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<blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 1832875" data-attributes="member: 533">Should you be able to use a 1st-level superhero character with your 1st-level D&amp;D fighter character in a game? Or 4th-level tranformable robot PC (from Mechamorphosis) with a d20 Modern 4th-level Tough Soldier PC?If you want a game to crossover to many other games, then that's your preference, but it is not necessarily the canon. After all, other than what terms and mandatory guidelines stated in the d20 System Trademark Usage Guide that you need to follow, you -- a game designer and/or publisher -- can do pretty much do with the ruleset any way you like it for your game. Any more restrictions would put more game publishers off. I mean, if you think the reaction about the decency clause in the Usage Guide is bad, wait 'til they decided to make stricter guideline regarding game design.I'm an advocate for tweaking the rules to fit the setting, not tweaking the setting to fit the rules.But I also believe in letting the third-party publishers decide how to market their game, with the d20 logo or without. If they do badly, then it will show in their sales report and their ability to keep their publishing business afloat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ranger REG, post: 1832875, member: 533"] Should you be able to use a 1st-level superhero character with your 1st-level [i]D&D[/i] fighter character in a game? Or 4th-level tranformable robot PC (from [i]Mechamorphosis[/i]) with a [i]d20 Modern[/i] 4th-level Tough Soldier PC? If you want a game to crossover to many other games, then that's your preference, but it is not necessarily the canon. After all, other than what terms and mandatory guidelines stated in the [i]d20 System[/i] [b]Trademark Usage Guide[/b] that you need to follow, you -- a game designer and/or publisher -- can do pretty much do with the ruleset any way you like it for your game. Any more restrictions would put more game publishers off. I mean, if you think the reaction about the decency clause in the Usage Guide is bad, wait 'til they decided to make stricter guideline regarding game design. I'm an advocate for tweaking the rules to fit the setting, not tweaking the setting to fit the rules. But I also believe in letting the third-party publishers decide how to market their game, with the [i]d20[/i] logo or without. If they do badly, then it will show in their sales report and their ability to keep their publishing business afloat. [/QUOTE]

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