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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8907215" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>It does actually address some of the concerns, and I hope my strident criticism up to this point underscores just how significant that statement is. I had fully expected this to be an outright slap in the face, and they <em>seem</em> to have given a genuine offer.</p><p></p><p>The two things I know of (there may be more) that are still at issue are: (a) giving WotC unlimited <em>and perpetual</em> sole discretion to pull the plug on ANY content that is "harmful" or "obscene" or "harassing" etc (all super wishy-washy, vague terms <em>that they get to define</em>) while explicitly forbidden the licensee to EVER attempt to appeal or overturn such claims, and (b) making it seem as though the license is exclusively between WotC and each individual creator--that is, if Publisher A puts out a work containing <em>new</em> open game content, the current terms <em>seem</em> to forbid Publisher B from creating a new work that builds on the open game content of Publisher A. That's not great and I'd like that to be explicitly permitted--that's what creates a true open gaming <em>space</em>, sharing underlying core ideas while protecting individual expression.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, for my part?</p><p></p><p>Dragonborn. I like dragonborn. I would like for people to be able to include them in future work without getting sued into oblivion by WotC (even if that would almost certainly be a winnable case.) Dragonborn are extremely popular, but stripped of their Arkhosia-specific flavoring (which was 4e-only anyway), they're really quite basic.</p><p></p><p>So, what I'd like to see added to the CC content is the following, which is <em>probably</em> exhaustive, but I haven't slept in 20 hours, so I might be neglecting something super important:</p><p>Baseline PHB classes (particularly since the rules for <em>multiclassing</em> ARE in the CC stuff...but classes aren't somehow??)</p><p>The mechanics for subclasses</p><p>Baseline PHB races (human, elf, dwarf, halfling, half-elf, half-orc, dragonborn, etc.)</p><p>Barebones magic item rules with one or two limited examples (e.g. +1 Weapon, +1 Armor)</p><p>Backgrounds, with one or two limited examples</p><p></p><p>That's about it. If those things were all CC, I might actually be happy (once the above issues are addressed.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8907215, member: 6790260"] It does actually address some of the concerns, and I hope my strident criticism up to this point underscores just how significant that statement is. I had fully expected this to be an outright slap in the face, and they [I]seem[/I] to have given a genuine offer. The two things I know of (there may be more) that are still at issue are: (a) giving WotC unlimited [I]and perpetual[/I] sole discretion to pull the plug on ANY content that is "harmful" or "obscene" or "harassing" etc (all super wishy-washy, vague terms [I]that they get to define[/I]) while explicitly forbidden the licensee to EVER attempt to appeal or overturn such claims, and (b) making it seem as though the license is exclusively between WotC and each individual creator--that is, if Publisher A puts out a work containing [I]new[/I] open game content, the current terms [I]seem[/I] to forbid Publisher B from creating a new work that builds on the open game content of Publisher A. That's not great and I'd like that to be explicitly permitted--that's what creates a true open gaming [I]space[/I], sharing underlying core ideas while protecting individual expression. Well, for my part? Dragonborn. I like dragonborn. I would like for people to be able to include them in future work without getting sued into oblivion by WotC (even if that would almost certainly be a winnable case.) Dragonborn are extremely popular, but stripped of their Arkhosia-specific flavoring (which was 4e-only anyway), they're really quite basic. So, what I'd like to see added to the CC content is the following, which is [I]probably[/I] exhaustive, but I haven't slept in 20 hours, so I might be neglecting something super important: Baseline PHB classes (particularly since the rules for [I]multiclassing[/I] ARE in the CC stuff...but classes aren't somehow??) The mechanics for subclasses Baseline PHB races (human, elf, dwarf, halfling, half-elf, half-orc, dragonborn, etc.) Barebones magic item rules with one or two limited examples (e.g. +1 Weapon, +1 Armor) Backgrounds, with one or two limited examples That's about it. If those things were all CC, I might actually be happy (once the above issues are addressed.) [/QUOTE]
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