Well how closed? Well TSR has successfully sued other game companies in the past that have too similar systems. So Wizard's has legal precedent on their side.
This just came up on a couple of other lists I am on, including a game system design one. I would avoid it. If you go d20, then you can't at all. Tim. Web Warlock [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author, the Netbooks of Witches and Warlocks The Other Side: http://www.planetadnd.com/theotherside/ The DnD Community Council: http://www.dndcommunitycouncil.org/nbownw -- The D20 writer's mantra, "If it's not OGC, let it be." -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 8:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ogf-l] OGL, character creation and applying experience Re-reading the licenses, I know that if a work wants the vaunted d20 logo, they can't have any character creation rules or methods of applying experience included, but OGL works can. Now, my question is, how copyrighted and/or closed are the methods in the PHB? I've seen multiple games where stats are determined by using 3d6. Further, the level progression used for determining how much more XP is needed to level (next level = current level * 1000XP) is a mathematical function, and can math functions be copyrighted? Paul W. King _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
