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<blockquote data-quote="Bendris Noulg" data-source="post: 1487888" data-attributes="member: 6398">Actually, no, this isn't &quot;crippled&quot; OGC.&nbsp; Crippled OGC is when re-use is made less viable.&nbsp; There are also &quot;degrees&quot; of crippled...&nbsp; For example:&nbsp;Name Identity Claims: &quot;All Spells, Feats, Classes, and Prestige Classes are OGC; All names of Spells, Feats, Classes, and Prestige Classes is Product Identity.&quot;The problem with Name Identity is that there is no difference between &quot;Festers Big Boom Boom Spell&quot; and &quot;Big Boom Boom Spell&quot;, as both are declared &quot;off limits&quot;.&nbsp; The debate with this is whether or not &quot;Big Boom Boom Spell&quot; is something the should qualify as PI (although, under the current license, it does qualify).&nbsp;Closed Text: &quot;All rules are Open Game Content; All text used within the book is closed.&quot;This means that anything not directly mechanical in nature must be re-written in order to be re-used legally.&nbsp;Neither of these are the case with UA, which is actually quite generous aside from certain elements that WotC has choosen not to release (ex: Mind Flayers), as is their right.&nbsp;A number of people complain about &quot;crippled OGC&quot;, but I don't let it phase me.&nbsp; If something requires extensive re-write the become usable, than that's what it takes.&nbsp; I either re-write it or rename it (making that OGC, thus giving it &quot;legs&quot;) or I don't.&nbsp; After all, 9 times out of 10 I have to transcribe that material from hard-copy to computer, and I've found that there is little difference between transcribing word-for-word or re-wording as I go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bendris Noulg, post: 1487888, member: 6398"] Actually, no, this isn't "crippled" OGC. Crippled OGC is when re-use is made less viable. There are also "degrees" of crippled... For example: [b]Name Identity Claims:[/b] "All Spells, Feats, Classes, and Prestige Classes are OGC; All names of Spells, Feats, Classes, and Prestige Classes is Product Identity." The problem with Name Identity is that there is no difference between "Festers Big Boom Boom Spell" and "Big Boom Boom Spell", as both are declared "off limits". The debate with this is whether or not "Big Boom Boom Spell" is something the [i]should[/i] qualify as PI (although, under the current license, it [i]does[/i] qualify). [b]Closed Text:[/b] "All rules are Open Game Content; All text used within the book is closed." This means that anything not directly mechanical in nature must be re-written in order to be re-used legally. Neither of these are the case with UA, which is actually quite generous aside from certain elements that WotC has choosen not to release (ex: Mind Flayers), as is their right. A number of people complain about "crippled OGC", but I don't let it phase me. If something requires extensive re-write the become usable, than that's what it takes. I either re-write it or rename it (making [i]that[/i] OGC, thus giving it "legs") or I don't. After all, 9 times out of 10 I have to transcribe that material from hard-copy to computer, and I've found that there is little difference between transcribing word-for-word or re-wording as I go. [/QUOTE]

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