I think Ill pursue that idea. Sounds good.
Wait I just had another idea. Maybe use a group of warriors that stumbled
on the cavern and wrote about it?
Wait another spontaneous thought....
Ill name the my world the:
Jahragel the Ancient Cavern of Forgotten Times
and have a party of adventures be a tie in to the information that I
present.
This group will be the adventurers that "discovered" the cavern and returned
to tell about it.
Like Berdic's (a Dwarf Fighter) Creature Log,
or Beno's (the Gnomish Wizard) Guide to Magic in the Jahragel Cavern
or even Flick's (human thief) guide to "buying" in Cities
the last one is a character that died because he rolled a 1 trying to jump
over a 7ft ravine
I think that would work out. Not only do I have an original name but I cast
of characters to further identify my project.
And the possibility of expansion beyond a free OGC is highly, just not
desirable at this time.
What should I do to make the work OGC for now but then copyrightable later?
John Farrell
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From: "Martin L. Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] No no...sue ME!
> Another approach would be to invest your trademark efforts into a proper
> name of an explorer. Then you adopt the common literary conceit of telling
> the story of your supplement from the notebooks of the explorer. Something
> like "Zagobian's Field Log: Primitive Places". So even if "Primitive
> Places" itself comes close to a mark, you can change it but still keep
> "Zagobian's Field Log" as a pretty defensible trademark.
>
> And then, if the effort proves successful and you want to carry the idea
> further, the path is clear: "Zagobian's Field Log: Untracked Woodlands",
> "Zagobian's Field Log: Ancient Civilizations", "Zagobian's Field Log:
> Undersea Explorations", "Zagobian's Field Log: Expeditions on the Tundra",
> etc., etc., etc. You can establish a "brand name"; and if you choose to
make
> it a trademark, you can exercise quality control over the use of that
brand
> name.
>
> Martin L. Shoemaker
>
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