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<blockquote data-quote="PapersAndPaychecks" data-source="post: 4513930" data-attributes="member: 28854">Two answers to that.First, I've taken a less restrictive attitude to Product Identity in OSRIC v2.00, and the xp tables are now OGC.&nbsp; In fact, almost everything that's in OSRIC v1.03 is OGC in v2.00 (the only exception is the artwork, formatting and variable experience point rule).&nbsp; This means you can now develop and publish your own XP tables for OSRIC.Second, I've tweaked them, yes.OSRIC only uses game rules and algorithms from the &quot;source material&quot; you mention--it doesn't use any creative work of the kind that are subject to copyright.&nbsp; Legal people advise me that kind of numerical progression is creative work and copyrightable, so I designed my own XP tables from scratch.&nbsp; And then checked them to see where they coincided with previous ones, and where they did, tweaked them again so there's--I believe--no correspondence between the tables Gary Gygax wrote and the ones I wrote.The tables in v2.00 are tweaked, as are several other kinds of table.&nbsp; Judge that for yourself; I'd be interested to know what you think.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PapersAndPaychecks, post: 4513930, member: 28854"] Two answers to that. First, I've taken a less restrictive attitude to Product Identity in OSRIC v2.00, and the xp tables are now OGC. In fact, almost everything that's in OSRIC v1.03 is OGC in v2.00 (the only exception is the artwork, formatting and variable experience point rule). This means you can now develop and publish your own XP tables for OSRIC. Second, I've tweaked them, yes. OSRIC only uses game rules and algorithms from the "source material" you mention--it doesn't use any creative work of the kind that are subject to copyright. Legal people advise me that kind of numerical progression is creative work and copyrightable, so I designed my own XP tables from scratch. And then checked them to see where they coincided with previous ones, and where they did, tweaked them again so there's--I believe--no correspondence between the tables Gary Gygax wrote and the ones I wrote. The tables in v2.00 are tweaked, as are several other kinds of table. Judge that for yourself; I'd be interested to know what you think. [/QUOTE]

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