Flynn said:
I've noticed that the SRD explains what the columns are for Weapons tables, but does not include the actual weapon table itself. Same for Armor. Also, the classes are missing. Whatever is not in the SRD can't be referenced in OGL products, so I can't say anything about the damage a weapon does, or anything like that, referencing specific rules such as damage or cost. Was this intentional?
I also see that there are only a handful of classes and specialties listed by name in the SRD. I can get some of the names of the others from the Traveller T20 OGC, but some can never be mentioned in an OGL product because a class and specialty list was not included in the SRD. Was that intentional? (Even if the details are left out, having the names empowers us to reference the classes in our products.)
The idea is that the SRD is not a rulebook per se, and cannot be used as such - it is purely a developer's tool. The TLL allows you to reference the main rulebook itself (note, not the SRD!) for existing material, and all the materials are provided for you to create your own material. For example, we have the Scout career detailed specifically to give you all the material you need to create your own careers. Weapons and armour are explained, specifically so you can create your own weapons and armour, and so on.
As an example, you could completely reprint the Scout career, as it is completely Open (a by product of us using it to Open the career system as a whole). But you cannot reprint the Marine career (though it could be referenced, as detailed in the TLL). However, you _could_ create your very own Star Marine career (say).
The concepts of the OGL (which, remember is separate from the TLL, we are just using them in conjunction with one another) can take a little time to get your head round, but once you have it, you will find it pretty easy, and the rules are fundamentally basic.
Once Open, something is always Open. Anything derived from Open is also Open. So, that Star Marine we mentioned above would automatically be Open (being based on the Open career system), and another publisher is free to use it - or pick it apart and use, say, the Mishaps Table for his own Nova Marine career.
Probably going into too much detail on that, but someone wouldhave been bound to ask
Flynn said:
Is there a process by which I may make a request to have additional material considered for posting to the SRD as Open Game Content?
Sure, you can post suggestions here! Oh, but before anyone asks, it _is_ likely that material from books like Mercenary and High Guard will be made Open, but it will take us a little while to provide SRDs for them.
