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<blockquote data-quote="skippy_the_witch" data-source="post: 1679148" data-attributes="member: 18980">reanjr,Long long ago in a time far far away there was a little known film by the name of Star Wars.&nbsp; It led eventually to a series, and naturally spawned a fan base.&nbsp; This fan base did what all fans do, created mountains and mountains of fan fiction and other unlicensed products.&nbsp; The Grinch Who Owned Star Wars and his lawyers proceeded to threaten, sue and otherwise close down every single source of such unofficial fonts of creativity they could find (note I said &quot;creative&quot; not &quot;Good&quot;), a process which was both easier and harder since this was before the internet.&nbsp; Except for the toys, look back into the 80s and you will see very few Star Wars books and other media around.Now we go back even further, to a little known show called Star Trek, which was quite possibly kept alive for another season due to it's fan base.&nbsp; While not directly encouraged by the owners of this intelectual property, neither did they come done like a ton of bricks upon the fans.&nbsp; Thus, decades AFTER the show was cancelled, there is a whole &quot;fan&quot; industry, which led to a built in audience for new movies and later new tv shows based off the long dead original show.&nbsp; And, again unlike Star Wars, there are clubs all accross the country, complete with conventions, etc.The same could be said between what TSR used to do and what WOTC does.&nbsp; I don't doubt that WOTC would agree with you &quot;officially&quot;, because they have to, but I also don't think they would be stupid enough to go after some folks who created a few spread sheets and pass them about as dm aids, especially if those folks are not charging anybody for the databases.&nbsp; Lastly, I know of NO ONE that would have bought the book who decided not to when they found such &quot;free&quot; information such as these feat spread sheets.&nbsp; The person who is going to use such info to reverse engineer rules would NEVER have bought the book in the first place.&nbsp; And the same holds true regardless of the situation and the merchandise (software, books, etc).skippyThe Gm of The Cursed Earth</blockquote>

[QUOTE="skippy_the_witch, post: 1679148, member: 18980"] reanjr, Long long ago in a time far far away there was a little known film by the name of Star Wars. It led eventually to a series, and naturally spawned a fan base. This fan base did what all fans do, created mountains and mountains of fan fiction and other unlicensed products. The Grinch Who Owned Star Wars and his lawyers proceeded to threaten, sue and otherwise close down every single source of such unofficial fonts of creativity they could find (note I said "creative" not "Good"), a process which was both easier and harder since this was before the internet. Except for the toys, look back into the 80s and you will see very few Star Wars books and other media around. Now we go back even further, to a little known show called Star Trek, which was quite possibly kept alive for another season due to it's fan base. While not directly encouraged by the owners of this intelectual property, neither did they come done like a ton of bricks upon the fans. Thus, decades AFTER the show was cancelled, there is a whole "fan" industry, which led to a built in audience for new movies and later new tv shows based off the long dead original show. And, again unlike Star Wars, there are clubs all accross the country, complete with conventions, etc. The same could be said between what TSR used to do and what WOTC does. I don't doubt that WOTC would agree with you "officially", because they have to, but I also don't think they would be stupid enough to go after some folks who created a few spread sheets and pass them about as dm aids, especially if those folks are not charging anybody for the databases. Lastly, I know of NO ONE that would have bought the book who decided not to when they found such "free" information such as these feat spread sheets. The person who is going to use such info to reverse engineer rules would NEVER have bought the book in the first place. And the same holds true regardless of the situation and the merchandise (software, books, etc). skippy The Gm of The Cursed Earth [/QUOTE]

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