If someone published their campaign setting...

[barsoomcore]

I should elaborate on what I said previously.

Keep your books focussed on one topic of your setting. UNLESS it's incredibly cool and you're a great writer and have a perfect balance of crunch, flavour, kah-hool and useful.

But then you'd be writing Oriental Adventures, maybe the single most-used book in my non-oriental campaign. You want a model for the perfect campaign setting book? That's it.

 

[edbonny]

Are you looking to publish your own material but have it reference another company's setting?

If so, the best thing to do would be have your lawyer contact their lawyer to iron out all the issues. Contracts are a great tool that can help protect all involved (and you can avoid some shock when events like Necromancer Games meets Fiend Folio happen). Of course, lawyers can cost a bit of money so you may have to be the one negotiating the deal. Brush up on the art of the deal.

Do you have a contact at the other company? Have you broached the subject with them at all?

Besides the obvious need to get initial approval, keep in mind that you might be required to get a final sign-off from the company you are referencing -- which means that your creative work could be subject to their oversight. Be prepared to change what you write to suit their needs.

If I am on the wrong track, let me know.

- Ed