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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Skald" data-source="post: 133017" data-attributes="member: 1601">Using OGC MaterialBoy, am I glad I found this thread.I am currently finishing up the first supplement for the Maidenheim campaign setting, titled Plunder and Murder: Pirate Queens of the Pelaegos. Since the title gives away what the supplement covers, this is a sourcebook for seafaring adventures that takes place within the campaign setting itself. It is not intended to be a new 'generic' d20 rules supplement that would compete with both Seas of Blood and The Seafarer's Handbook.I pondered the same questions on whether or not to simply refer readers to Seas of Blood and The Seafarer's Handbook, but I did finally decide to include the relevant d20 rules material from both books that I felt were appropriate. Yes, there is some reprinting of previous OGC, particularly the OMCS and the oceangoing and underwater adventuring options. This was not done to beef up the book but rather because not everbody has the two mentioned sourcebooks (or maybe one but not the other). Besides, Seas of Blood costs $19.95 and The Seafarer's Handbook comes in at $24.95, while Plunder and Murder will be much less than both. If you didn't have either book, you'd have to pay over $45 to understand what I was refering to had I not reprinted any valid OGC. This will be a self-contained product as far as the rules are concerned.What I have done, however, is added in a few new pieces of OGC material that are not going to be Product Identity (such as Port Qualities, class variants, some new feats and spells, the Pirate Queen prestige class, and a few other goodies). Anyone can use this new OGC material. Also, appropriate credit is given to both Mongoose and FFG for the material that I have used in order to keep in compliance with the OGL. To not give them credit would be ridiculous, and illegal.There is plenty of Product Identity included that cannot be used by other publishers, since the material does expand upon this particular campaign setting. Where the d20 rules are the bones, this material becomes the flesh and blood of the book, providing plenty of juicy details and inspiration for adventures involving piracy and exploration in a Maidenheim campaign. For those who have already enjoyed Maidenheim, I think you'll enjoy Plunder and Murder just as much.Now the question still remains; what will people think of this?  Will I be lauded as a plagiarist? A hack? Or will Plunder and Murder do some d20 justice for the overall desire to use other publishers' OGC? That remains to be seen, largely according to the reasons why someone would purchase it to begin with. Plunder and Murder has been written in mind for those who are already using elements of Maidenheim in their own games, rather than to be presented as an "oh gee, another d20 seafaring book..."So again, I'm glad I found this thread today. Thanks for all your opinions on the topic.</blockquote>

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