town from a FOX TV show.
Hehe.
Can you mark these as PI? Can you take action against
anyone using the names? I think that you could make a case
for a number of the places, as well as the history and
background of the creatures/characters. But the names?
"Designation of Open Game Content: The following
material is hereby designated as Open Game Content and
may be Used pursuant to the terms of the Open Game
License: all creature, character, item, spell, town,
deity and trap �stat blocks� and their accompanying
names, including the stat blocks and names of any such
creatures, characters, items, spells, towns, deities
and traps original to this adventure module, except
for those specifically designated as Product Identity,
above."
Unlike Pierre I see no problem at all with traps used in
this sense. It appears clear the distinction you are
making for OGC purposes, and unless you wholly ripped off
a comercially published trap, you're fine to OGC it.
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