Well, I'm beaten. The brute force of your logic has forced me to concede. Well met, sirrah.
--- Faustus von Goethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whatever. > > >From: Jasyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Actually, your message was claiming that the descriptions, by being sparse, > >constituted a "landmine" because the writers could not help but infringe > >because of their prejudices. > > > >You: > >"when the picture in your head comes from 20 years of roleplaying those > >creatures rather than the SRD description. It is very likely that such a > >description will be unintentionally infringing." > > > >Bollocks. Bollocks then, bollocks now. > > > >If you cannot break away from that kind of mental inertia, then the > >landmine is > >in your skull. > > > >--- Faustus von Goethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jasyn, see the subject line. The discussion is not about whether we > >want to > > > steal WotC stuff or have them give out more of it. It is whether the > >sparse > > > descriptions are good or bad for WotC (and by extension, the D20 market > >in > > > general.) > > > > > > I personally think the case can be maintained that divergent > >descriptions of > > > the same monster is a bad thing... > > > > > > Faust > > > > > > > > > >From: Jasyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > >Okay, you got me- I've only been roleplaying for 15 years. > > > >But... > > > > > > > >That's not WOTC fault. That's the fault of the writer for being > > > >insufficiently > > > >creative. > > > > > > > >Look, I'm sorry, but cries of "I >need< WOTC stuff to write my module." > >are > > > >going to fall on deaf ears with me. It's like Tom Clancy crying > >because > > > >Stephen King won't let him steal the "Dark Tower" concept. "But I have > >to > > > >have > > > >it." > > > > > > > >Again, this business is one of creativity and originality. The claim > >that > > > >WOTC > > > >won't let the writer use the full Illitihid causes the writer to not be > > > >able to > > > >write a scary or creepy scene is laughable. If they cannot come up > >with > > > >something scary- not the same scary thing, but a new scary thing- on > >their > > > >own > > > >then they are relegated to the status of a Tommy-come after hack, whose > > > >so-called talent depends on the crumbs other people throw him. > > > > > > > >Such an individual wants a paint by numbers kit for module writing: > >"Here > > > >are > > > >the instructions and the material...you don't have to think at all." > > > > > > > >Use your mind, use your heart, develop talent. Be creative. Be > > > >imaginative. > > > >Come up with something new. People who buy RPG's want this. They will > > > >give > > > >you money for it. > > > > > > > >Isn't that better then using a 20-year old monster? > > > > > > > >"Purple? Tentacles? Yup, a mind flayer...pull out the octopus > >repellent." > > > > > > > >--- Faustus von Goethe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >From: Jasyn Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > > >Where are the "legal minefields"? > > > > > > > > > > As an experienced roleplayer - writing a description in a third > >party > > > >D20 > > > > > product of a D20 SRD monster when the picture in your head comes > >from 20 > > > > > years of roleplaying those creatures rather than the SRD > >description. > > > >It is > > > > > very likely that such a description will be unintentionally > >infringing. > > > > > > > > > > Faust > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: > >http://messenger.msn.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Ogf-l mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l > > > > > > > > > > > >===== > > > >Jasyn Jones > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >"To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." > > > >Ulysses, Alfred Lord Tennyson > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > > >Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! 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