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<blockquote data-quote="eyebeams" data-source="post: 1815247" data-attributes="member: 9225">Me, I'd use more stuff in my upcoming work if it was easier to get textfiles. As it stands the task of rewriting a bunch of rules becomes nearly as time consuming as just creating rules using the basic system.&nbsp; This sounds counterintuitive, but when you're writing something that's already heavily outlined and are used to volume (my average project length is around 50,000 words, though sometimes I think my CV'd look more impressive if it was spread out amoung shorter works<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /> things just kind of fall into place. The only drawback is an occasional added playtesting burden, but even then, that depends on the material (Mearls' stuff I'd incorporate sight unseen, but a few others . . .). Plus of course, you have stylistic matters to consider; the Modern SRD, for instance, uses &quot;he or she,&quot; et al, but Dominion: Modern Feudal Roleplaying uses alternate exemplary pronouns.Funny thing is, you have a few people who use and produce Open Content, but aren't the most enthusiastic when it comes to sharing it in a convenient format. Even WotC material has some stylistic elements that make it unnecessarily annoying, though don't get me wrong: Their constant expansion of SRD stuff is laudable. GoO's also a great company for following through with convenient Open Content.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eyebeams, post: 1815247, member: 9225"] Me, I'd use more stuff in my upcoming work if it was easier to get textfiles. As it stands the task of rewriting a bunch of rules becomes nearly as time consuming as just creating rules using the basic system. This sounds counterintuitive, but when you're writing something that's already heavily outlined and are used to volume (my average project length is around 50,000 words, though sometimes I think my CV'd look more impressive if it was spread out amoung shorter works:-) things just kind of fall into place. The only drawback is an occasional added playtesting burden, but even then, that depends on the material (Mearls' stuff I'd incorporate sight unseen, but a few others . . .). Plus of course, you have stylistic matters to consider; the Modern SRD, for instance, uses "he or she," et al, but [B]Dominion: Modern Feudal Roleplaying[/B] uses alternate exemplary pronouns. Funny thing is, you have a few people who use and produce Open Content, but aren't the most enthusiastic when it comes to sharing it in a convenient format. Even WotC material has some stylistic elements that make it unnecessarily annoying, though don't get me wrong: Their constant expansion of SRD stuff is laudable. GoO's also a great company for following through with convenient Open Content. [/QUOTE]

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