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<blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 1130361" data-attributes="member: 70">I can see a new rule being protected, IF it isn't reliant on OGC content.&nbsp; I expect publishers to close &quot;hero points&quot;, &quot;action points&quot;, or &quot;void points&quot;.But death's door (for one example) or spell templates (for another) are reliant on OGC content.&nbsp; Death's door rules are enabled by such things as hit points, Constitution, and weapon damage.&nbsp; Spell templates are enabled (though less so) by the OGC spell casting method.The templates aren't a new spell system; they're essentially a type of metamagic feat.&nbsp; The ability to use a template is granted by an (OGC) feat, and that's essentially the only requirement.I'm hung up on the templates largely because I don't understand why they're protected.&nbsp; The concept has been released as OGC, the mechanics are OGC, the method of granting a feat is OGC...the only actual closed content are the actual templates in MC's AU, which don't contain any campaign-specific material.&nbsp; It's just annoying to know I have to write &quot;Fire Template: 1d4 damage, +1 DC&quot;, because &quot;Fire Template: +1d6 damage&quot; is closed content.Argh.Nell.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nellisir, post: 1130361, member: 70"] I can see a new rule being protected, IF it isn't reliant on OGC content. I expect publishers to close "hero points", "action points", or "void points". But death's door (for one example) or spell templates (for another) are reliant on OGC content. Death's door rules are enabled by such things as hit points, Constitution, and weapon damage. Spell templates are enabled (though less so) by the OGC spell casting method. The templates aren't a new spell system; they're essentially a type of metamagic feat. The ability to use a template is granted by an (OGC) feat, and that's essentially the only requirement. I'm hung up on the templates largely because I don't understand why they're protected. The concept has been released as OGC, the mechanics are OGC, the method of granting a feat is OGC...the only actual closed content are the actual templates in MC's AU, which don't contain any campaign-specific material. It's just annoying to know I have to write "Fire Template: 1d4 damage, +1 DC", because "Fire Template: +1d6 damage" is closed content. Argh. Nell. [/QUOTE]

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