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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roudi" data-source="post: 2460674" data-attributes="member: 12423">I give up my free time to (attempt to) produce a free online e-zine for modern gaming.  You may find the first two issues <a href="http://www.intrepidheroes.com/modernized.htm" target="_blank">here</a>.  I would also like to dedicate time to such an endeavour as an OGL NPC Wiki.  Why?  Because I love the game, I love the 3rd party market, and I want to see both proliferate.The benefits would be that folks could see that there is life beyond WotC.  There is a lot of great 3rd-party material that many folks don't know about simply by virtue of never being exposed to it.  A d20 NPC Wiki that allowed OGC material from any open content source (under the terms of the OGL) would be an excellent place to "show off" the kind of material people don't get exposed to.It also exists so that other publishers can "exploit" the copyrighted work of other publishers.  Though, in actuality, exploiitation is definitely the wrong term to use.  The OGL promotes shared use of material.  It allows developers to build on each other's work instead of having to use different mechanics to model the same thing just to avoid copyright infringement.  For the most part, permission is sought before using open content... it typically isn't just mined unawares.  Also, an OGL's Section 15 always gives credit where credit is due and makes sure the original copyright holders are acknowledged.  An OGL NPC Wiki wouldn't be about exploiting the terms of open content, but about showing off OGC work and letting people know where it came from.  Of course, an NPC Wiki wouldn't have to limit itself to just the Section 15 for giving credit... it could list, right under the NPC, the sources used for material creation and provide links to either the publisher or a vendor page.This is why you would need submission reviewers (the aforementioned "people to maintain compliance).  Their job would be simply to review NPC submissions, check to make sure any unfamiliar material is cited from an OGC source, contact the author about discrepancies, and update the Section 15 when appropriate.  A set of clearly-written submission guidelines would help as well (similar to what's already in place, but geared towards submissions containing 3rd party OGC).  These guidelines would remind submitters to list their sources and remind them not to submit material unless they were certain it was entirely open content.</blockquote>

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