Is the Unearthed Arcana SRD online?

[John Q. Mayhem]

That would rock too much for words.

 

[F5]

5) Send the document to our layout Notes, names such as Krusk, Gimble, and Jozan all need to be changed because they are product identity. But, pictures can be pulled into an only document like is done at www.systemreferencedocuments.org.


-Swiftbrook

Careful, there. I don't have the book here so I can't say for sure, but I'd be real surprised if WotC didn't declare artwork as Product Identity. Just because it's an online-only document doesn't mean the rules of the OGL change...

But, anyway, probably the only way to get Unearthed Arcana online in SRD form is to do it ourselves, And there's no reason we can't. I'm surprised it hasn't been done somewhere already. So why not? It could be a fun ENWorld Community Project (tm).

Shall we take this over to the d20 OGL forum?

 

[BlackFalconKY]

Some of it done

Hey folks, I've already retyped portions of Unearthed Arcana for use in my new FR campaign. I've got the bloodlines and charts, totem barbarians, variant paladins, battle sorcerer (with level and spell progression chart), the variant (craft point) item creation feats, and the arcane domains. You would need to double check to make sure I included all of the flavor text, but I'd be glad to donate what I've already done to the cause. Let me know a coordinator/editor email address to contact. I'm particularly interested in getting the Item Familiar and Legendary Weapons sections from someone!

Charles Plemons

Edit: Oh, and I've got all the rules info (but not the flavor text) of all the racial paragons except for the half-dragon paragon.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

Great idea-- a resource I would use often. I do all my design work on my wireless laptop, hither and thither throughout the house, and not having to get up and rummage through books is great. I use tons of online resources.

Just be careful with your Open Content/Product Identity, guys. Sounds like you're on the ball, but I'd make sure several pairs of eyes see it before you post it anywhere.

And when you reach the point that you're dropping in graphics and prettying it up, no matter how much you think people will need to see it, DO NOT use the d20 logo anywhere on it or reference the d20 system anywhere within it.

That will eliminate a lot of pitfalls and headaches right off the bat.


Wulf

 

[Mercule]

I need to type up the Weapon Group Feats, anyway, for my group. Somebody post an email and I'll cc my work there.

 

[Piratecat]

Krusk -- Kevin

The names are meant to be boring and basic....

There is no love.

- Kevin Kulp (Piratecat)

 

[Mercule]

There is no love.

- Kevin Kulp (Piratecat)

And with that association, my image of Krusk the barbarian is forever altered.

 

[Fester]

Careful, there. I don't have the book here so I can't say for sure, but I'd be real surprised if WotC didn't declare artwork as Product Identity. Just because it's an online-only document doesn't mean the rules of the OGL change...

Well, here's what it says in UA...

Product Identity: The following items are hereby identified as Product Identity, as defined in the Open Gaming License version 1.0a, Section 1(e), and are not Open Content: All trademarks, registered trademarks, proper names (characters, deities, artifacts, places, etc.), artwork, trade dress, and the names and game statistics for the following monsters: beholder, displacer beast, gauth, githyanki, mind flayer, slass, umber hulk, and yuan-ti.

Open Content: Except for the material designated as Product Identity (see above) and the githyanki/githzerai, slaad, and yuan-ti bloodlines in Chapter 1, the contents of this WIZARDS OF THE COAST game product are Open Game Content, as defined in the Open Gaming License Version 1.0a Section 1(d). No portion of this work other than material designated as Open Game Content may be reproduced in any form without written permission.

HTH

 

[Trainz]

There is no love.

- Kevin Kulp (Piratecat)

And with that association, my image of Krusk the barbarian is forever altered.

From http://www.furnation.com/cyberklaw/pencil.htm without permission

 

[Swiftbrook]

Careful, there. I don't have the book here so I can't say for sure, but I'd be real surprised if WotC didn't declare artwork as Product Identity. Just because it's an online-only document doesn't mean the rules of the OGL change...

I did some looking ... several months ago the online SRD at http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/home.html had art on the pages. The art was WotC art, linked from WotC site, just displayed on the SRD. It's not included in the current version. I guess that someone got a (nasty) letter from WotC asking for the art to be removed. But I do not know this for a fact.

Which means, no art in the online UA SRD project.

I am willing to act as the page layout person. You can post which pages you are doing, then send them to me as a text file to swiftbrook@hotmail.com I am NOT a lawer, and I am not a good speller. I can build the pages, but someone else should volunteer to be the Chief Editor. To we have any organization willing to host these pages -- I have no hosting capabilities.

[off topic] Someone previously mentioned Weapon Groups. I do have an excel spreadsheet with all the weapons listed from the PHB, Complete Warrior and Arms & Equipment organized by weapons groups. I added the unlisted weapons to appropriate groups and made a group or two. It's not OGC, I used all the correct names, etc.

Let me know what you think.

-Swiftbrook