Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread Clark Peterson
I'm with Ryan. I have serious, serious concern about the legality of OSRIC. I'll summarize as follows: I found out about it when someone emailed me: "Is this legal?" and sent me the link. I emailed back: "I wouldnt touch that with a 10' pole." Clark --- Ryan Dancey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread Ryan Dancey
Title: Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still Re:OSRIC Their license page is simply incorrect in many of its assertations. To the extent that the charts of ability scores do not represent a non-linear mathmatical function (i.e., the figures are arbitrarily made up by the original writer) they're protect

Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread Highmoon Media Productions
On Aug 17, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Daniel Conner wrote:> Why is 2nd not an OGL system?? I don't wanna have to convert my > whole world to 3rd or 3.5. There are some things I don't like in > that system. Someone already said it, and I'll repeat it: You want to go check out OSRIC. http://www.knigh

Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread Mark Wilkinson
On Aug 17, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Daniel Conner wrote: Why is 2nd not an OGL system?? I don't wanna have to convert my whole world to 3rd or 3.5. There are some things I don't like in that system. Well, just wait. Rumor is that version 4.0 isn't far away. I feel your pain. We went away

Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread eol
> Why is 2nd not an OGL system?? I don't wanna have to convert my whole > world to 3rd or 3.5. There are some things I don't like in that > system. What exactly did you want to do? Publish your world using 2nd edition stats?I hate to rain on your parade, but that's probably a really...

Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread Eric Anondson
On Aug 17, 2006, at 10:21 AM, Daniel Conner wrote: Why is 2nd not an OGL system?? Because WotC has not released it under the OGL. I don't wanna have to convert my whole world to 3rd or 3.5. There are some things I don't like in that system. Then check out OSRIC! http://knig

Re: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread Paul W. King
> Why is 2nd not an OGL system?? Because WotC has chosen not to open it up. > I don't wanna have to convert my whole world to 3rd or 3.5. No one's making you convert. In fact, 3.0 has been out since 2000. As you've obviously not converted over to 3.0/3.5, I don't know what you're complaining a

RE: [Ogf-l] 2nd still

2006-08-17 Thread Jonathan M. Thompson
Because its not, the first open system was the material they snagged from 3.0. That’s it from WotC. Only the material in the SRD is open (as it applies to WotC).   Jonathan M. Thompson President, Battlefield Press, Inc. (http://www.battlefieldpress.com) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / AIM - Grey