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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 144834" data-attributes="member: 2013">Why not?Be careful with your terms... it can be a little confusing... OGL material is "all stuff published using the Open Gaming License" - this can include OGC material (see below), Product Identity (essentially, the stuff that makes your world or brand unique - protected by copyright as normal, but something you kind of put a "highlighter" to), and "material that is neither of the above" (i.e., protected by copyright as normal).OGC material is "all stuff that is designated as Open Gaming Content" (i.e., others can use it) within OGL material.There is, IMO, entirely too much use of Product Identity (PI) designation (as Chris said, some people claim everything on earth and sky as PI).  Claim "Elminster" as PI, claim "Faerun" as PI, do not claim "all NPCs" as PI (what makes your Barkeep #3 such an integral part of your world).  You should go the "neither of the above" route with most of the stuff you want to protect.That said, I would love to see two things (in my ideal world)...1.) All "modular" and "rules-crunchy" things - and here I am specifically thinking of spells, feats, prestige classes, monsters, and items (magic or mundane, weapons, armor, alchemical or otherwise) - really ought to be 100% OGC - INCLUDING THE NAME (and BTW, if you don't want a proper name in your world to become part of this, do us all a favor and find a different name for the spell - nobody would really care if it were "Effulgent Epuration" instead of "Elminster's Effulgent Epuration").  The description (a simple paragraph or two) should probably also be OGC for ease of use.2.) All "flavor text" things that are not "rules-crunchy" - and here I am specifically thinking of quotes by characters, expository fiction about a character or world beyond the simple paragraph or two, details about culture, explaining "how to add this to your campaign," plot developments in an adventure, and so forth - don't need to be OGC.3.) Also, either shade or box all OGC or all non-OGC (at the option of the publisher) for ease of differentiation (don't use different colors or it won't copy well, don't use different fonts or it may be difficult to tell - remember the six-year-old with a highlighter test).I don't expect my ideal world to be everyone else's ideal world, but there it is. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />--Spencer "The Sigil" Cooley</blockquote>

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