I agree with you 100%. The "Slaine" name they are PIing is their version. They cant PI a name and take that name for all time and in all incarnations.
Clark --- Highmoon Media Productions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am writing a Celtic themed product, and using OGC > material from Mongoose's Slaine RPG. The PI > declaration lists a number of terms they claim as > PI, and I have a problem with it. While some of the > various terms claimed as PI are certainly unique to > the Slaine series, there are others that are part > and parcel of Celtic myth and lit. The following > terms all are claimed as PI and also appear in my > Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology: > > Slaine, Warp Spasm, Tir Nan Og, Fomorian, Red > Branch, Fir Bolg, Enech*, Cromlech. > > Slaine is a character in the early stories. Warp > spasms are traced to Cuchulainn, though he wasn't > the only hero to become distorted during a rage. Tir > Nan Og is the mythical Land of Youth; though the > common Irish spelling is Tir na nOg, Tir nan Og (or > Tir Nan Og in some cases) is the Scottish Gaelic > spelling (as an aside, the book also claims Land of > the Young as PI, and while my dictionary lists only > Land of Youth or Land of the Ever-Young, I have > certainly seen Tir nan Og called Land of the Young > in other academic works). Fomorian is the name of a > mythic Celtic race, as is Fir Bolg (or its alternate > spelling, Firbolg). The Red Branch is an older name > for the Ulster cycle, and a popular name for the > band of warriors based out of Emain Macha. Enech is > the old Irish word for face (as in "saving face" or > honor). Cromlech is another Gaelic word (more used > in Wales and Cornwall, though not exclusively) for > dolmens. > > The only thing I can think of is that I can't use > the Slaine's universe interpretation of these terms, > but I don't see any way in which they could stop me > from using these terms simply as terms; that would > be like me claiming as PI Olympus, Achilles and so > forth. > > Personally I have a mind to simply ignore the PI > declaration as it applies to these terms, which have > obviously been in use before the Slaine comic or the > game, but I wanted to ask for thoughts on the > matter. > > > > Daniel M. Perez > Highmoon Media Productions > www.HighmoonMedia.com > > Products available at: Digital Book Booth, > DriveThruRPG.com, e23, RPGnow.com > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
