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<blockquote data-quote="Bloodstone Press" data-source="post: 1818343" data-attributes="member: 12468">First of all, I am not a lawyer. However, I believe that if your &quot;intent&quot; is to circumvent the law and effectivly engage in criminal activity by attempting to make it look legit, you are asking for trouble. &nbsp;A good conversation about game mechanics and copyrights is currently going on here: <a href="http://forums.rpghost.com/showthread.php?t=24872" target="_blank">http://forums.rpghost.com/showthread.php?t=24872</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;If you change them, they are not the same. I'm not sure how you might change the implementation of a rule without changing the rule entirely.&nbsp;&nbsp;I believe that would fall under &quot;derivative works&quot; clause of copyright law, which prohibits such works without permission.&nbsp;Your best bet is to forget about the complete warrior for a while. Start with a blank sheet of paper and write up your own ideas about a PrC that turns into a bear (or a better creature). Once you have it written up, compare it to the one in Complete warrior for balance and clarity. I would also make a concerted effort to differentiate my work from the PrC in the Complete Warrior. Not so much for copyright reasons, but rather for creative reasons. You don't want your customers saying &quot;hey, they just stole that PrC from the complete warrior!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bloodstone Press, post: 1818343, member: 12468"] First of all, I am not a lawyer. However, I believe that if your "intent" is to circumvent the law and effectivly engage in criminal activity by attempting to make it look legit, you are asking for trouble. A good conversation about game mechanics and copyrights is currently going on here: [url]http://forums.rpghost.com/showthread.php?t=24872[/url] If you change them, they are not the same. I'm not sure how you might change the implementation of a rule without changing the rule entirely. I believe that would fall under "derivative works" clause of copyright law, which prohibits such works without permission. Your best bet is to forget about the complete warrior for a while. Start with a blank sheet of paper and write up your own ideas about a PrC that turns into a bear (or a better creature). Once you have it written up, compare it to the one in Complete warrior for balance and clarity. I would also make a concerted effort to differentiate my work from the PrC in the Complete Warrior. Not so much for copyright reasons, but rather for creative reasons. You don't want your customers saying "hey, they just stole that PrC from the complete warrior!" [/QUOTE]

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