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I am not a lawyer and I would find out what is their definition of redefinition. I might say you could, because you are not redefining the demagogue TEMPLATE. You are making a demagogue CLASS. It is a sticky issue and I would not seek to push those boundaries until you see what becomes of the...

Thank you - for your time looking into this matter - one way or another. I think continuity is important to a consumer and the attack icons play an important part in the new system.

Actually, the only thing that is your property are the names, flavor text, etc. but not the rule mechanics - that is owned by WotC and they are letting you use those with the GSL/SRD royalty free. For example, you make up the power "My Power Not Theirs." Here's how it looks: My Power Not...

I am sure we still have some 3.x product left in us, but for now we are trying to come up with ways to push onward in 4th without burning are bridges with 3.x - I think we are doing a few things that will allow us to produce for 4th without treading over our 3.x material (some product will have...

It's not IP, but if you choose to accept the GSL, then you must follow the rules under that license. And the GSL states you cannot reference 4th Edition material not listed in the SRD or redefine them.

I am looking at this as well - before making my own set of icons. The GSL says we can reproduce the templates in the SRD, but not any templates excluded from the SRD. So, as it seems, you can reproduce the icons as well. Now, whether WotC will make that font available is another question...

The GSL also refers to product lines. For example, I might take a core character class from one of our Feudal Lords products and not make it a character class, but something else in 4th Edition. However, if I market it as a Feudal Lords product using the GSL, I must terminate all previous...

Yes, that is why I said true OGC, because it does not force publishers to have OGC material in their new 4th Edition products. As a publisher, I can see having some open game content in our material for continuity for general consumers. However, I do not see a lot of other publishers including...

You can only enter into Public Domain something that is entirely yours (as you mentioned, IP). However, any (I mean any reference) to 4th Edition is used only by WotC's permission. For example, you could not use the name kobold and reference or redefine it using 4th Edition rules and make it...

It merely stops websites like http://www.d20srd.org/ or doing what WotC is doing with Dungeon and Dragon - making online magazines (or print magazines, but that's another issue). It also stops what Monte Cook and others did with Arcana Unearthed and Iron Heroes (True20 also comes to mind) (i.e...

Personally, it seems that true OPEN GAME CONTENT is DEAD. Unless I am mistaken, it appears that in order for any 3rd party publisher to publish any content (I am not talking about IP) of another 3rd party publisher, they must seek permission. I am fine with this, since most of our rules are...

You simply must protect your previous 3rd Edition OGL material. For example, we will not produce any of our old character core classes or sub-classes (a mechanic we made for 3.x) as core classes or sub-classes. We will present them by using an entirely new mechanic we devised (personally, I am...

Well, With some ardrous study, many of Alea's innovative rules introduced for 3.x Edition will also appear in our future 4th Edition products. The first set of innovations I wil talk about briefly is the sub-class. The sub-class in 3.x is a minor class that further defines a character and his...

Yeah - it was a mess. I was one of the originals on the TSR Dark Sun e-mail post (long before message boards). When it was decided to pitch in and gather our collective thoughts together, it was evident those that would become Athas.org was going an entirely different direction. I really...

It is doing okay - well enough considering we are one of the smaller publishers. Sorry, for getting back to you this late (or updating the blog for that matter) - we are not dead but rather in 4th Edition limbo. Expect more in the coming months.

Though it is our initial goal not to restrict player's role in the game, the Dragonborn doesn't sit too well with us. Allowing, a player to play a "monster" diminishes that role more so that it enhances it. After we finally look at the core books, I am sure we can find a place for the...

We added to our Design Diary/Blog found HERE. It talks about our first impressions of 4th Edition and upcoming projects. Check out our design diary frequently to keep up with what is new with Alea.

Alea Publishing Group releases Classes and Races of Cthonia, a guide for making unique characters for the Feudal Lords Campaign Setting. This 65 page book contains 3 new core classes, 2 new prestige classes, 97 feats, new rules, as well as the roles classes and races play in the Feudal Lords...

The long awaited guide is here. Alea Publishing Group releases Classes and Races of Cthonia, a guide for making unique characters for the Feudal Lords Campaign Setting. This 65 page book contains 3 new core classes, 2 new prestige classes, 97 feats, new rules, as well as the roles classes...

We posted our final update for the playtest guide on our website, www.aleapublishing.com, in our new Design Diary feature. We also like to stress that our forums are always open for comment and criticism, thus we hope you join us in this playtest project. If you wish to comment about the diary...