Actually, your message was claiming that the descriptions, by being sparse, constituted a "landmine" because the writers could not help but infringe because of their prejudices.
You: "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." Bollocks. Bollocks then, bollocks now. If you cannot break away from that kind of mental inertia, then the landmine is in your skull. --- Faustus von Goethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ===== 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
