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but if you find the mechanics they are using in other, pre-existing d20 products by other companies, or within the OGL itself there is not much they can do about it. >> points to castles and crusades for attributes as saves

There is no "old contract" its the open gaming license... as long as you stay away from specific terminology and use existing mechanics you can create something VERY close to 5e. See 13th Age (4e built from the OGL) and the 1st edition clones for what I mean...

You have two specific issues at play 1) Game rules can not be copy written only the specific expression of those rules. (specific terminology) 2) the OGL is very broad, as such someone wanting to rebuild a 5e clone only needs to find similar existing mechanics in an existing d20...

Except, thanks to the OGL we can reverse engineer most of 5e... if the user agreement is too closed I expect to see a Next20 (n20) system appear within a few months with the exception of a few mechanics (Advantage/Disadvantage... which can be re-worded to work like the luck domain, this the...

ty ty That might very well be the case..

Comparable with the Next version of the world famous fantasy role-playing game

For sure... also the fact that, knowing we just started printing spell decks in 3.0 (which sold in WoTC stores) they never gave us a heads up about 3.5 we were suddenly looking at a warehouse full of unsellable spell decks.

to be honest I had totally missed out on the fact the GSL was revised in any way. what scared us (PCI) off was the ability for WoTC to revoke the license..

Chances are it will say your allowed to print it, if so you can always lighting source it as a hard copy on your own. https://www1.lightningsource.com/digital_bookblock_creation.aspx download, send to them, pay for printing, get a professional copy of the basic set.... SCORE

Anytime! Heck if they give you permission to photocopy in the document you can send it to lighting press and get the book printed like an over the counter product

At fedex/kinkos you want to ask them to "saddle staple" it, they have a machine just for that

3 hole punch + three ring binder = win Hell the 2nd edition monster Manuel was sold in a 3 ring binder!

You can take a flash drive/chip and print it on your own.. Once printed, they will bind it I use to work at kinkos

The have a friend print it out for you... You never have to 'see' the PDF :p

I use my windows tablet..... But apparently some people freak out at the idea of a PDF.... Thus my printer/computer combination suggestion Crazy, I know

Or 1 person has or knows someone with both a computer and a printer.. I know that combination is rare in toads day and age... Must be the a game for the 1%

You and me both

use your phone and show them a pic of the cover?

Score!

never mind the fact that players will reverse engineer the monsters in the box set and write a guide to tweak the playtest monsters within a week of release :p