> Why not release the Action! System rules under the OGL? We > accomplish > our goal of making it open content, and via our ASDG we can outline > requirements for use of the trademarks. I have a few concerns > but I am > interested in your thoughts. Good or bad, what do you think > the overall > effect would be? > > > Mark Arsenault >
One big advantage to releasing under the OGL is that other companies could release products dual-statted for d20 and Action!, just like Village of Briarton. If they do so that would increase exposure of the Action! system and perhaps draw some of those customers who prefer point-based character construction to your game. Also, while a company might have a hard time justifying the expense of producing an Action! only product, the added sales of dual-statting for d20 could help some third party Action! products make it to market; this would give your current fans more support material to choose from. The annoying bit will likely be that even if you do release under WotC's OGL you probably won't see much outside support; we haven't seen that much psionics or d20 Modern material yet for example and those already have a pretty large customer base. My guess is that you'll more likely see support from third party PDF books since they can include some extra pages without worrying about the print costs. Anyway, I'd love to see the Action! system released under WotC's OGL so I'll just repeat Ryan Dancey's "Go Mark, Go!" For what it's worth I promise I'll update my PDF book, "Bodies and Souls: 20 Templates" to dual-stat with Action! if you go this route. Steven Palmer Peterson www.Second-World-Simulations.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
