"Well, if your work contained no illustrations where a mind flayer looked anything like that as portrayed in the MM, and if you didn't build on any cultural or other background, as portrayed in the MM, I guess you're in the clear."
Your purchasers dont have the SRD, they have the PHB and MM. So they know what the monsters are all about. I dont have to do a "portrayal". I'm not writing fiction, I'm writing a game aid for people who have the core products. Besides, you can build on any background you want. They cant stop that. Mind Flayer is open content. Build on it. Or is this just that you are pissy that you cant say "Illithid" or however you spell the stupid name. "or it's just an unfortunate side-effect of having to keep copyright value in the MM itself (which is otherwise valueless, since it's completely copyable as fully OGC" The MM is not valueless. If it is then so is the PHB and DMG. They have art, detail, good production values. They are an attractive product. You are free to take all the OGC and print it in a book and call it "Fantasy Roleplaying" and put the d20 logo on it. But guess what, unless you have WotC's distribution chain and art department that isnt going to be a very popular product. If you were right that the MM was valueless because it was ogc then no one would be buying MMs--the content is all on line, after all. Guess what, people still buy MMs. Clark ===== http://www.necromancergames.com "3rd Edition Rules, 1st Edition Feel" __________________________________________________ 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
