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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1825383" data-attributes="member: 172">Side note here: If you refer to me, that was not my tone at all. I have no intention to punish Monte Cook or S&amp;SS, or any other publisher who wishes to release their product with strategically closed bits (aka, &quot;cripple the product&quot;.) My problem is the product becomes more difficult for me to use in the way I want to use it. This is about products not people; I have no intention to punish anyone. If I go to Burger King instead of McDonalds because I know that if I ask for no mustard on my burger, they'll make me wait in &quot;parking spot of shame&quot;, while at burger king I'll get it at the window, does that mean I am seeking to punish McDonalds? No, it's me chosing to buy products that serve my need better.This is a false dichotomy, Chuck. The possible states of OGC declarations are not limited to &quot;crippled&quot; or &quot;all OGC&quot;. You have a number of happy middle conditions that are possible, such as opening only things you would see on a character sheet or in someone's house rules (classes, feats, spells, etc., including names), and leave stuff that you would want to have the book itself for (like much of your research, specifics on churches and organizations, etc.) as closed content.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 1825383, member: 172"] Side note here: If you refer to me, that was not my tone at all. I have no intention to punish Monte Cook or S&SS, or any other publisher who wishes to release their product with strategically closed bits (aka, "cripple the product".) My problem is the product becomes more difficult for me to use in the way I want to use it. This is about products not people; I have no intention to punish anyone. If I go to Burger King instead of McDonalds because I know that if I ask for no mustard on my burger, they'll make me wait in "parking spot of shame", while at burger king I'll get it at the window, does that mean I am seeking to punish McDonalds? No, it's me chosing to buy products that serve my need better. This is a false dichotomy, Chuck. The possible states of OGC declarations are not limited to "crippled" or "all OGC". You have a number of happy middle conditions that are possible, such as opening only things you would see on a character sheet or in someone's house rules (classes, feats, spells, etc., [b]including names[/b]), and leave stuff that you would want to have the book itself for (like much of your research, specifics on churches and organizations, etc.) as closed content. [/QUOTE]

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