Glossaries Open Content?

[Ranger REG]

I dunno, if you tell me to half the speed, I'll divide, I don't multiply the square counts (one square equals two squares in half speed). Fractions still round down, right?

Anyhoo, for that OGL game of yours, if you want to be safe, use both SRD and MSRD.

 

[AGGEMAM]

I dunno, if you tell me to half the speed, I'll divide, I don't multiply the square counts (one square equals two squares in half speed). Fractions still round down, right?

With the new rules there aren't any fractions, right? Moreover several effects and/or condition that halves speed (exhaustion, entangled, blinded, hampered, etc) stacks, and have special stacking rules.

Anyhoo, for that OGL game of yours, if you want to be safe, use both SRD and MSRD.

Neither place mentions this about not being able to take 5 foot steps, nor does it say that you can't take a 5 foot step when you're blinded or entangled.

 

[dcollins]

How do the two contradicts, other than missing a few words?

Just that. The d20 Guide is lacking those words, and the license says you are prohibited from changing or adding to the definition in the d20 Guide. Meanwhile, the d20 Modsern SRD has added words in it.

 

[0-hr]

EDIT: And Ki Ryn, how did you manage to get a triple posting with the last one being delayed an hour after the first two?

I hit submit, waited a while and hit submit again. Then I went to go do something else for an hour. When I came back it still looked like it was hung, so I killed IE (maybe hit submit again while doing that?).

Anyway, I need to remember that even though it looks like the board is dead and gone, it still seems to get those posts.

 

[Gilwen]

Ok, in the OGL game I am developing, I am using the "fatigued" state and the "exhausted" state. When someone is exhausted, they move at half speed.

Now the glossary (and only the glossary) defines the term "half speed" to include the inability to charge or take a 5ft step.

I cannot find anywhere in the SRD that the term "half speed" is defined.

There are a bunch of other examples, but this is the specific one that brought this potential problem to my attention. So apparently I can't say (in my OGL game) that exhausted people can't charge or take 5ft steps!

I really can't believe that this is the case, but it is beyond me to prove otherwise. And where legal issues and copyright are involved, I kind of need to be sure.

If you want to use the d20 logo you can't redefine the terms per the D20 guide but you can add your own explanatory text. The fatigued definition includes the no run and no charge so your extra text could clarify that an exhausted person suffers from the fatigue effects except where noted. To include the 5 ft step you can redfine that any way you want and make a note in that definition that an exhausted person cannot take a 5ft step.

If you want to use only the OGL to release your game...redfine the terms any way you want. Like...
Exhausted: An exhausted character moves at half speed, takes a -6 penalty to Strength and Dexterity, cannot run or charge and cannot take a 5-ft step. After 1 hour of complete rest, an exhausted character becomes fatigued. A fatigued character becomes exhausted by doing something else that would normally cause fatigue.

HTH,
Gilwen

 

[0-hr]

I got this reply over at the wizard's board. Nice fast response too

Hmmm, I didn't realize there was information in there that wasn't covered elsewhere.

If it isn't in the SRD it's not Open Content (Unearthed Arcana aside). However, I'll check the PHB glossary and see that all the important stuff gets added to the SRD.

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[dcollins]

Hmmm, that is an interesting, fast, and most importantly, correct response. However it's worrisome that:
(a) The person in charge of the SRD didn't know there were defined terms in the glossary, and
(b) I sure hope this isn't done in a quick-and-dirty manner to possibly insert contradictory definitions or something.

 

[Ranger REG]

Just that. The d20 Guide is lacking those words, and the license says you are prohibited from changing or adding to the definition in the d20 Guide. Meanwhile, the d20 Modsern SRD has added words in it.

True. Probably a good thing Ki Ryn wants to do an OGL-based game without slapping the d20 logo on it.

With the new rules there aren't any fractions, right? Moreover several effects and/or condition that halves speed (exhaustion, entangled, blinded, hampered, etc) stacks, and have special stacking rules.

Hmm. And what section can I find this new rules in the 3.5e SRD? I just want to know if this is included.

 

[AGGEMAM]

Hmm. And what section can I find this new rules in the 3.5e SRD? I just want to know if this is included.

Here.

Special Movement Rules

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Double Movement Cost: When your movement is hampered in some way, your movement usually costs double. For example, each square of movement through difficult terrain counts as 2 squares, and each diagonal move through such terrain counts as 3 squares (just as two diagonal moves normally do).

If movement cost is doubled twice, then each square counts as 4 squares (or as 6 squares if moving diagonally). If movement cost is doubled three times, then each square counts as 8 squares (12 if diagonal) and so on. This is an exception to the general rule that two doublings are equivalent to a tripling.