> William Olander wrote:
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> So I can take the d20 framework and use it as a basis for any set of
> rules that I want to create... as long as I include the the OGL and
> don't go putting the d20 logo all over the product.
>
> Example being my new Bill's World game. I fill the book up with Races,
> Classes, Monster Stats, Skills, Feats, Rules for Rolling up traits(on
> Bill's World, characters are really powerful 15-25 in each trait), And
> a skill-like psionic system for my badlands mutants. Each of these are
> rules related so I mark them down as falling under the OGL by putting
> that info and only that info into italics. The rest of the book is all
> MY setting background... so I make a note that anything not in italics
> is MINE.
>
> What would I have to do to make this fall under the d20 trademark
> rules? What would get changed to get me in trouble for using d20? I
> deal best with specific examples.
>
>From what I can tell, all you'd need to do is remove the rules for
rolling up traits. A while ago, I submitted a boilerplate to the list
for comment, and Ryan gave it an unofficial 'thumbs up' -- but the D20
STL has changed since then, so I do not know if it is still valid. I
said, in effect:
Create characters as per the rules in the PHB. For step 2, roll 1 more
die than usual, but tally the same number of dice as specified.
I don't know if this phrasing is still considered 'D20 Acceptable'.
