>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."
no, the complaint is closer to "I can't write a sequel to Dark Tower without using the Dark Tower", analogously. [i haven't read the books, but that's not the book title, however, is it?--well, you get the point.] and it's *WotC* who said "please, write lots of stuff based on our IP, 'cause it does us good. people are complaining because, in their opinion, WotC has made it very hard for people to do what WotC says they want people to do. >Again, this business is one of creativity and originality. so why use D20? remember, all of these complaints are within the bounds of those using the D20SRD in the first place. >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? agreed, mostly. two caveats: one, how does your argument not apply to using the D20 System in general? two, sometimes, a new twist on an old concept is as or more creative than a new concept. >"Purple? Tentacles? Yup, a mind flayer...pull out the octopus repellent." -- woodelf <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://webpages.charter.net/woodelph/ If any religion is right, maybe they all have to be right. Maybe God doesn't care how you say your prayers, just as long as you say them. --Sinclair _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
