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Our own Eric Morton (Epic Meepo) did something like this. I don't have a link on me at the moment, but they're around here somewhere.

Happy gaming,
- The Questioner


Ah! Thanks very much. I was just searching "products" for the word "free." I did not realize there was a price filter. Much obliged.


I have a question.

Is there an easy way to search the webstores for PDFs with a price of "free"? Say, for example, that one wanted to round up a bunch of free PDFs with which to do a series of reviews for said products. Or if one simply wanted to "sample" the various 3pp producers out there, to get an idea as to the quality of work each 3pp offers before spending any cash on the paid stuff.


I have a question.

Would it be legally questionable for a 3pp publisher to release a PDF product that contained re-named and mechanically-different but thematically-similar races equivalent to Eberon's warforged, changeling, shifter, and kalashtar?

What about a product that contained a bunch of mechanically-different feats that gave you "marks" that, depending on your race, gave you special powers related to a theme?

Again, in either case the mechanics and names would be completely different from the mechanics and names used in WotC's Eberron Campaign Setting. The tone and theme would be near-identical, and clearly inspired by the material first published for the Eberron Campaign Setting.

Surely WotC doesn't have a copyright on the idea of hereditary tattoos or half-dopplegangers. Would such a product be legally legit without the express consent of Wizards of the Coast? Is there a precedent for such a thing?