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<blockquote data-quote="SweeneyTodd" data-source="post: 4309303" data-attributes="member: 9391">Okay, let's take an example. I forget what the names are in the MM; let's say there's an &quot;Orc Berserker&quot; in the Monster Manual.You can say &quot;This encounter contains one Orc Berserker&quot;. That's legal.You can also make a new monster using the rules, and use the GSL to use the word Orc, then make him an &quot;Orc Rager&quot; or whatnot. You can post the stat block of the creature you create. That's also legal. (They give the specific example of advancing a stock MM character or adding a template; you can then list the statblock.)If your Orc Rager uses one of the Orc Berserker's powers directly, you can use the name of the power from the SRD, but you can't list the power description. You could, however, give him a differently named power that basically has the same effect, and you could list that.It's not nearly as restrictive as people are assuming; the whole point of the Monster Manual this time is that these creatures are base versions that you can add on to.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SweeneyTodd, post: 4309303, member: 9391"] Okay, let's take an example. I forget what the names are in the MM; let's say there's an "Orc Berserker" in the Monster Manual. You can say "This encounter contains one Orc Berserker". That's legal. You can also make a new monster using the rules, and use the GSL to use the word Orc, then make him an "Orc Rager" or whatnot. You can post the stat block of the creature you create. That's also legal. (They give the specific example of advancing a stock MM character or adding a template; you can then list the statblock.) If your Orc Rager uses one of the Orc Berserker's powers directly, you can use the name of the power from the SRD, but you can't list the power description. You could, however, give him a differently named power that basically has the same effect, and you could list that. It's not nearly as restrictive as people are assuming; the whole point of the Monster Manual this time is that these creatures are base versions that you can add on to. [/QUOTE]

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