Eldritch_Ent
2008-10-15, 09:59 AM
Hey all! I have a few questions about how the 3.5 DnD Open Gaming License works, and have decided to ask for any explanations or links to them you might have. I mostly just need a few questions asked-
First, just what IS the OGL? I know it lets me, say, use the basic 3.5 ruleset and materials and such when making a book, with the exception of certain things like mind flayers and beholders. How does it work exactly?
Second, what's the limit on non-OGL materia? Obviously a publisher still can't even mention things like Illithids, but could they, say, make a feat that says
Prerequisite- Cloak Dance (XPH, Page XYZ) or something, or is even that too much?
Third, is it true that the 4th Edition OGL-type thing is far, far worse about what it does and does not allow?
First, just what IS the OGL? I know it lets me, say, use the basic 3.5 ruleset and materials and such when making a book, with the exception of certain things like mind flayers and beholders. How does it work exactly?
Second, what's the limit on non-OGL materia? Obviously a publisher still can't even mention things like Illithids, but could they, say, make a feat that says
Prerequisite- Cloak Dance (XPH, Page XYZ) or something, or is even that too much?
Third, is it true that the 4th Edition OGL-type thing is far, far worse about what it does and does not allow?