>Cool. ;) > >Perhaps Action! System would be the first open gaming system to utilize OGC >(and OGL) in a class-less, level-less set of RPG rules, particularly if >their trademark license and their OGC-filled reference document would >*promote* such type of system. > >Yeah, yeah, I know. You could do the same with the d20 System with the >d20STL, but so far no one has been able to work around that character >creation rules, particularly when you cannot add or revise new instructions >to it. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm sure someone can find a loophole, like >the concept based on the use of class feature to select bonus feats a la >fighter, for example. If a fighter class can allow you to select from a list >of bonus feats, then perhaps a class can allow you to select a list of >background feats or skills, or perhaps a group of professional skills as >class skills (e.g., a scientist class would allow you to specialize a field >of science with professional skills).
well, first, you could easily include chargen rules, and all that rot, by using the D20SRD via the WOGL, but not slapping a D20 logo on it--then you don't have to abide by the restrictions of the D20STL. second, there's the potential loophole in the D20STL of referencing a non-OGC, non-D20, product that has character creation rules. third, "classless" is easy--just set up a game that only has one class, with lots of flexibility in skill and feat selection, and put any "class" powers that you want to keep into the feat or skill systems. you could probably even manage it under the D20STL. as for level-less: a friend of mine is working on that. a cyberpunk RPG based on D20, and, much like the CP2020 system, classes might survive, but levels probably won't. there are numerous ways to manage that with D20, some of them quite easy. i'd have to think a bit to see if any of them are possible under the no-advancement-explanation rule of the D20STL. -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.home.net/woodelph/ If any religion is right, maybe they all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers, just as long as you say them. --Sinclair _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
