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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HermioneO" data-source="post: 588851" data-attributes="member: 3259">Ultimate Prestige Classes Volume I is a huge compilation of prestige classesuseful to just about any GM. It contains 102 prestige classes, as well asdecent guidelines for building or evaluating others for use in yourcampaign. 29 of those classes are, as far as I could tell, new prestigeclasses printed for the first time in this volume. The rest are drawn fromvarious sources; however, not all of them are referenced in Section 15 ofthe OGL printed at the back of the book. Some are taken from professionald20 publications, while others were taken from amateur publications on thenet. Two-thirds of the classes in the book are either reprints from priorMongoose Games publications or new to the work. Since those are allcopyright Mongoose Games, they don't have to list the actual sources.However, 34 prestige classes come from non-Mongoose Games sources and only a few of those are cited in the copyright section.Recently, Matt Sprange sent a note to ENWorld with a listing of uncreditedauthors whose classes were used in Ultimate Prestige Classes Volume I. What this note does not indicate is that none of those authors were Mongoose Games writers and they all own the copyrights to their work. Nor does it make any mention of the other d20 publishers who were not cited properly.I have compiled a listing of the 34 non-Mongoose classes in UltimatePrestige Classes below, with their proper copyright notices. I referencedthe complete listing of classes provided by the Netbook of Classes, and onlylist those whose writeups I can confirm by comparing the two publications.There may be other classes within the Ultimate Prestige Classes Volume Ioriginally from sources other than Mongoose Games, but I cannot confirmthem.Arcane Burglar Copyright 2002 Duane Nutley (source: Netbook of ClassesVolume I)Arcanist Copyright 2002 Tomas Carl Abraham Cramer (source: Netbook ofClasses Volume II)Artificer and Revered Elder (originally titled The Wise) Copyright 2001Rebecca Glenn (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I)Beastmaster, Psychic Thief originally appeared in Psionics Toolkit,Copyright 2001 Fiery Dragon.Blood Witch, Crypt Lord, Incarnate, Penumbral Lord, Sea Witch, Summoner,Vigilant originally appeared in Relics & Rituals, Copyright 2001 ClarkPeterson.Bounty Hunter Copyright 2001 Ian Cheesman (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I)Calligrapher Copyright 2002 Itzhak Even (source: Netbook of Classes VolumeII)Discreet Companion, Guildmaster, Roofrunner, Trapmaster originally appearedin Traps & Treachery, Copyright 2001 Fantasy Flight Games.Dragonslayer, Student of the Dragon originally appeared in Dragons,Copyright 2001 AEG.Explosives Specialist, Shock Trooper, Treasure Hunter originally appeared inDungeons, Copyright 2001 AEG.Gifted Maker Copyright 2002, Mike Kletch (source: Netbook of Classes VolumeII)Golden One Copyright 2001 Adam Nave (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I)Healing Hand Copyright 2002 Rebecca Glenn (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I)Nomad Lord and Sea-Hawk Copyright 2001 Tomas Carl Abraham Cramer (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I)Puritan Copyright 2002 Dominique Crouzet (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I)Reef Warrior originally appeared in Seafarer's Handbook, Copyright 2001Fantasy Flight Games.Seeker originally appeared in The Hunt: Rise of Evil Copyright 2001, MysticEye Games.Sonomancer Copyright 2002 Spencer 'The Sigil' Cooley (source: Netbook ofClasses Volume II ‹ this class also appears in Mr. Cooley's PDF publication,the Enchiridion of Mystic Music)Stonegaard originally appeared in Hammer and Helm, Copyright 2002 GreenRonin.Thirteen of the 34 classes listed above were originally published in theNetbook of Classes, Volumes I and II. The authors refined their classesthrough several review cycles, while the Netbook of Classes team reviewedeach class based on criteria set at the founding of the organization. Oncethe classes reached a final stage, they were edited and laid out andpublished in PDF format, available for free on the Netbook of Classeswebsite: <a href="http://www.fancc.org/nboc." target="_blank">www.fancc.org/nboc.</a> We at the Netbook of Classes are pleased that Mongoose Games was impressed enough with our work to reprint these classes, almost completely unchanged, in their compilation of the best prestige classes in print. We feel in good company with the other d20 publishers listed above and will continue to review and compile quality prestige classes for the d20 community.Congratulations to the authors of the 13 classes chosen for inclusion inUltimate Prestige Classes Volume I. As a group, you were the largestnon-Mongoose contributors to this 256-page book.The Netbook of Classes is one of several teams working to produce free,quality Open Gaming Content for use with the d20 system. Together, theseteams form the Fantasy Community Council, which can be found at<a href="http://www.fancc.org." target="_blank">www.fancc.org.</a> Our sister netbook, the Netbook of Feats, was also a sourcefor many of the feats found in Ultimate Feats Volume I (Mongoose Games), and has provided feats for several other d20 publications. Authors who submit their work to the Netbook of Classes (and the Netbook of Feats as well), keep the copyrights to their submissions. The Netbooks provide constructive criticism and advice, and a published forum for distribution of their work.If you are interested in seeing your work published in this way, come to ourwebsites and read our submission guidelines. Who knows? Your work might get picked for a "best of" print project by another d20 publisher. Becky GlennNetbook of Classes<a href="http://www.fancc.org/nboc" target="_blank">www.fancc.org/nboc</a></blockquote>

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