Alec A. Burkhardt wrote: >Please open your copy of CoC to the CREDITS page. Read the text right >below "inspired by H.P. Lovecraft". Since the CoC rules aren't Open >Content, how exactly to you intend to use those rules? So there's >absolutely no reason anyone publishing under the OGL would ever need to >refer to the CoC book at this point. In fact doing so could probably be >construed as an admission of copyright violation. Maybe someday those >rules might become OGC (altho since this wasn't solely a WotC project it >may be less likely) but for now they aren't. > > If i were to use the rules in CoC, I'd simply wait for d20-modern.
Not that I'm privy to any special informaiton, but it seems logical that all of the "non-fantasy genre" rules that they want to OGL will be easiest to do so in one lump as d20-modern. And while I'm speculating, I'd guess that WotC is plotting a "d20 Primal Order," which will include rules for Gods (Deities and Demigods), level 20+ heroes (Epic Level handbook) and worlbuilding (insert high-margin product X here.) Judging by the timeframe between Star Wars (first "d20 modern" game) and d20-modern, I'd guess that we've got at least 2-3 years before these oh-so coveted rules become OGC. And, of course, Wizards wouldn't say anything about this, as talking about things that far in advance kills the current sales that they need to be profitable. :) DM P.S: If anyone from WotC is reading this, feel free to swipe the idea, even if you haven't thought of it yet. :) _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
