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<blockquote data-quote="jdfrenzel" data-source="post: 18632" data-attributes="member: 810">I like the idea, and think it is worth pursuing. RW's question is ringing in my ears, though - it's not just about interest in the material, but also its accessibility.Regarding the growing volume of OGC, and its quality, I'd love to see some sort of clearinghouse for it all. As players, none of us can afford to even find out what most of it is. Maybe a simple database listing some of the available OGC materials (special rules, spells and monsters especially), a brief description, its publisher and the name of the product in which it appeared. This would give everyone an opportunity to see what has already been done, a chance to get the right product for the rules they like, without undermining the publishers profits.To start to address RW's question, I think the answer is yes if the info is well-known to all, and is easy to get to and understand. Consider this as a test: How can the system be made so that it takes less time to pull an NPC description from a (probably huge) database than to simply write the description?But if it is not well marketed and simple to acquire for a player or DM, then I think folks will keep doing it the way they did before.--- John</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jdfrenzel, post: 18632, member: 810"] I like the idea, and think it is worth pursuing. RW's question is ringing in my ears, though - it's not just about interest in the material, but also its accessibility. Regarding the growing volume of OGC, and its quality, I'd love to see some sort of clearinghouse for it all. As players, none of us can afford to even find out what most of it is. Maybe a simple database listing some of the available OGC materials (special rules, spells and monsters especially), a brief description, its publisher and the name of the product in which it appeared. This would give everyone an opportunity to see what has already been done, a chance to get the right product for the rules they like, without undermining the publishers profits. To start to address RW's question, I think the answer is yes [I]if[/I] the info is well-known to all, and is easy to get to and understand. Consider this as a test: How can the system be made so that it takes less time to pull an NPC description from a (probably huge) database than to simply write the description? But if it is not well marketed and simple to acquire for a player or DM, then I think folks will keep doing it the way they did before. --- John [/QUOTE]

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