Red text in the SRD?

[Kerrick]

Our group downloaded the SRD other day for reference, since we do d20 writing. I've been compiling it, and I noticed that several things are noted in red - some of the psionics, a few monsters, and some other things. Does that mean these things are no longer usable? If so, why haven't they been yanked like the illithid and those other monsters?

 

[Crothian]

I think they are the latest updates.

 

[Alzrius]

It's worth noting (assuming I'm correct here; if I'm not, someone feel free to correct me) that parts of the released SRD cannot be "yanked". From what I understand, once something is released, it can be updated, but it can't be later declared non-OGC.

The stuff in the gentleman's agreement that didn't get into the SRD (mind flayers, beholders, etc.) doesn't count because the initial gentleman's agreement wasn't a formal part of the license.

 

[Kerrick]

You might well be right, Alzrius - I don't claim to know that much about the legal aspects of the SRD. The red text might be updated material (I haven't checked), but it's weird - some entries just have the header in red (like the lich template and red dragon), and some have a red header that's been struck through (psionic combat and psionic items); there's even one entry that's totally in red (planetouched - aasimar and tieflings).

 

[Ranger REG]

Exactly which sections of the SRD contains red text?

 

[Avatar of the North]

perhaps its WotC marking the SRD for future edits due to changes being brought in 3.5e?

 

[Bendris Noulg]

Anyone else notice that the spell bane is under a header entitled "Held"?

You have to go all the way to the end of the document to find it.

 

[Kerrick]

I think you're right, Avatar - the red text only shows up when you change the text from Times to something else (we're using Arail 9 pt.).
The red text includes: the psionic combat section (crossed out), psionic items (crossed out, including the note about it being OGC), psionic disease (red/crossed out), the red dragon, lich, and salamander (red headers), the planetouched (entire entry red), a couple magic items (wings of flying and something else).

EDIT: I think the red/strikethrough thing is a funky font that doesn't translate from rtf to Word format - 99% of the spells and psionic powers ended up being red and crossed out. *shrug*

 

[Ranger REG]

I don't know if I'm doing it right to get the red text visible.

For example, I opened the psionic combat section file in MS Word and change the text font to Arial. Nothing red shows up, only the spellchecker's green squiggly lines.

 

[Kerrick]

I posted this over at Montecook.com, too, to seee if anyone over there knows what I'm talking about.
Here's how I got the red lines: I was insertin files in order into the main document, formatting them as I went along (to Arial 9 pt). I did the spells, monsters, and psionic powers in separate files, because they were so big and it was easier to manage; the red text didn't show up until I planted them into the main document. I'm beginning to think that there's some sort of coding in there, hidden under the formatting, that we're not supposed to see, and I somehow stumbled across a way to make it appear. *shrug*