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Re: Fantasy Hero with 6E

Re: Foods for those that just don't care anymore

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Hot To Trot" by Kings Of The Sun from Kings Of The Sun

Re: New to Fantasy Hero Let me second this suggestion. Killer Shrike's site would almost certainly get you by until the new edition of FH comes out.

Re: New to Fantasy Hero If you're a HD user you might consider buying the FH character pack to supplement The Turakian Age until the 6E FH is available. Obviously it wouldn't be a full replacement for the book, but I believe that would get you all the templates and package deals referenced in The Turakian Age.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Not As Much As Football" by Mojo Nixon from Whereabouts Unknown I love you more than pickup trucks I love you more than shootin' ducks I love you more than the pool hall But not as much as football I love you more than Richard Petty I love you more than spaghetti I love you more than meatballs But not as much as football

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Rock And Roll" and "Ramble On" by The Foo Fighters with Jimmy Paige and John Paul Jones from Live At Wembley Stadium

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "You Can't Kill Me" by Mojo Nixon from Whereabouts Unknown You can't kill me I will not die Not now not ever No never I'm gonna live a long, long time My soul raves on forever

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Sedan Delivery" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse from Live Rust The lasers are in the lab The old man is dressed in white clothes Everybody says he's mad No one knows The things that he knows

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? The new Living Colour album, The Chair In The Doorway. I love how they're able to continually add more and more influences into their music with every album but still sound like themselves. One song on this album ("Behind The Sun") seems heavily U2 influenced and another ("That's What You Taught Me") has a definite Neil Young and Crazy Horse vibe.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Forward or backward?

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Behind The Sun" by Living Colour from The Chair In The Doorway

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? I actually started listening to more Talking Heads because of the Living Colour version of the song. And now that I think about it they should have a new album out now that I need to buy.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. From yesterday when my daughter was looking for one of her shoes. Her: I've looked everywhere. Me: Apprently not. You haven't looked where it is.

Re: Making a master Table Booklet The thing about trademarks is that anyone can use them. They just can't use them in a way that someone would be confused into falsely thinking the trademark owner is being represented. That's not always as easy as it sounds, but if you look around for it you might be surprised how often you see it. Even though they technically fall under the umbrella of intellectual property, trademarks are really more of a consumer protection than anything else. However, in general I agree that the prudent (and fair) thing is to ask for official permission when there's any doubt. There are a lot of things I'm sure I could (legally) do that I wouldn't because a) I don't want to hurt Hero System sales and it would be disrespectful to the people who make a living producing the game I love. If DOJ were to decide not to make a resource kit for 6E I would at least make a GM screen style table compilation for myself. I might or might not provide copies to people I game with who already have the book (not an issue now since my players are also my kids). I can't imagine a circumstance under which I would give them to people who haven't bought the book, nor would I distribute it publicly. I hope others feel the same way. Just because something is legal doesn't make it right.

Re: Making a master Table Booklet Disclaimer: IANAL, just a layman who has studied US copyright code and caselaw exetnsively. This is not intended to be legal advice and isn't a substitute for consulting a lawyer specializing in copyright law.

Re: Sean style pointlessness! My primary concern would be the ability to act on Segment 12 and then the following Segment 1. Since that's normally reserved for characters with a 12 SPD I would use that as a benchmark for Active Points. You obviously don't get all the benefits of the higher SPD so it should be a little lower. My preference would probably be a naked advantage. Phase Shift: Naked Advantage: May take Phases on any Segment (+3/4) for up to 60 Active Points (45 Active / 45 Real) I would probably also limit the character to having Phases on a maximum of 3 consecutive Segments. Phase Shift: Naked Advantage: May take Phases on any Segment (+3/4) for up to 60 Active Points; May not act on more than 3 consecutive Segments (-1/4) (45 Active / 36 Real) The real problem is that the usefulness depends on the character and campaign as a whole as much as anything.

Re: Making a master Table Booklet I suspect if it came up in court it wouldn't matter whether you made 1 copy to pass around the table or multiple copies so everyone had one in front of them. Unless it's the difference between players buying the books or not it doesn't really change the character, just the logistics. If everyone already has the books it would probably be fair use. And of course, as you say, it's unlikely anyone will be going after you if you do this for your own game whether it's actually fair use or not. Having said that, a better way to go might be to re-create the tables from scratch. Although the tables presented in the book are certainly covered by copyright, the contents of tables rarely is. Most of the time the data contained in a table, aside from the wording of particular elements, isn't. Likewise the rules for a game aren't generally covered except when there are trademark issues, but the wording and layout is. If it were me I would probably use HTML/CSS similarly to how HD exports are done. That would avoid most of the legal grey areas. I might give copies to people who have the books and I'd be fine with using multiple copies in-game. Even though it would probably be legal, I would be unlikely to let anyone who didn't own the books have a copy to keep or do anything else with it that would give someone a reason not to buy them. To me the bigger issues are respect for DOJ and a selfish interest in 6E selling as many copies as possible.

Re: Making a master Table Booklet Fair use is probably the most vague area of US law by a wide margin so the only way to be 100% sure in most cases is to go before a judge. Still, in most cases you should be able to figure out whether you're violating copyright or not. The guidelines (in the US) for fair use are: 1. The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes 2. The nature of the copyrighted work 3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole 4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work Considering the first 2 together, creating a new work compiling a bunch of tables from a game book that you've paid for in order to facilitate playing that game is using the work for its intended purpose. Number 3 is clearly in your favor since you're using a nearly insignificant amount of the text. Number 4 is pretty simple as well. If there's no reason to believe the work you're creating will be a substitute for buying the copyrighted work it doesn't affect the value at all. Ergo making a document compiling tables for your own use is pretty clearly fair use. A more important consideration in this case is DOJ's record of being extremely reasonable when it comes to using their PDFs. Post this in the Company Questions forum and I'm sure they'll give you the official okay.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Mother Mary" by UFO from Strangers In The Night

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Sam Stone" by John Prine from John Prine Sam Stone came home To his wife and family After serving in the conflict overseas And the time that he served Had shattered all his nerves And left a little shrapnel in his knee But the morphine eased the pain And the grass grew round his brain And gave him all the confidence he lacked With a Purple Heart and a monkey on his back There's a hole in Daddy's arm where all the money goes And Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose Little pitchers have big ears Don't stop to count the years Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "The Times They Are A-Changin'" by Bob Dylan from The Times They Are A-Changin' Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Hotel Illness" by The Black Crowes from The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion Hypnotize by your rotten behavior This week's fashion is last year's flavor I got a head full of sermons and a mouth full of spiders The politics of the world's greatest liar

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Whammer Jammer" by The J. Geils Band from "Live" Full House followed by "Goin' Down To Mexico" by ZZ Top from ZZ Top's First Album

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? "Baker Street Muse" by Jethro Tull from Minstrel In The Gallery Walking down the gutter thinking How the hell am I today? Well I didn't really ask you but thanks all the same