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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5846429" data-attributes="member: 463">It can have all the SRD monsters - Ogres etc - built using the DMG formula (Attack = Level +5 etc), and it can have SRD classes - Fighters, Rogues and such. And you could use 4e style Power mechanics. But you can't easily/safely/legally copy actual 4e class powers without risking copyright infringement.In general, IMO it is easy to legally publish 4e-compatible material, especially when using the OGL.&nbsp; But I agree it is not easy to publish a clone of 4e, 4e seems specifically designed to be hard to legally clone.&nbsp; You could make 'clone Fighters', they could use the AEDU system, but they could not use Reaping Strike or Come And Get It.&nbsp; At least, you would have to strip those powers down to their bare non-copyrightable mechanics and rebuild from the ground up.&nbsp; As someone who teaches copyright law, it seems to me to be a Herculean task to keep it indisputably legal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 5846429, member: 463"] It can have all the SRD monsters - Ogres etc - built using the DMG formula (Attack = Level +5 etc), and it can have SRD classes - Fighters, Rogues and such. And you could use 4e style Power mechanics. But you can't easily/safely/legally copy actual 4e class powers without risking copyright infringement. In general, IMO it is easy to legally publish [B]4e-compatible material[/B], especially when using the OGL. But I agree it is not easy to publish a clone of 4e, 4e seems specifically designed to be hard to legally clone. You could make 'clone Fighters', they could use the AEDU system, but they could not use [I]Reaping Strike[/I] or [I]Come And Get It[/I]. At least, you would have to strip those powers down to their bare non-copyrightable mechanics and rebuild from the ground up. As someone who teaches copyright law, it seems to me to be a Herculean task to keep it indisputably legal. [/QUOTE]

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