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Which is very cute, but not quite what I had in mind. :)

I kinda lost track of the 3rd party publishers. I know WotC is publishing one adventure (H1: Keep on the Shadowfell) for level 1 characters a bit before 4e comes out. I believe 3rd party publishers would need to wait till 4e is out, at least. But what I don't know is what publishers would be...

If your DM would allow it, I would go for two Red Wizards, each with a different specialization and orthogonal opposed schools. I'd make them twins, too. I reckon that would be amusing and highly effective. Another option is Mage Guild and Sorcerer; the first provides utility spells, the...

I'm also interested in an OGL hybrid. I like the concept of IH a lot, but never got a chance to play it. My current plan is to look at what 4E looks like, and then cook a hybrid rules system that will combine 3.5e, IH, 4e, and probably stuff like SAGA into my own preferrable brew. Not sure if it...

I voted "I will read and playtest 4E before deciding to switch or not.", but it's more like "I will read 4e but will only switch to it if it REALLY captures me; otherwise, I'm gonna make a homebrew system, some 3.75e."

Ehm.... that they invested money into something really has little to do with whether they have ownership over it. I agree that I'd like to compensate them for their troubles and encourage them and others to make similar efforts in the future. But that doesn't mean they own the ideas. It means...

Yep. That's what protecting your rights over your content means. Under the situation you describe Wizards isn't hurt one iota by the posts on Gleemax. That's the idea. The idea is to draw up a license that doesn't put Wizards at risk from posts on Gleemax, not one that grants Wizards the freedom...

I'm confused - how can you sue Wizards for copying something you've posted to Gleemax if what you posted to Gleemax doesn't count? You can sue them for copying something you've posted on your site EVEN IF you posted it to Gleemax, but you could sue them for copying something you've posted on...

The idea is that what's posted to Gleemax just doesn't count. It's as if it was never posted (as long as you had the right to post it to begin-with). So if you post something to Gleemax and your site under THESE rules, you do NOT cede rights to wizards and may sue them just like you could if you...

Not so. You are allowed to read the Monopoly rules to your partners and play with them. You are NOT allowed to broadcast the monopoly rules and board, and that includes playing monopoly online. You MIGHT be allowed to discuss the monopoly rules online, depending on how much you quote and how...

My own suggestion is for for the license to state that Gleemax is a "copyright free zone", effectively - that whatever you post there cannot be used as a source-copy in a copyright infringement suit. So if you post your house rules there and Wizards then prints a book with them, you can't sue...

Consider fan-site material. Currently, there is no legal way for me to discuss my adventures in the Forgotten Realms or so on, barring some very lenient interpretations of Fair Use. This is due to Wizards not having a clear fan-site policy. Gleemax promises to change this by providing a venue...

I agree that the terms aren't acceptable. I believe Meloncov's point about lawsuits is valid, but can be addressed in less draconic ways (e.g. "any User Content may not be used in a copyright or IP claim by either side"). I also agree with Meloncov that it isn't likely that you'll see much money...

I saw it, and didn't like it. I found Ben's actions illogical. I couldn't understand why he cooperated with Dan so much - or why he'd go around killing his loyal posse, even if he did decided to humour Dan and go to jail (expecting to escape it). I prefer the old-fashioned Westerns where the...

I put in 6, he's a level 5 with a +1 LA (Half-Giant).

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I don't think companies will be willing to contribute. Authors tend to think their work still has value even if the market doesn't currently show it. With a few exceptions, owners would not want their material harvested into such an archive. While I do think it's an interesting idea, and would...

First of all, it is cool. WotC spent a lot of time and effort into developing a great game and allows people to easily and freely legally access it (rather than illegally) and build on it - that's just cool. Secondly, the idea was that having the rules free and easily available for modification...

I don't think they could (publish a wink-compatible work under the new STL). I didn't see the license, but I'm guessing it will be designed to prevent such measures. In the worst-case-scenario, Wizards could simply include clauses that allow her to arbitrarily terminate the publisher's ability...

Perhaps. I think it will contain only a relatively small cadre of monsters, though, with more monsters being reserved for Wizards' exclusive use (as per the Mind Flayer in 3e). An otpion that nags at me is that WotC apparently requires everyone that wants to use the license to register with...