| In the hopes of getting an official reply...does "not redefine" mean "Cannot change the fluff text"?
For example, let's say I want to make up Demons and Devils, and use those terms, but in my setting/supplement, "Demons" are humans corrupted by Eldritch Forces and "Devils" are creatures from a destroyed parallel universe. Demons do not live in the abyss, but in the dark places of the Earth, and Devils dwell on a single burned-out world drifting in the Astral Sea.
Is this legitimate, or do I need to create new terms? It's difficult to see if "redefinition" means merely MECHANICAL redefinition or includes the fluff text -- what if I want to write "The Book of Tieflings" which has a totally different background for them? The inverse of this is, if the fluff text cannot be "redefined", can I build on it, writing a sourcebook for playing in the lost Tiefling empire, for example?
The most restrictive reading of the license (usually the safest way to go) would say "None of the above" -- I cannot make up new Tiefling fluff OR build on the existing fluff. I hope this is an incorrect reading. |