Mike Shea
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And Dale is looking for funding through Kickstarter and stuff like that with a bunch of rewards to help them do the editing and pay for the layout and pay for all the different design ideas that need to go in there. They're still talking about exactly what the components of all of it are going to be. You know, with an intention of making it as big as possible.
But a lot of that is going to depend upon funding. So he and I have been talking about I offered to him to offer unsolicited advice, sometimes solicited, sometimes unsolicited advice about where I think that this can can really work out. And he and I have been talking back and forth. And even this morning, we were talking about it.
But a lot of that is going to depend upon funding. So he and I have been talking about I offered to him to offer unsolicited advice, sometimes solicited, sometimes unsolicited advice about where I think that this can can really work out. And he and I have been talking back and forth. And even this morning, we were talking about it.
But a lot of that is going to depend upon funding. So he and I have been talking about I offered to him to offer unsolicited advice, sometimes solicited, sometimes unsolicited advice about where I think that this can can really work out. And he and I have been talking back and forth. And even this morning, we were talking about it.
Regardless of how all that goes, I think it's an outstanding project. I think it's a great way for the whole world, for everybody to be able to get a hold of this RPG with no tie back to any one single company or source.
Regardless of how all that goes, I think it's an outstanding project. I think it's a great way for the whole world, for everybody to be able to get a hold of this RPG with no tie back to any one single company or source.
Regardless of how all that goes, I think it's an outstanding project. I think it's a great way for the whole world, for everybody to be able to get a hold of this RPG with no tie back to any one single company or source.
The thing about this is the entire results of this work are also going to be Creative Commons, which means that Dale himself loses control over the project as soon as it is published. right? Loses as in, you know, you no longer have to worry about what he's doing with it because you now can do whatever you want to do with it.
The thing about this is the entire results of this work are also going to be Creative Commons, which means that Dale himself loses control over the project as soon as it is published. right? Loses as in, you know, you no longer have to worry about what he's doing with it because you now can do whatever you want to do with it.
The thing about this is the entire results of this work are also going to be Creative Commons, which means that Dale himself loses control over the project as soon as it is published. right? Loses as in, you know, you no longer have to worry about what he's doing with it because you now can do whatever you want to do with it.
So I think it's a really great way to think about 5U that goes beyond like companies, big companies that are putting out their material in system reference documents in the creative commons are outstanding. Like that's a really good way to make sure it's a, it's a, it's a great Ulysses pact, right?
So I think it's a really great way to think about 5U that goes beyond like companies, big companies that are putting out their material in system reference documents in the creative commons are outstanding. Like that's a really good way to make sure it's a, it's a, it's a great Ulysses pact, right?
So I think it's a really great way to think about 5U that goes beyond like companies, big companies that are putting out their material in system reference documents in the creative commons are outstanding. Like that's a really good way to make sure it's a, it's a, it's a great Ulysses pact, right?
You're saying that whatever else happens, this is out there and you can use it to publish your own games. In this case, it's not even just about publishing games. It's about having the freedom to put it on different websites, having the freedom to format it in different ways and then share those formats out with people.
You're saying that whatever else happens, this is out there and you can use it to publish your own games. In this case, it's not even just about publishing games. It's about having the freedom to put it on different websites, having the freedom to format it in different ways and then share those formats out with people.
You're saying that whatever else happens, this is out there and you can use it to publish your own games. In this case, it's not even just about publishing games. It's about having the freedom to put it on different websites, having the freedom to format it in different ways and then share those formats out with people.
Examples are, I can't take a markdown version of the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide and give it to anybody. But I can with the 5.1 SRD. If I go through the trouble to make a Markdown version of like, let's say the 5.2 SRD that's coming out or the Black Flag Monster, this is one that actually did, right?
Examples are, I can't take a markdown version of the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide and give it to anybody. But I can with the 5.1 SRD. If I go through the trouble to make a Markdown version of like, let's say the 5.2 SRD that's coming out or the Black Flag Monster, this is one that actually did, right?
Examples are, I can't take a markdown version of the 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide and give it to anybody. But I can with the 5.1 SRD. If I go through the trouble to make a Markdown version of like, let's say the 5.2 SRD that's coming out or the Black Flag Monster, this is one that actually did, right?
The Black Flag Monsters are available in PDF, but I went through the trouble of getting them in Markdown. I can share those out in Markdown because they're under an open license. In this case, the Ork license, which is a little more restrictive than Creative Commons, but not for that particular material. This is that example of,