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<blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 3251708" data-attributes="member: 13892"><p>Yes.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, Great White Games doesn't actually license Deadlands. . . they own it. GWG is an imprint of PEG (Pinnacle Entertainment Group). </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>GWG obtained the license for Solomon Kane last year. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I"m not sure if Ars got the d20 treatment -- it's always had the Stat Modifier + Skill + 1d10 core mechanic. In fact, Jonathan Tweet mentions on his personal website that this is actually where the core mechanic for d20 came from. . . </p><p></p><p><em>"Ars Magica (1987, Lion Rampant): Designed this RPG with Mark Rein•Hagen. It's about wizards in a mythic version of the Middle Ages, with a remarkable magic system and a ton of good roleplaying content. If you want to see where the core system for the current edition of D&D comes from, pick up Ars Magica."</em></p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.jonathantweet.com/jotgamedesignhis.html" target="_blank">Here's a Link</a></strong></p><p></p><p>There are a lot of fans here who claim that this is an "old rumor" but there you have it in the man's own words. Ars Magica influenced d20. That said, I'm 100% certain that D&D <em>did</em> influence the 4th Edition of Ars Magica, which really loaded up on the rules options -- but Ars 5th veered away from d20 in that it pared the core book down to roughly 1/3 the size of the 4th Edition book (and about 1/2 of the D&D PHB) by <em>dropping</em> options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jdrakeh, post: 3251708, member: 13892"] Yes. Well, Great White Games doesn't actually license Deadlands. . . they own it. GWG is an imprint of PEG (Pinnacle Entertainment Group). GWG obtained the license for Solomon Kane last year. I"m not sure if Ars got the d20 treatment -- it's always had the Stat Modifier + Skill + 1d10 core mechanic. In fact, Jonathan Tweet mentions on his personal website that this is actually where the core mechanic for d20 came from. . . [i]"Ars Magica (1987, Lion Rampant): Designed this RPG with Mark Rein•Hagen. It's about wizards in a mythic version of the Middle Ages, with a remarkable magic system and a ton of good roleplaying content. If you want to see where the core system for the current edition of D&D comes from, pick up Ars Magica."[/i] [b][url=http://www.jonathantweet.com/jotgamedesignhis.html]Here's a Link[/url][/b] There are a lot of fans here who claim that this is an "old rumor" but there you have it in the man's own words. Ars Magica influenced d20. That said, I'm 100% certain that D&D [i]did[/i] influence the 4th Edition of Ars Magica, which really loaded up on the rules options -- but Ars 5th veered away from d20 in that it pared the core book down to roughly 1/3 the size of the 4th Edition book (and about 1/2 of the D&D PHB) by [i]dropping[/i] options. [/QUOTE]
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