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GuardianLurker · 11th July 2008, 03:03 AM

I'm sure this was brought up way back when 4e first poked its head over the horizon, but I don't remember the answer. For that matter with the release of the GSL and 4e, the answer may have changed.

Given that the mechanics of 4e and 3e are so radically different, and that the old 3e *mechanics* as presented in the WotC supplements are now officially "abandonware", has there been any thought given to releasing those supplements as OGC?

I imagine a single "Product Identity/OGL" document per product would suffice. For instance, WRT to Complete Scoundrel: "The following items are considered product identity and closed content under the OGL: names, portraits, and descriptions of all NPCs, all proper names whereever they may occur, the entireties of Chapters 1 and 6, and all parts of classes except for Entry Requirements, Class Table (though not the Class Name), and Class Features section. You may refer to this product as CScd(WotC), base classes from this product as CScd(WotC) BaseClassX (where X is a number), and prestige classes from this product as CScd(WotC) PrC X (where X is a number)." And then the OGL portion would have in its s15" "CScd(WotC), Wizards of the Coast, (c)2007".

Honestly, in the WotC supplements the only things that could possibly be "upgraded" are the Feats. Spells and PrCs have gone away, and their equivalents function very differently, making them essentially unupgradeable.
So maybe the feats might need to be made product identity, or have their names stripped, or something.

What do you all think? Doable? Possible? Or Just-a-Dream?

11th July 2008, 03:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
GuardianLurker They want information Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Ashburn VA Posts: 905	Fate of WotC Closed Content? I'm sure this was brought up way back when 4e first poked its head over the horizon, but I don't remember the answer. For that matter with the release of the GSL and 4e, the answer may have changed. Given that the mechanics of 4e and 3e are so radically different, and that the old 3e mechanics as presented in the WotC supplements are now officially "abandonware", has there been any thought given to releasing those supplements as OGC? I imagine a single "Product Identity/OGL" document per product would suffice. For instance, WRT to Complete Scoundrel: "The following items are considered product identity and closed content under the OGL: names, portraits, and descriptions of all NPCs, all proper names whereever they may occur, the entireties of Chapters 1 and 6, and all parts of classes except for Entry Requirements, Class Table (though not the Class Name), and Class Features section. You may refer to this product as CScd(WotC), base classes from this product as CScd(WotC) BaseClassX (where X is a number), and prestige classes from this product as CScd(WotC) PrC X (where X is a number)." And then the OGL portion would have in its s15" "CScd(WotC), Wizards of the Coast, (c)2007". Honestly, in the WotC supplements the only things that could possibly be "upgraded" are the Feats. Spells and PrCs have gone away, and their equivalents function very differently, making them essentially unupgradeable. So maybe the feats might need to be made product identity, or have their names stripped, or something. What do you all think? Doable? Possible? Or Just-a-Dream? __________________ GuardianLurker "I am not a number, I am a free man!" -No. 6 I'm creating an AE/psionics, no magic item campaign world. I'm doing it on the web, in public. Come and comment at my world-building blog.