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Thanks, Alzrius. If I had any wiki-fu whatever, I'd offer to do it myself... but I suck at wiki'ing so I'll let more competent folks do that. ;)

If anybody cares, I hereby explicitly and expressly give permission for OGC from all products published by S.T. Cooley Publishing to be added to this project. Contact me if you need more information.

At first blush, I figured I knew the trick... Emphasis mine. On further review of their site, though, they have an MSRP of > 0, which suggests either (wild speculation follows) a special arrangement with WotC or possibly that they'll be giving them out free at GenCon. (end wild speculation)

Not true. And I wish people would stop using the "shorthand" of IP (Intellectual Property) to cover (a) copyright, (b) patents, and (c) trademarks, as it leads to much confusion. Here you are conflating trademarks with copyright. Case law is explicit that TRADEMARKS must be vigorously...

Meh. I strongly believe in the "Open Source" and "Open Game" movements. It's one of the reasons I jumped full bore into the 3E experience. The GSL steps away from this and requires me to give up the OGL. Philosophically, I'm not prepared to do that. I don't need a lawyer to review it to...

On general prinicple, the OP is exactly right. While I never had any publisher turn down my request to re-use their stuff, the fact remains that "Open" does not mean "ask me for permission first" - it means "permission is granted by default." It's why pretty much the only stuff (besides art...

This. I said something similar to it on the OGF-L list years ago - that I was glad Dancey had put at least one iteration of D&D forever beyond the reach of corporations or people who might want to kill it and/or lock it up (e.g., Lorraine Williams). Having read the GSL, I marvel even more at...

I'm currently busy with many other things in my life, so it's not like I'm an active publisher at the moment (I don't think I've put anything new out in a couple of years). That said, if I *were* still actively publishing, it is likely that I would not touch the GSL with someone else's ten foot...

Been almost a year, IMO it is bump time.

Oh, jeez, the Bard's Tale... I was just chatting it up with someone about it the other day. Played it way back on my MSDOS box when I was in grade school. And BT II. And BT III. Full disclosure: I used the Cluebooks. Tips and tricks not in the cluebooks (warnng: spoilers!): 1. In BT1, you...

Multiclassing? Amusingly enough, my degree is in Astrophysics. I never took so much as a single English course at the college level. Of course, I am an absolutely voracious reader, so that helps my vocabulary substantially. On topic: The "poison pill" clause doesn't sound as bad as first...

Did the OGL benefit by having the D&D ruleset published under its name? Absolutely. Is the OGL perfect? No. Heavens, no. Almost from the beginning, the "Attribution" portion of its viral nature has been a beast (with ever-expanding Section 15's) and I for one am *still* appalled at the...

2004 Results can be found here: http://archive.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba/2004/3426 In brief: Skyhawks 84.5 Dwarven Stormhammers 77.5 Mistwell Maulers 76 Tokyo Samurai 69 Gambling Cubes 68.5 BS's Flagrant Fouls 57 Chief Sleep 55.5 Ádh na nÉireannach 50 Red Star 42.5 The Frost Mages...

I'll play - just make sure to PM me when you create a game - but I really don't have time to be commissioner this season. Last season was a disaster (injuries everywhere); I can't go out like that. Must... retain... dignity!

True enough... especially since the Scout Oath can be boiled down to: Duty to Higher Causes (God, Country, Scout Law) Duty to Others (Help Other People) Duty to Self (Physically Strong, Mentally Awake, Morally Straight)

I personally tend to work off a modified version of Asimov's Laws of Robotics. To wit, 1. A paladin may not knowingly harm an innocent, or through inaction, knowingly allow an innocent to come to harm. (Preservation of innocent life - "Goodness" - is first and foremost, and "knowingly" is...

As far as I'm concerned, 90% of the problems that crop up with paladins aren't "paladin" problems at all. They're "alignment" problems masquerading as paladin problems. Specifically, a LOT of people seem to really chafe at the very idea of Lawful Good - either the paladin player doesn't really...

Yeah, I saw your bump, Mistwell. Let this serve as official notice of the opening of the 0607 ENWorld Fantasy Basketball league. We'll be using Yahoo, and same settings as last season. Okay, all that's interested... fill 'er up! http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com League ID: 36755...

My top 10, in the order they came into my mind: * The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring * The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King * Alexander Nevsky (shows why armor is not always good, pike lines, importance of various styles of...

I had to say it aloud to myself a few times to figure out how I say it... and danged if I have a weird way of doing so. The "dw" at the beginning I pronounce softly - kind of like the "dw" leading "dwarf" but with a little bit of a "j" sound mixed in. Kind of a "dzhw" sound (or if you know...