----- Original Message ----- From: "William Olander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't think I particularly care for this line of thought... > > The D20 logo indicates a certain level of compatibility with D&D if we > really start limiting that, then there will be other issues. As a DM I feel > that I have a very ecclectic world and some things will certainly be > helpful. Examples: I've been using the Nobel Class from Star Wars in my D&D > game (with some slight modifications).. Anything that has a list of feats is > almost always useful, etc.
Which I agree can only be a good thing. > > I understand that D20 can mean a lot of things (Yes, technically you could > build a new RPG from the ground up and release it as OGC, then make a bunch > of support products that TECHNICALLY can have the D20 logo on them.. But > really who would want to?) but all in all most of what gets released is > useful to me. DragonStar for instance is a futuristic-fantasy world but the > Spell-ware is just a great little idea. A modern war setting could have some > good rules for managing large armies charging one another. There is nothing > that keeps those armies from being orcs and goblins. > As a different line of thought, how about the following. A company uses the SRD to create a new game system setting which due to what has been used out of the SRD is 100% D20 compatable. However they wish to market it as a standalone product so they include character creation rules. They do not use the D20 logo anywhere on the product for this reason. We could then have a nice alternative setting that can still have 3rd party D20 logod products made for it, these would also still be compatable with existing D20 systems like starwars (well as much as current D20 adventures would be). I know this is all purley theoretical, well for me it is :) But I thought its a possible outcome. I do agree that my previous suggestion would probably be bad for the gaming community and cause lots of confusion. But would the above suggestion be a much better alternative? This would allow a new setting to be created as a standalone product that could be say a war based product, and still allow D20 compatable adventures to be developed. > All in all, I worry that if we start using the D20 logo to mean D&D-like > fantasy stuff only then I (yes, I'm self-interested) am going to miss out on > a lot of great 3rd party stuff. Having thought about it, I do agree with you on that. So long as any supplement that would only be of any use if you play DND states that it requires the use of the PHB (or whatever the exact wording that was acceptable was :) > -Bill > bb _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
