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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Inzae" data-source="post: 275115" data-attributes="member: 4600">Permission grantedThought I'd chime in here after all the various posts and such on the boards.We have asked permission to OGC material on several occasions and have never recieved anything other than a resounding YES.And I personally consider it 'asking permission.'  Why you might ask.  Because I personally feel that whatever anyone pens - no matter the nature or the law - its their work.  if they do not want my name or our companies name associated with their imaginative production then I would never, under any circumstances, associate the two.  But that is me personally, and I feel this after having worked in academia for 18 years where others' words and thoughts are theirs. - period - dot - the - end.But as I said we have never been told not to.Further, I think it is gentlemanly to ask and think it is important to keep it that way.  This is too small a community, too tight a market, and too nice a community to start stepping on one anothers toes.  Hell, why go to Gen Con if I could not hang out and drink with everyone LOL.I also think it is in everyone's interest to say yes.  We have used a few Necro. monsters in our mods (especially in the upcoming St Anton's Fire) that add great flavor to our adventures.  Two things here, it is now easier for us to start using other people's monsters that conform in many respects to what we envision rather than creating our own and adding to the whole mess and heap of monsters out there.  Two, it also may boost the sales of Necro's MMs - even if by only 2 copies, well that is two copies that may otherwise never have been purchased (though we would hope it would be more).  It may also boost our sales, though I am fairly certain it doesn't work the other way around, but maybe it does.My only concern with the issue is how to properly cite another author's material.  Being academic, I want to do it in the text rather than liscense but am not sure that is OK.  I want the readers to know where I got the material.LOL - when I first sent Steve the edited version of 'St Anton's' i actually noted in the text the book and the page number.  Steve told me to quit being an idiot.Anyway, to those companies that have allowed me to use their material - a resounding thanks,  And I should add that everyone (esp Clark/Necro) have been very easy to work with.Davis<a href="mailto:davis@trolllord.com">davis@trolllord.com</a></blockquote>

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