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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 5391652" data-attributes="member: 10784">I think anybody who has ever run a published adventure/module has ripped off somebody, no?I have stolen liberally from literature, TV and movies over the years and often try to create NPCs based on interesting characters from TV, even if it is totally unrelated to the fantasy genre, i.e., the pompous noble cleric named Emerson, loosely based on Charles Emerson Winchester III, from MASH.However, I do give credit when it is due – i.e., I did not reveal who Emerson was based upon until later; and when I ran a published adventure with a few twists in it that were based on what a fantastic old DM of mine ran in the late 90s, I did give him credit for it, and in fact, I said it was an homage to him and the fantastic campaign he ran. (I even called him &amp; asked his permission beforehand.)Granted, I did not steal the campaign opening adventure 100% from him, just like he did not run the published adventure straight up, either.&nbsp; I had to adapt things to my gaming group and 3.5E, while his group was bigger (9-10 players regularly) and it was 2E.&nbsp; However, the big twist after the published adventure was basically from his idea, though the campaigns went in a totally different direction after that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 5391652, member: 10784"] I think anybody who has ever run a published adventure/module has ripped off somebody, no? I have stolen liberally from literature, TV and movies over the years and often try to create NPCs based on interesting characters from TV, even if it is totally unrelated to the fantasy genre, i.e., the pompous noble cleric named Emerson, loosely based on Charles Emerson Winchester III, from MASH. However, I do give credit when it is due – i.e., I did not reveal who Emerson was based upon until later; and when I ran a published adventure with a few twists in it that were based on what a fantastic old DM of mine ran in the late 90s, I did give him credit for it, and in fact, I said it was an homage to him and the fantastic campaign he ran. (I even called him & asked his permission beforehand.) Granted, I did not steal the campaign opening adventure 100% from him, just like he did not run the published adventure straight up, either. I had to adapt things to my gaming group and 3.5E, while his group was bigger (9-10 players regularly) and it was 2E. However, the big twist after the published adventure was basically from his idea, though the campaigns went in a totally different direction after that. [/QUOTE]

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