Greetings. I am completely new to this list, and I am throwing myself wildly into the rapidly expanding group of third-party d20 producers. As such, you can imagine that I have a lot of questions about how OGL works, how OGC can be used, etc. I will be reading through the archives, but that's a lot of threads, and it may take awhile. In any case, if I end up asking things that have been answered before, please be gentle with me :). If you think my questions are better suited for another OGF list, please let me know!
Anyway, a couple right off the bat, to "test the waters" so to speak. 1) Products like _Song & Silence_ are clearly marked as *not* Open Gaming Content, and so cannot be reproduced or used as part of an OGC product. But, is it still fair use to *reference* those works, the same way an author could reference any work in any piece of writing? For example, if, under the class requirements of a new Prestige Class, could I make the following statement? "To take this class, the PC must also have the Hamstring Feat (see Wizard of the Coast's _Song & Silence_ Guidebook, page 39-40)." 2) A product like Monte Cook's just-released _Book of Hallowed Might_ states the following in its OGL declaration: "[T]he following portions of The Book of Hallowed Might are designated as Open Game Content: the class advancement tables and Class Features in Chapters One and Two; the feats in their entirety in Chapter Three [...]" (1). Does this mean that, if I so chose, I could create an NPC for an OGC adventure, and for that NPC use the varient Ranger class from BoHM to generate his statistics and abilities? If so, would I be required to credit the BoHM in my product? Okay, thanks, for having patience with a newbie. I'm ready for a steep learning curve as I throw myself into this ... --Brian P. Hudson _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
