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IANAL, but my probably faulty understanding is that WotC can send a cease and desist letter to a publisher that must immediately be adhered to, whereas a 3rd party publisher could be taken to court... am I wrong? Also, what I was getting at with the plagiarized news article example was that...

I wouldn't say that fantasy *has* to get rid of any laws of reality to be 'in genre'. My loose, working definition of fantasy is the presence of magic. That alone does it for me. Fantasy is a template that can be applied to any base genre. It could also be thought of as a metagenre. One thing...

I hear you- I'm just one optimistic writer and not a lawyer either. Here are some questions that I'd ask a lawyer if I had one handy: Strictly speaking, in a digital format, you could link to the ogl after every section and treat each section as a single work, right? If not, why, and where...

I don't think you'd need an advisory board in a formal way- just someone responsible with admin privileges. The nature of a wiki culture is such that no one gets away with anything. If everyone had to cite their sources perfectly, on penalty of deletion as laid out in the membership agreement...

The world is big enough for paradoxes. There are national/ethnic pantheons, but there are also "usurper gods" that want to be worshipped as individuals. Beyond those, there is the Mother; the spirit of the world, and all those that sprang from her. Each faith believes their gods created...

Are you joking?

Another vote for Dragonmech...

Auxons.

This is interesting. I've been writing d20 stuff for a few years now, and I never realized that I could have my own XP and level-dependent benefits charts. That's awesome. If those things are allowed, it follows that I could reassign CRs for monsters in a product, right? ( I understand that...

Ironically, I'll likely be looking for a sales position at a non-games company in order to move to the area. :heh:

Well, I for one heard back from them. I didn't get an interview. I got a decent rejection email, but I can't help but think I made some sort of mistake in my approach. There were a couple of bonehead early-morning typos in my various emails (cthuhu instead of Cthulhu for one), and I downplayed...

You're right. :)

2008 sounds good to me. I hope that's right.

I'd be interested in playtesting this. In the interest of full disclosure, I'd better let you know that I'm developing an epic-friendly setting (the relaunch of the Morningstar Setting) and if this system works, I'd hope to use any OGC from it for my setting. My project won't be out for a few...

Nearly identical, in my experience, except that you also direct implicitly when writing comics.

My system is a bit too involved, but I was toying around with this last year. Here’s what I came up with… Truly D20: “Weapon Damage Ratios” Find the size of the damage die or dice that a given weapon deals. Divide the number of faces on the die by two, and write the result as a ratio to 6...

The way you phrased it, and because I like the flavor more, I'd choose the second one. As written, it would be awesome against red dragons, and if you pushed "fire using" as far as it would go, it would be +6 against all humanoids as well. ;D

That's a HELL of a typo, Crothian. Kudos. You have now set the bar. I'll have to post drunk from now on just to stand a chance. :D (I'm being totally good-natured)

Incidentally, I've been told that the cost of living is from 15-20% lower than where I live now, and that seems about right based on the costs of goods and services I've been able to sample. The apartments are bigger too- two bedroom apartments out on the east coast don't usually have both a...

Good call.