> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Doug > Meerschaert > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] If Thoughts Could Kill - Illithid reference > violation? > > > Martin L. Shoemaker wrote: > > >Except there are some black swans in the SRD (aberations that advance by > >class) and a lot of grey swans (outsiders and monstrous > humanoids -- things > >with wings and horse bodies -- that advance by class). > > > Sorry. I didn't mean "SRD defined humanoid." I meant "human-like thing."
But does the SRD provide evidence in each and every case that these are human-like? And what about human-like things which do not advance by class: zombies, skeletons, golems, pixies, nixies, grigs? The last three in particular are at least as human-like as a harpy, yet harpies advance by class. > And it is a clever observation, which in this very moot argument could > be used as a claim to prove that a creature is "vaugely human-like." > > Plus, it's a good apparant rule of thumb for designing new creatures. Actually, I believe it IS a clever observation AND a good rule of thumb, ESPECIALLY if you have the MM to back it up. But it's not supported by the SRD; and the SRD and prior art are the only sources I would dare use to prove an illustration was NOT improperly derivative of Wizards' copyrights. Martin L. Shoemaker Martin L. Shoemaker Consulting, Software Design and UML Training [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MartinLShoemaker.com http://www.UMLBootCamp.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
