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<blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 1142304" data-attributes="member: 2013"><p>Not for me it's not. Yes, the designation is more or less clear. But... and this is in my mind a HUGE "but"...</p><p></p><p>You know what that little section means, boys and girls? </p><p></p><p>It means if the game contains some cool spell like "Wrath of the Righteous" or a cool creature like a "Hellan Seraphim" you can use that in your own stuff... but you have to find a new name for the stuff, thus decreasing anyone's ability to recognize the original in A of A.</p><p></p><p>This is "crippled OGC." Which means I will likely be steering clear of this one. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I really, truly, cannot fathom why publishers want to PI the names of all their spells and creatures and such. A <strong>few</strong> truly unique ones, sure (e.g., Scarred Lands' Karnival Krewe and Mithril Golem), but the all of them (is a "blood boar" or a "shattered nymph" really all that unique and a signature of your setting)? Please, someone enlighten me as to why PIing a more or less generic spell name like "holy blast" (don't know if that's in the book or not) is a good idea when re-use of your OGC is, in effect, free advertising. I don't get it at all. I understand PIing plots. I understand PIing major NPCs. I understand PIing "Bob" in "Bob's Super Fire Blast" but I don't understand PIing "Super Fire Blast." <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>--The Sigil</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Sigil, post: 1142304, member: 2013"] Not for me it's not. Yes, the designation is more or less clear. But... and this is in my mind a HUGE "but"... You know what that little section means, boys and girls? It means if the game contains some cool spell like "Wrath of the Righteous" or a cool creature like a "Hellan Seraphim" you can use that in your own stuff... but you have to find a new name for the stuff, thus decreasing anyone's ability to recognize the original in A of A. This is "crippled OGC." Which means I will likely be steering clear of this one. :( I really, truly, cannot fathom why publishers want to PI the names of all their spells and creatures and such. A [b]few[/b] truly unique ones, sure (e.g., Scarred Lands' Karnival Krewe and Mithril Golem), but the all of them (is a "blood boar" or a "shattered nymph" really all that unique and a signature of your setting)? Please, someone enlighten me as to why PIing a more or less generic spell name like "holy blast" (don't know if that's in the book or not) is a good idea when re-use of your OGC is, in effect, free advertising. I don't get it at all. I understand PIing plots. I understand PIing major NPCs. I understand PIing "Bob" in "Bob's Super Fire Blast" but I don't understand PIing "Super Fire Blast." :( --The Sigil [/QUOTE]
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