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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9249015" data-attributes="member: 2209">I think it varies a lot. I remember Monte Cook being called out early on for his practice of crippled OGC.Kobold Press seems very open in their monster books, a bit more restrictive in other books. Here is there Underworld Adventures designation:Product Identity: The following items are hereby identified as Product Identity, as defined in the Open Game License version 1.0a, Section 1(e), and are not Open Content: All trademarks, registered trademarks, proper names (characters, place names, new deities, etc.), dialogue, plots, story elements, locations, characters, artwork, sidebars, and trade dress. (Elements that have previously been designated as Open Game Content are not included in this declaration.)Open Game Content: The open content in this book includes the Class Options (excluding the Herald of the Ebon Star, the Path of the Ebon Star, and all place names and specific character references such as gods and NPCs), the Spells, and the Underworld Beasts. All other material is Product Identity, especially place names, character names, locations, story elements, backgrounds, and fiction. No other portion of this work may be reproduced in any form without permission.Cubicle 7's Adventures in Middle Earth was terrible, here is the designation from Erebor Adventures.Product Identity: The following items are hereby identified as Product Identity, as defined in the Open Game License version 1.0a, Section 1(e), and are not Open Content: All trademarks, registered trade-marks, proper names (characters, place names, etc.), new rules, classes, items, virtues, backgrounds, places, characters, artwork, sidebars, and trade dress. Open Game Content: The Open content in this book includes material taken from the Systems Reference Document. No other portion of this work may be reproduced in any form without permission.Rules stuff like a monster stat block building off the SRD being designated as PI as opposed to the specific names for discrete elements seems a violation of the OGL.</blockquote>

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