Nellisir said:
Wikis open buy I content free restrictions.
-THAT- thread is the one where they want to steal all your hard work and give it away.
-THIS- thread is where we won't buy your stuff if you have OGC declarations like "The zeitgeist of OGC herein and within this manuscript of gamewielding shall be inscribed to be deciphered on the Blue Area of the Moon, not including Chapter Six. And anything from the SRD is Open Content."
Toggle?
Nell.
Can I get a translation on that?
Look, if the stuff is a d20 Mechanic, it's OGC. You can rename it.
Camel Breath's Blasting Spells
Metamagic
Your horrid breath adds additional lethality to your spell casting
Benifit: When casting a spell, all opponents within 5' of you must make a Fortitude Check (DC: 10+Con Bonus+Number of bowls of rat stew eaten in 24 hours) or be
nauesated until incense is lit or you close that rancid fly pit in your face. In addition, all spell with the "stink" or "wind" descriptor do an additional 1d4 points of damage.
Special: This feat imparts a -4 modifier to diplomacy, but a +4 bonus to Inditimate.
OK, now, I declare that thing Closed Content.
So you rewrite is.
Bad Breath Casting
Metamagic
Your horrid breath makes your spells more lethal.
Benifit: When casting a spell with the "stink" or "wind" descriptor you do an additional 1d4 points of damage, and all opponents within 5' of you must make a Fortitude Check (DC: 10+Con Bonus+Number of bowls of rat stew eaten in 24 hours) or be
nauesated until incense is lit or you close that rancid fly pit in your face. .
Special: This feat imparts a -4 modifier to diplomacy, and provides a +4 bonus to Inditimate
POOF! Instant OGC version.
How hard was that.
Now, it's considered as impolite as farting during Church Mass to do such a thing, but that's what happens to a lot of closed content.
A LOT of author's provide two listings for named spells. One with the name in it that they want to keep thier own property, one without.
Clueless's Blasting Dancer
Level: 6
yadda yadda yadda, you ge thte point.
Is listed as: "Blasting Dancer" for OGC purposes.
Like Drawmidget's Instant Court Summoms becomes Instant Summons in the SRD, IRRC.
You don't have to ask, but if you print a book using someone's closed content or IP, then you can expect repercussions, and I'll point and mock you when you cry about it.