Kevin Siembieda can bite me.
Mar. 28th, 2007 06:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chaotic_nippleAccording to the U.S. Copyright Office, Palladium Books' legal position that "Posting conversion rules violates our intellectual property!" is wrong. To quote exactly, "Copyright protects only the particular manner of an author’s expression in literary, artistic, or musical form. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, system, method, device, or trademark material involved in the development, merchandising, or playing of a game. Once a game has been made public, nothing in the copyright law prevents others from developing another game based on similar principles." See that, Kevin? Rules systems are FAIR GAME. At some point in the future, when I actually have time to finish writing up a Rifts/D20 conversion, I will post it for the world to see! MWAHAHAHAAA!!!
The only question is, should I use regular D20, or d20 Modern? Modern lends itself to multi-classing easier, but really hoses any character type that relies on magic, psionics, or any other type of 'special effects'. Come to think of it, regular d20 screws over multiclassed spellcasters too. A Fighter10/Barbarian10 is every bit as effective a combatant as a 20th level single classed fighter or barbarian. A Thief10/Scout10 is just as stealthy and skilled as a 20th level thief or scout. But a Wizard10/Cleric10 is far weaker than its single classed counterparts. This injustice cannot be borne, but how to fix it? Hmmm...
Other linky things: Charles Stross explains what's wrong with the ebook market, L'il (Trans)Formers, Meth addict documents own demise, and Blogger gets death threats. That last one is just incomprehensible. It's a damned _techie_blog, how could anyone get worked up enough about a techie-blog to send death threats? Only a true madman would do so...
The only question is, should I use regular D20, or d20 Modern? Modern lends itself to multi-classing easier, but really hoses any character type that relies on magic, psionics, or any other type of 'special effects'. Come to think of it, regular d20 screws over multiclassed spellcasters too. A Fighter10/Barbarian10 is every bit as effective a combatant as a 20th level single classed fighter or barbarian. A Thief10/Scout10 is just as stealthy and skilled as a 20th level thief or scout. But a Wizard10/Cleric10 is far weaker than its single classed counterparts. This injustice cannot be borne, but how to fix it? Hmmm...
Other linky things: Charles Stross explains what's wrong with the ebook market, L'il (Trans)Formers, Meth addict documents own demise, and Blogger gets death threats. That last one is just incomprehensible. It's a damned _techie_blog, how could anyone get worked up enough about a techie-blog to send death threats? Only a true madman would do so...