>>
>> At both Open game forum and Prestige Class forums, the question was asked
>> if it was possible to publish an adventure with Prestige classe and using
>> the D20 TRADEMARK licence. The answer was YES but it seems to contradict
>> the following statement
>>
>> =========
>> 3.1.2. No Publication distributed under the terms of this License may
>> contain information explaining the effects on characters of earning
>> experience or advancing in "level" as that term is defined in the D20
>> System Reference Document v0.0. =========
>>
>> So what is the answer?
>
> They are not incompatible. section 3.1.2 is describing the
> effects of earning experience and advancing a level (i.e. you now
> have a number of development points to spend on skills, you can
> now increase one stat by one point, select another Feat, etc...),
> whereas in detailing a new profession, you would provide
> something like a list that gives the profession information for each
> level (unique to that profession).
Well the Prestige Class contains Feat advancements, spell advancement, hp
changes, etc. Well almost all that show what you got when you "gain a
level". Its explicitly "effects on characters advancing in "level"". Of
course you still *need* the PHB because you don�t provide the XP chart, but
excluding this chart, Prestige class are almost 90% equal as creating a new
class.
>
> You would NOT include the normal Feat advancement, nor the
> stat advancement on those charts (unless you are giving feats or
> stat increases in addition to those normally gained by going up a
> level).
Well that�s seems a reasonable "interpretation" of the 3.1.2 note, but its
still an interpretation, and I can come to the exact opposite decision
depending on how I want to read the text.
Pierre Rosenthal
PS: I really don�t want to bother people and look as a moron that like to
argue for everything. So excuse me but I really think that point is still
really unclear and for me, reading the text should result in a 90% NO
answer, opposite to the 100% YES answer I got at the Gen Con.
PPS: I still don�t know if that question should be directed in a more
appropriate section, as it refer to D20 trademark only and not exactly to
OGL.
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