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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 4201450" data-attributes="member: 2732">I'm pretty sure its what you take your base from.You can either license the 4e D&amp;D game, or you can license the upcoming 4e d20 Modern game.&nbsp; (For all we know, they may not be compatible with each other--which would make a big difference.&nbsp; I don't think Wizards sees D&amp;D/d20 as a &quot;universal RPG system&quot; anymore).Since all the rules are changed, if you have a complex existing rule system that mixes the genres, you're going to have to change everything around anyway, so you can either use D&amp;D or D20 as the base.&nbsp; So if you have a Mecha setting with spellcasters, it's more likely to come under the d20 Modern license.&nbsp; If you have a fantasy setting with a space colony that crashed on the planet, it would count as fantasy.And since you need Wizards permission and have terms, it is likely they have a definition of what defines &quot;fantasy&quot; in the new GSL.(And if your setting is truly different, like say M&amp;M, why bother converting when you can use the OGL and the 3e set--why rebuild the rules from scratch, which is pretty much what any 3e publisher has to do with those things if they want to use them)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 4201450, member: 2732"] I'm pretty sure its what you take your base from. You can either license the 4e D&D game, or you can license the upcoming 4e d20 Modern game. (For all we know, they may not be compatible with each other--which would make a big difference. I don't think Wizards sees D&D/d20 as a "universal RPG system" anymore). Since all the rules are changed, if you have a complex existing rule system that mixes the genres, [I]you're going to have to change everything around anyway[/I], so you can either use D&D or D20 as the base. So if you have a Mecha setting with spellcasters, it's more likely to come under the d20 Modern license. If you have a fantasy setting with a space colony that crashed on the planet, it would count as fantasy. And since you need Wizards permission and have terms, it is likely they have a definition of what defines "fantasy" in the new GSL. (And if your setting is truly different, like say M&M, why bother converting when you can use the OGL and the 3e set--why rebuild the rules from scratch, which is pretty much what any 3e publisher has to do with those things if they want to use them) [/QUOTE]

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