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<blockquote data-quote="EP" data-source="post: 4109088" data-attributes="member: 41744"><p>Reading through Worlds and Monsters, I'm liking what I see for the D&D default setting - nothing too specific with room enough for everyone to add their own elements and locations without figuring out where the hell to put it on the map. Particularly for 3rd-party boys and girls.</p><p></p><p>However, it does seem likely that the proper names of their planes (the Feywild, Shadowfell, and all that) will not be open content in the new GSL. But will it be possible to have an open-content alternate naming system for the planes?</p><p></p><p>By possible, I mean two things:</p><p></p><p>1. Will WotC make a fuss about using an alternate name for a plane such as the Feywild (AKA Feyrealm) since it's considered closed content?</p><p>2. Will 3rd-party publishers be able to agree on anything and use it as a common naming source for planar locations?</p><p></p><p>This is purely for the sake of those publishers looking to create some truly D&D-compatible adventures and not their own settings. This is something I feel we all missed out on during 3E and could easily try to take advantage of now - create out own links to the D&D world without infringing on any copyrights. I'm sure there are legal mumbo-jumbo words to throw around here, my main curiosity right now is whether or not something like this is even feasible from a participation point of view. Why not have DMs be able to run an WotC adventure, then a Green Ronin adventure, then someone else's and all still linked into the same world without the DM having to make any adjustments?</p><p></p><p>In posting this, I'm also expecting a complete shut down on this idea. And by shut down, I mean three bullets to the chest, one in the back of the head, and its body buried in the middle of Wrigley Field. However, hope is the fruit of the inspired, so let's see what happens.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EP, post: 4109088, member: 41744"] Reading through Worlds and Monsters, I'm liking what I see for the D&D default setting - nothing too specific with room enough for everyone to add their own elements and locations without figuring out where the hell to put it on the map. Particularly for 3rd-party boys and girls. However, it does seem likely that the proper names of their planes (the Feywild, Shadowfell, and all that) will not be open content in the new GSL. But will it be possible to have an open-content alternate naming system for the planes? By possible, I mean two things: 1. Will WotC make a fuss about using an alternate name for a plane such as the Feywild (AKA Feyrealm) since it's considered closed content? 2. Will 3rd-party publishers be able to agree on anything and use it as a common naming source for planar locations? This is purely for the sake of those publishers looking to create some truly D&D-compatible adventures and not their own settings. This is something I feel we all missed out on during 3E and could easily try to take advantage of now - create out own links to the D&D world without infringing on any copyrights. I'm sure there are legal mumbo-jumbo words to throw around here, my main curiosity right now is whether or not something like this is even feasible from a participation point of view. Why not have DMs be able to run an WotC adventure, then a Green Ronin adventure, then someone else's and all still linked into the same world without the DM having to make any adjustments? In posting this, I'm also expecting a complete shut down on this idea. And by shut down, I mean three bullets to the chest, one in the back of the head, and its body buried in the middle of Wrigley Field. However, hope is the fruit of the inspired, so let's see what happens. [/QUOTE]
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