All, Sam Ting. AV
-----Original Message----- From: Joe Crow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] WOTC sez Body/Vigor point system is violation? on 5/20/02 11:37 AM, Anthony Valterra at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> I too dont see the protectable interest in WP/VP unless > they were copied directly from SW.<< > > Clark is correct. Independent development of a rules system is fine. Filing > off the names and taking the rules directly from our books is not. I know all > publishers know this but you need to watch out for your freelancers who might > want to take short cuts. Just as a theoretical question, would that include the use of minor rules tweaks similar to the massive damage adaptation in CoC/d20? Would that be considered a copyrighted rules concept by this standard? If so, that's a pity because it's a really good idea that elegantly solves a number of setting feel problems that arise with the standard d20 damage system. To my mind, the massive damage adjustment works *better* than the WP/VP system while maintaining a closer connection to the core d20 rule set. -- Joe Crow/Glasscastle Productions d20 Games and Campaign Settings/Freelance Game Writing _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
