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Message: <blockquote data-quote="index" data-source="post: 1648236" data-attributes="member: 21195">no OGL?Nifft wrote :> Take a peek at my Aristocrat:> > http://klimt.cns.nyu.edu/~fishman/DnD/DHE/new-classes.shtml> > It's got:[lots cool stuff snipped]Unfortunately, this notice on your web page:> > Nothing here is OGL, unless explicitly indicated.Basically makes your webpage useless to me.  If I as a DMcan't put up my own version on a campaign website forplayers, what use is it to me?  In fact, I have to now tryto forget your niftiness when coming up with my own versionto avoid legal problems.(Didn't you mean OGC (Open Gaming Content)?)If you are not making your stuff OGC, then you have to beVERY careful about using WotC's OGC, making sure you staySTRICTLY within 'fair use'.  And since 'fair use' is such anebulous, mutable concept within copyright law, basicallywhoever has the biggest lawyer wins.I like what you came up with, Nifft, but I've been burned bycopyright problems before.Also, most people who have made a PC version of theAristocrat have named their version 'Noble' to avoidconfusion with the NPC class.  Sure, it's a little awkward,but less so than having another person assuming yourcharacter has several levels of the DMG NPC class.> Two or three levels of Rogue might help an Aristocrat, but that's no> different than a Fighter or Barbarian -- nearly everyone loves Rogue> levels.Nod nod nod.  Any non-spellcasting multiclasser shouldconsider one (skills, lots of skill), two (Evasion) or four(Uncanny Dodge) levels of Rogue.  (If you cast spells,you're crippling that ability by multiclassing.)--index</blockquote>

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