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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 784856" data-attributes="member: 533">Re: FeatsIncorrect. Almost none of Wizard's products contain OGC.Only the System Reference Document provided by Wizards contain OGC. You reference from that material.Product Identity are closed content located within an OGC. Sometimes the author wishes to keep that to themselves but allow the rest of the stat be used by other people. Example of Product Identity in OGC includes named spells or a feat name.The Open Game License defines and governs both OGC and PI so authors can choose to keep certain elements for their own while offering to share rules mechanic or game content.Keep in mind that Player's Handbook do not contain OGC. So let's use the SRD. Any enhancement of OGC from an SRD, for example, must remain OGC. The name of the OGC (name of a feat or spell or creature) can be designated Product Identity.So I can take an Orc stat from the SRD, but I want to name it Orukus because that is the name of such creature in my product which is a campaign setting, I can do so and designate it as PI, so it is unique to my product. The creature's stat remains OGC but the &quot;Orukus&quot; name is mine to control. No one else can use it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ranger REG, post: 784856, member: 533"] [b]Re: Feats[/b] Incorrect. Almost none of Wizard's products contain OGC. Only the [b]System Reference Document[/b] provided by Wizards contain OGC. You reference from that material. Product Identity are closed content located within an OGC. Sometimes the author wishes to keep that to themselves but allow the rest of the stat be used by other people. Example of Product Identity in OGC includes named spells or a feat name. The [b]Open Game License[/b] defines and governs both OGC and PI so authors can choose to keep certain elements for their own while offering to share rules mechanic or game content. Keep in mind that [i]Player's Handbook[/i] do not contain OGC. So let's use the SRD. Any enhancement of OGC from an SRD, for example, must remain OGC. The name of the OGC (name of a feat or spell or creature) can be designated Product Identity. So I can take an Orc stat from the SRD, but I want to name it Orukus because that is the name of such creature in my product which is a campaign setting, I can do so and designate it as PI, so it is unique to my product. The creature's stat remains OGC but the "Orukus" name is mine to control. No one else can use it. [/QUOTE]

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