Martin L. Shoemaker wrote: >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. > :) "just because all white things are swans doesn't mean that all swans are white."
>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. > Cold fact time, then. I don't know about you, but if WotC comes knocking on my door saying "please don't do that grey-area thing" I'll say "oops, sorry, here's how I'll fix it will that be all right with you." I do not expect to ever get haulted into court over this, but if I did I would find me a lawyer, and show the lawyer the "rule of thumb", and hope that the vengeful people who wouldn't let me kowtow and escape with my $.37 are scared away by a random meteor strike. On the other hand, in the rare instance that someone says "your mind-flayer as a shapechaning elf is too close to an Illithid because Abberations aren't humanoid at all" the rule of thumb will be part of the rebuttal that says "are you really sure about that Mr. lawyer sir?" :) DM _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
