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Fantastic Heroes & Witchery (New Retro-Clone)

Started by JeremyR, November 18, 2013, 06:51:18 AM

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APN

#75
March 30, 2014, 07:19:45 AM
Quote from: LibraryLass;739657I think, Turanil, you worry just slightly too much about possible infringement.

Probably best to err on the side of caution when you're selling something based (loosely or otherwise) on someone else's work. The looser the better I guess.

That said, some people just take the piss completely (ref: the T&T stuff for sale on an internet site) and get away with it seemingly.

Brander

#76
March 30, 2014, 02:46:06 PM
Quote from: Turanil;739643For instance, the Cacodemon spell disappeared. I replaced it with Cacophony of Demons, which I think is much more intriguing, flavorful, and lending more easily to role-playing.


While I agree that Cacophony of Demons is much more flavorful, cacodemon just means "evil spirit" and very much predates DnD, by a few centuries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacodemon

So you were probably fine.
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Psychman

#77
March 31, 2014, 07:07:18 AM
Quote from: Brander;739730While I agree that Cacophony of Demons is much more flavorful, cacodemon just means "evil spirit" and very much predates DnD, by a few centuries:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacodemon

So you were probably fine.

I agree with that one at the very least, given that RuneQuest used it in Glorantha not very long after.  Still, being cautious in these areas is probably sensible given the nature of the legal departments of Hasbro etc.
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Warthur

#78
April 01, 2014, 06:03:03 AM
...except Hasbro don't seem to have lifted a finger against the retro-clone movement yet, despite others showing substantially less caution.

Actually, this is worth a thread of its own.
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#79
April 04, 2014, 03:07:02 AM
Quote from: Warthur;740020...except Hasbro don't seem to have lifted a finger against the retro-clone movement yet, despite others showing substantially less caution.

Actually, this is worth a thread of its own.

Then make it so!
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#80
April 04, 2014, 03:51:30 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;740775Then make it so!

ehm... he already did, four days ago?
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#81
April 07, 2014, 10:51:30 PM
Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;740780ehm... he already did, four days ago?

Excellent!
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#82
April 09, 2014, 02:17:07 AM
At last it is completed and available: Fantastic Heroes & Witchery Version 2! I hope you will enjoy it!

You can download it it for free here: Heroes-&-Witchery website

You can buy it on LULU.com here: FH&W on Lulu.com

This was mostly about cleaning the text (fixing errors and editing all typos we could find), and seeing that the book was not inadvertently infringing on some copyrights. To this end, I rewrote and renamed 70 spells. In fact, the spells that disappeared are not considered unusable where gaming is considered, it's just that I prefer not see them anymore, where complying with the OGL is considered...

Thanks again to those who bought the book. Yet, sorry for the typos and errors that I didn't see before releasing version 1.0 to 1.3. :o Version 2.0 is the final version! I want now dedicate myself to other books (first the bestiary, then the swords & planets campaign setting, then novels...).
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#83
April 12, 2014, 01:42:25 AM
Looking forward to doing the review!
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ARROWS OF INDRA
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NOW AVAILABLE: AoI in print form

LORDS OF OLYMPUS
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Turanil

#84
April 30, 2014, 01:02:10 PM
The fully bookmarked PDF of Fantastic Heroes & Witchery is ready!

I just submitted it for sale to RPGnow (should be made available very soon). For 7.50$ what do you get compared to the free PDF available on my website (see signature below)? Well, it has a ton of hyperlinks. You can click on any of the (approximately) 1500+ entries of the table of contents, general index, and spell index, and you will be brought directly to the relevant page. Hence, navigating this 430 pages document becomes extremely easy (which is certainly not the case with the free PDF...). Hence, when at the gaming table with a digital tablet, getting an information from the FH&W ebook will take but a couple of clicks.

SPECIAL NOTE: Anyone who posted previously in this thread! You are eligible for a free copy of the digital version of Fantastic Heroes & Witchery! If you have a RPGnow/DriveThru-RPG account, and if I can get the relevant info, I will send you a complimentary copy as soon as I can. (And it would be nice if you could leave a rating and short testimonial on RPGnow about this products, on the review page.)

Thanks to all!
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RunningLaser

#85
April 30, 2014, 02:27:35 PM
Dude, you're awesome.  I'm glad I posted previously in this thread:)

LibraryLass

#86
April 30, 2014, 06:15:54 PM
Quote from: Turanil;745987SPECIAL NOTE: Anyone who posted previously in this thread! You are eligible for a free copy of the digital version of Fantastic Heroes & Witchery! If you have a RPGnow/DriveThru-RPG account, and if I can get the relevant info, I will send you a complimentary copy as soon as I can. (And it would be nice if you could leave a rating and short testimonial on RPGnow about this products, on the review page.)

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#87
April 30, 2014, 07:26:26 PM
Quote from: RunningLaser;746015Dude, you're awesome.  I'm glad I posted previously in this thread:)

Me too.  Now I'm ashamed for being critical.
 

Psychman

#88
May 01, 2014, 12:09:08 AM
Quote from: RunningLaser;746015Dude, you're awesome.  I'm glad I posted previously in this thread:)

As am I.  That's amazingly generous of you.  What information do you need?
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Turanil

#89
May 01, 2014, 02:16:06 AM
Quote from: Gunslinger;746074Me too.  Now I'm ashamed for being critical.
People who are critical aren't insulting me. They are pointing parts of the game that, perhaps, might be improved. At least, I like to know and see if it helps me do better next time. Appraisal is good for the ego and the encouragement (I like it, and it helps); while critics could be useful to fix what's wrong and ameliorate things.

Quote from: Psychman;746108As am I.  That's amazingly generous of you.  What information do you need?
Oh hum... I will have to look this carefully on RPGnow website. I will tell once I know. :o
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