Whatever. >From: Jasyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >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
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