Jasyn, see the subject line. The discussion is not about whether we want to steal WotC stuff or have them give out more of it. It is whether the sparse descriptions are good or bad for WotC (and by extension, the D20 market in general.)
I personally think the case can be maintained that divergent descriptions of the same monster is a bad thing... Faust >From: Jasyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Okay, you got me- I've only been roleplaying for 15 years. >But... > >That's not WOTC fault. That's the fault of the writer for being >insufficiently >creative. > >Look, I'm sorry, but cries of "I >need< WOTC stuff to write my module." are >going to fall on deaf ears with me. It's like Tom Clancy crying because >Stephen King won't let him steal the "Dark Tower" concept. "But I have to >have >it." > >Again, this business is one of creativity and originality. The claim that >WOTC >won't let the writer use the full Illitihid causes the writer to not be >able to >write a scary or creepy scene is laughable. If they cannot come up with >something scary- not the same scary thing, but a new scary thing- on their >own >then they are relegated to the status of a Tommy-come after hack, whose >so-called talent depends on the crumbs other people throw him. > >Such an individual wants a paint by numbers kit for module writing: "Here >are >the instructions and the material...you don't have to think at all." > >Use your mind, use your heart, develop talent. Be creative. Be >imaginative. >Come up with something new. People who buy RPG's want this. They will >give >you money for it. > >Isn't that better then using a 20-year old monster? > >"Purple? Tentacles? Yup, a mind flayer...pull out the octopus repellent." > >--- Faustus von Goethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From: Jasyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Where are the "legal minefields"? > > > > As an experienced roleplayer - writing a description in a third party >D20 > > product of a D20 SRD monster when the picture in your head comes from 20 > > years of roleplaying those creatures rather than the SRD description. >It is > > very likely that such a description will be unintentionally infringing. > > > > Faust > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ogf-l mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > > >===== >Jasyn Jones >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." >Ulysses, Alfred Lord Tennyson > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! >http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ >_______________________________________________ >Ogf-l mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
