<< My question is this: Can you change aspects of the D20 rule set (e.g. keep the combat rules but re-write the magic rules.) for your publication and still put the D20 logo on your product? >>
As long as your product includes 5% OGC, does not include Character Generation or Advancement, and avoids changing any of the defined terms, it can be a d20 product. It might not be very useful to consumers if it uses a completly different system, but it can still be d20. I created a mini-game which is about a page or so in length. You roll a number of d6's based on your skill, for each 6 you roll, you score a hit. Each player can choose a stance (offensive, defensive, etc), and the stances chosen modifies each players amount of dice he rolls. I've pretty much described the whole game in those 3 lines. As long as I avoided describing how to create or improve a character, and made sure no defined terms had different meanings, I could put the logo on it. Is it compatible with d20/3e, nope. Would I care ? As a free download, the consumer isn't losing anything except the time it takes to download and time spent looking at it. Of course, if consumers reflected this onto some of my other products that were pay-for, that might affect my sales. As it is, I don't have any commercial plans, and anything I do release will be freely available. -- Korath, http://www.korath.com "He was already dead, he died a year ago, the moment he touched her. They're all dead, they just don't know it." --Eric Draven, The Crow _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
