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<blockquote data-quote="dcas" data-source="post: 3022020" data-attributes="member: 7901">Doesn't WOTC use other companies' open-game content (OGC) sometimes?Anyway, I don't think there's any legal risk in using something that is clearly indicated as OGC. If someone isn't borrowing from the Book of Fiends or the Book of Templates it could be that the fiend or template to be borrowed is at least partly Product Identity (so that it could be used in another company's work but not duplicated in its entirety). In that case publishers might not borrow from one another because they don't want to be referencing other companies' products in their own publications.For example, suppose I publish a book of monsters including an innovative creature called Xyzzy. I designate the name, stats, and special abilities of the creature as OGC, but the description of the creature as Product Identity. Another company could use my creature in a module, with all its stats, but couldn't reproduce it entirely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dcas, post: 3022020, member: 7901"] Doesn't WOTC use other companies' open-game content (OGC) sometimes? Anyway, I don't think there's any legal risk in using something that is clearly indicated as OGC. If someone isn't borrowing from the Book of Fiends or the Book of Templates it could be that the fiend or template to be borrowed is at least [i]partly[/i] Product Identity (so that it could be [i]used[/i] in another company's work but not [i]duplicated[/i] in its entirety). In that case publishers might not borrow from one another because they don't want to be referencing other companies' products in their own publications. For example, suppose I publish a book of monsters including an innovative creature called Xyzzy. I designate the name, stats, and special abilities of the creature as OGC, but the description of the creature as Product Identity. Another company could use my creature in a module, with all its stats, but couldn't reproduce it entirely. [/QUOTE]

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