Ultimate Prestige Classes Volume I is a huge compilation of prestige classes useful to just about any GM. It contains 102 prestige classes, as well as decent guidelines for building or evaluating others for use in a campaign. 29 of those classes are, as far as I could tell, new prestige classes printed for the first time in this volume. The rest are drawn from various sources; however, not all of them are referenced in Section 15 of the OGL printed at the back of the book. Some are taken from professional d20 publications, while others were taken from amateur publications on the net. Two-thirds of the classes in the book are either reprints from prior Mongoose Games publications or new to the work. Since those are all copyright Mongoose Games, they don't have to list the actual sources. However, 34 prestige classes come from non-Mongoose Games sources and only a few of those are cited in the copyright section.
A month or so ago, after prompting from the Netbook of Classes, Matt Sprange sent a note to ENWorld with a listing of uncredited authors whose classes were used in Ultimate Prestige Classes Volume I. What this note does not indicate is that none of those authors were Mongoose Games writers and they all own the copyrights to their work. Nor does it make any mention of the other d20 publishers who were not cited properly. I have compiled a listing of the 34 non-Mongoose classes in Ultimate Prestige Classes below, with their proper copyright notices. I referenced the complete listing of classes provided by the Netbook of Classes, and only list those whose writeups I can confirm by comparing the two publications. There may be other classes within the Ultimate Prestige Classes Volume I originally from sources other than Mongoose Games, but I cannot confirm them. Arcane Burglar Copyright 2002 Duane Nutley (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I) Arcanist Copyright 2002 Tomas Carl Abraham Cramer (source: Netbook of Classes Volume II) Artificer and Revered Elder (originally titled The Wise) Copyright 2001 Rebecca Glenn (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I) Beastmaster, Psychic Thief originally appeared in Psionics Toolkit, Copyright 2001 Fiery Dragon. Blood Witch, Crypt Lord, Incarnate, Penumbral Lord, Sea Witch, Summoner, Vigilant originally appeared in Relics & Rituals, Copyright 2001 Clark Peterson. Bounty Hunter Copyright 2001 Ian Cheesman (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I) Calligrapher Copyright 2002 Itzhak Even (source: Netbook of Classes Volume II) Discreet Companion, Guildmaster, Roofrunner, Trapmaster originally appeared in Traps & Treachery, Copyright 2001 Fantasy Flight Games. Dragonslayer, Student of the Dragon originally appeared in Dragons, Copyright 2001 AEG. Explosives Specialist, Shock Trooper, Treasure Hunter originally appeared in Dungeons, Copyright 2001 AEG. Gifted Maker Copyright 2002, Mike Kletch (source: Netbook of Classes Volume II) Golden One Copyright 2001 Adam Nave (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I) Healing Hand Copyright 2002 Rebecca Glenn (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I) Nomad Lord and Sea-Hawk Copyright 2001 Tomas Carl Abraham Cramer (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I) Puritan Copyright 2002 Dominique Crouzet (source: Netbook of Classes Volume I) Reef Warrior originally appeared in Seafarer?s Handbook, Copyright 2001 Fantasy Flight Games. Seeker originally appeared in The Hunt: Rise of Evil Copyright 2001, Mystic Eye Games. Sonomancer Copyright 2002 Spencer 1�2The Sigil. Cooley (source: Netbook of Classes Volume II � this class also appears in Mr. Cooley?s PDF publication, the Enchiridion of Mystic Music) Stonegaard originally appeared in Hammer and Helm, Copyright 2002 Green Ronin. Thirteen of the 34 classes listed above were originally published in the Netbook of Classes, Volumes I and II. The authors refined their classes through several review cycles, while the Netbook of Classes team reviewed each class based on criteria set at the founding of the organization. Once the classes reached a final stage, they were edited and laid out and published in PDF format, available for free on the Netbook of Classes website: www.fancc.org/nboc. We at the Netbook of Classes are pleased that Mongoose Games was impressed enough with our work to reprint these classes in their compilation of the best prestige classes in print. We feel in good company with the other d20 publishers listed above and will continue to review and compile quality prestige classes for the d20 community. We were unsatisfied with Mongoose Games' belated statement, which really did nothing to address their oversight. Adlon at Mortality.net was kind enough to post this statement at our request. Morrus didn't respond until nagged and then said he thought the whole thing had been addressed by Mongoose Games' statement. I tried to post this to one of the forums at EnWorld and failed, so I don't know it I have been cut off or it was just operator failure. I am reposting this in the OGL forum because the people here understand the OGL and will understand just what Mongoose Games has done. Becky Glenn Netbook of Classes _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
