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<blockquote data-quote="jmucchiello" data-source="post: 4494094" data-attributes="member: 813"><p>You are dividing the OGL D&D market into only 2 halves: those books that take the SRD, modify it slightly and create a rehashed D&D (Iron Heroes, Arcana Unearthed), AND those products that add more material that you can take or leave as needed (101 uses for a dead kobold, etc). There is a third kind of product: One that adds a subsystem to the existing game but that requires a slight tweak to some of the core definitions. (Wounds and Vitality can't be added to the GSL because you have to redefine hit points, for example.) It's this third kind of product that you are ignoring which I believe Ranger REG is saying he wants.</p><p></p><p>I want to write a 4e product that adds a 10 level tier below Heroic and allows for character to grow into being heroes. Can't be done with the GSL because in to accomplish it, I need to redefine and rewrite parts of how classes are constructed. These redefinitions just affect how 1st level works (since you already have some of your class abilities from lower level, you don't gain them at 1st level). I'm out of luck. My 3e PDF Before Level One is a good seller. And based on the number of folks who don't like the power level 4e starts at, I'm sure Common Beginnings would also have sold well for me. But there is no way for me to make the 4e product I would like to make.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmucchiello, post: 4494094, member: 813"] You are dividing the OGL D&D market into only 2 halves: those books that take the SRD, modify it slightly and create a rehashed D&D (Iron Heroes, Arcana Unearthed), AND those products that add more material that you can take or leave as needed (101 uses for a dead kobold, etc). There is a third kind of product: One that adds a subsystem to the existing game but that requires a slight tweak to some of the core definitions. (Wounds and Vitality can't be added to the GSL because you have to redefine hit points, for example.) It's this third kind of product that you are ignoring which I believe Ranger REG is saying he wants. I want to write a 4e product that adds a 10 level tier below Heroic and allows for character to grow into being heroes. Can't be done with the GSL because in to accomplish it, I need to redefine and rewrite parts of how classes are constructed. These redefinitions just affect how 1st level works (since you already have some of your class abilities from lower level, you don't gain them at 1st level). I'm out of luck. My 3e PDF Before Level One is a good seller. And based on the number of folks who don't like the power level 4e starts at, I'm sure Common Beginnings would also have sold well for me. But there is no way for me to make the 4e product I would like to make. [/QUOTE]
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