SRD Update

[hong]

Hong, Pointing out it looks like it was just mispelled is pretty much what the authors want you to think.

Well, I dunno about you, but to me, the only result is that it looks a bit unprofessional.

Because that way the players and GM's know where to look in the Player's Handbook to find the spell. If you change the name completely.. how is the reader supposed to know what spell it is?

I think most of the people who play D&D would be able to work it out for themselves. If they can't, there's always messageboards like this one.

 

[Luke]

I actually think that Necromancer's solution is sly and pretty good (if not the best out there). The thing you want is that people read a spell in you supplement and don't think twice about what the spell does. These names are so close to the original, that unless your really paying attention, you don't notice the difference.

Exactly. And coming from Clark, you know it's a pretty safe solution.

 

[Cergorach]

Well, I dunno about you, but to me, the only result is that it looks a bit unprofessional.

Unprofessional it may look, but it's needed and unless WotC changes it's policy it's something we have to live with...

I think most of the people who play D&D would be able to work it out for themselves. If they can't, there's always messageboards like this one.

You do know that we're not the target audience of most large D20 companies? We only constitute a small percentage of the target audience. A lot of folks that buy D20 material never have come to this site.

 

[Grazzt]

Unprofessional it may look, but it's needed and unless WotC changes it's policy it's something we have to live with...

You do know that we're not the target audience of most large D20 companies? We only constitute a small percentage of the target audience. A lot of folks that buy D20 material never have come to this site.

The internet as a whole constitutes a small percentage of the gaming audience. There are more gamers without internet access (or ones that do have it, but never go to RPG gaming sites) than there are with access (or ones that do visit RPG gaming sites).

 

[Orcus]

Here is why I just tinkered with the names a bit in my approach, rahter than rename them like Mark did:

In my version, the names are alpahabetically consistent with the spell names in the PHB. You rename "Mord's Sword" to "Arcane Sword" and all of a sudden people are looking in the wrong place. Plus, if you make a spell list, you now have a spell name out of place. This is important to publishers who might want to publish updated spell lists, for example. This is why I went with "Rarey" rather than "Rory" when changing the name "Rary". My changed name results in the spell staying in the same alphabetical location on the spell list.

check it out at www.necromancergames.com on the legal page.

Clark

 

[JoeGKushner]

It almost makes it look like WoTC is working against themselves. Say White wolf decides to make a published SRD book, does it up all nice and pretty and makes it easy for publishers and would be publishers to use as OGC.

Whose going to buy the Player's Handbook at this point?

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

I guess my thinking on this is that, if you didn't like the "campaign creep" of the previous spell names-- that names like Bigby and Mordenkainen sullied the verisimilitude of your own campaign world-- then you're probably better served by renaming them as appropriate to your campaign anyway, updating the whole shebang in your own releases, and alphabetization be damned.

I appreciate the quick-thinking, quick-acting, selfless effort that both guys put out though. Cheers all around!


Wulf

 

[Morrus]

It almost makes it look like WoTC is working against themselves. Say White wolf decides to make a published SRD book, does it up all nice and pretty and makes it easy for publishers and would be publishers to use as OGC.

Whose going to buy the Player's Handbook at this point?

One without the d20 logo, you mean? I guess the problem with that is that it would just be direct competition for the core rulebooks from WotC, and wouldn't stand a chance on the store shelves. After all, it's the D&D brand name that really sells those books, and they'd never be able to use that.

 

[2WS-Steve]

Morrus,

I wouldn't mind seeing a vote on the front page as to which solution the fans here at ENWorld preferred. It'd be kind of cool and help standardize the spell names that d20 publishers use.

 

[Blacksad]

Would it be possible to use alternate name with just the last letter missing? like:
tense- floating disk
Mordenkaine- sword