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I.... think you can. Can't see where it says you can't. I know Atlas Games did similar things with some of its books (the Penumbra series, I think) under the old STL, I think you can do so under the GSL too. It's not like I'm a lawyer, but as I understand the issue: the license does attempt to...

I agree that this would go a long way towards making the license more agreeable. This is definitely not, however, the current license.

I'd add that my understanding of the answer is that you furthermore cannot have Christian demons, or Mesopatamian demons, or so on; you cannot redefine what "demon" means as per the MM entry (and demons have a specific entry in the MM defining them in general, not just the specific demons you...

I'll second those predictions. I'll add another: within a year, a major publisher will release a major OGL-lincesed game based on 4e ideas, but sufficiently different (in his opinion) to not be derivative. I, for one, am looking forward to it.

Since WotC can change the license on a whim and need not justify terminating the license, they can do that regardless of the answer. Just use your own PI. That way even WotC can't use the same names, since they would be derivative from you. "Gaelic Druids" is dangerous, WotC may use it...

I don't see how. They can terminate your GSL license, and the GSL license forbids you from publishing the content under the OGL, but not under any other license. So you can't possibly release the content under the True20 system, but you could publish it with no specific license as a book, base a...

It's an important question, but I'm not clear what is it based on in the GSL. What it the legal meaning of having headings in the SRD? Where does it say in the GSL that you can Reference headings, for example, in a way that seperates headings from the terms which you can't redefine or modify?

That's my impression of things. The "headings only" interpretation makes sense in that it would be better, but I don't see it in the license. I don't see a category of "You can Reference this, but can ALSO change the definition of it".

Yeah, I think a guiding principle of contract law is that all secions has to make sense together, and in conjunction with the license allowing promotional material and publishing pdfs I think it can't reasonably be argued that the online sale of pdfs isn't allowed. The quotes in the OP have to...

While technically true, I think one could set up a new company, which is legally a different "person" so can derive material from the already published OGL. That this new person violates your copyright (by dressing your ideas in 3e cloth) is not, I think, something WotC can force you to sue...

That is my guess. As someone mentioned upthread (I think - too many threads), you'd be wise to tie in your names to your IP. WotC may publish a "Druid", but not a "Naerthorian Priest".

What I didn't expect the most was Wizard's insistance on the precise formatting of, e.g., references (in the SRD). Allowing you to use their template formats is great. Deciding, for you, that page references are a no-no is condensending. Insisting you use small-caps for the initial cite an...

I don't think this is a matter of the OGL so much as branding in general. They don't want 3rd parties to make miniatures of Lizardfolk, period - not under the OGL, not under Fair Use, not at all. They don't want products that will compete with their own products, using the same "code names" and...

As someone who doesn't really need the GSL, I do find the situation funny. With every passing day, my grin of incredulity grows wider.

Anyone made a DM-Screen .doc or .pdf for 4e? I'm gonna run my first 4e game session soon, and could use one...

Thanks. Now to look them up online to make sure they have it on stock...

A friend of mine is in Seattle, and I want him to pick up a D&D Gift Set or the three books. He was in a Barnes & Noble there, but they said the books will only be there in a few days. He'll be out of the country in two days. So I need the address of a gaming store in Seattle, one that has the...

I don't think any information has been released on that. I suspect, like you do, that since the new SRD would be far easier to update it would tend to include more. I hope it would include practically all new sourcebooks, so that publishers could use WotC's stuff in their works, but I really...

A D&D take on the Tolkienverse is the Midnight setting. It has some rule tweaks to make it more gritty, and except at the elven realms (think "last elven kingdoms, standing up to the risen Mordor") magic is rare and unpredictable. While it isn't actually the core of the game, I'd personally...

I actually heard of it, but didn't delve into it at the time and it slipped my mind. I'm afraid I'm not attracted enough by the premise to spend my (little) free time on it, although it does sound impressive and original.