Multi-rules settings?

[fireinthedust]

I'm thinking of trying my hand at 3pp my homegrown setting. I like it a lot, and I'd really like to take the modules for my players and put them out there. It's designed with Pathfinder in mind, *but* I'd like to use different OGl games for different modules (specifically the DCCrpg when it comes out, and maybe even the Dragon Age rpg rules (though obviously in my own setting)).

1) I want to be sure how using the Pathfinder OGL works ie: if I have the OGL page in my product, can I advertise that it's Pathfinder OGL compatible? I need a walkthrough and would love to know some experiences and recommendations for how to go about doing this the right way (ie: no legal trouble intended, etc.)

and 2) What would I need to do for a multi-system setting? Like how Midgard is doing both Pathfinder and Dragon Age?

 

[MatthewJHanson]

1) I want to be sure how using the Pathfinder OGL works ie: if I have the OGL page in my product, can I advertise that it's Pathfinder OGL compatible? I need a walkthrough and would love to know some experiences and recommendations for how to go about doing this the right way (ie: no legal trouble intended, etc.)

To advertise it as Pathfinder compatible you also have to agree to their license see their website for more details.

I'm not sure that the Dragon Age system has an open license. I know that Open Design has done some stuff with it, but they may have a special deal.

and 2) What would I need to do for a multi-system setting? Like how Midgard is doing both Pathfinder and Dragon Age?

There are two general formats:

Publish two books that both have the same flavor, but have different crunch in them.
Publish one book that has only flavor and no crunch, and two more books that both have crunch for each but no flavor.

 

[fireinthedust]

Are those the standard 3pp formats? And by 2) do you mean a boxed set where one book is without stats, and the second book has both systems with the crunch for the other book?

 

[MatthewJHanson]

Are those the standard 3pp formats? And by 2) do you mean a boxed set where one book is without stats, and the second book has both systems with the crunch for the other book?

Not boxed sets. I think the idea is that customers usually only want to buy the product with the stat blocks for the game they are playing.

I was talking about something like Green Ronin's Freeport series. The released a stand alone book that is a system neutral description of the setting without any stats. Then separately there are companions for d20, True 20, and 4e. If you only want the flavor, you buy one book. If you want flavor and stats you buy two. If you want flavor and stats for two systems you buy the books.