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Questions From Someone Who Was Looking At A5E Right Before The WOTC/OGL Nonsense
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<blockquote data-quote="Tazawa" data-source="post: 8896621" data-attributes="member: 11334"><p>You don’t need to de-OGL-ify Level Up. It looks like existing OGL 1.0a products are safe from any threats from WotC. All that is needed is a method of making supporting materials for Level Up.</p><p></p><p>That’s pretty simple—adventures, campaign worlds, spells, monsters, sub-classes, etc. can easily be created for most games without relying on anything in the WotC SRDs. These types of content usually only refer to SRD content indirectly:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">6 goblins wait in the bushes to ambush travellers</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">the secret door can be detected with a DC 15 Perception check</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">etc.</li> </ul><p></p><p>You don’t need to restate the rules. They are already available in the currently published Level Up rulebooks. They’re not going anywhere. </p><p></p><p>A simple reference document released under ORC or similar open license would be sufficient to provide support for the game. It could have significantly less material than the SRD and still be effective. People are smart enough to know where to look up the rules without you explicitly telling them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tazawa, post: 8896621, member: 11334"] You don’t need to de-OGL-ify Level Up. It looks like existing OGL 1.0a products are safe from any threats from WotC. All that is needed is a method of making supporting materials for Level Up. That’s pretty simple—adventures, campaign worlds, spells, monsters, sub-classes, etc. can easily be created for most games without relying on anything in the WotC SRDs. These types of content usually only refer to SRD content indirectly: [LIST] [*]6 goblins wait in the bushes to ambush travellers [*]the secret door can be detected with a DC 15 Perception check [*]etc. [/LIST] You don’t need to restate the rules. They are already available in the currently published Level Up rulebooks. They’re not going anywhere. A simple reference document released under ORC or similar open license would be sufficient to provide support for the game. It could have significantly less material than the SRD and still be effective. People are smart enough to know where to look up the rules without you explicitly telling them. [/QUOTE]
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