Hi,
I am not sure if this is in the right place or not, but it looked like the best candidate.
I am an independent writer/publisher and I am a little confused over the wording of the License for the PRD. It states that only Game Mechanics are considered Open Content. Is there anything within the PRD that is NOT considered to be Game Mechanics?
To elaborate, in the PRD, under the entry for Aasimar, there is a line under the name us what an Aasimar looks like:
This supernaturally beautiful woman looks human, yet emanates a strange sense of calm and benevolence.
There also a paragraph under the treasure entry giving us a brief description of what an Aasimar is:
Aasimars are humans with a significant amount of celestial or other good outsider blood in their ancestry. Aasimars are not always good, but it is a natural tendency for them, and they gravitate to good faiths or organizations associated with celestials. Aasimar heritage can hide for generations, only to appear suddenly in the child of two apparently human parents. Most societies interpret aasimar births as good omens. Aasimars look mostly human except for some minor physical trait that reveals their unusual heritage. Typical aasimar features are hair that shines like metal, unusual eye or skin color, or even glowing golden halos.
Are these open content, or is the open content material for Aasimar limited to (1) the stats block and (2) the descriptors of the powers at the bottom of the entry?
I ask as I am preparing some material for publication, but I want to know what I can and cannot use in my products. The last thing I wish to do is break the rules and find myself having to withdraw and revise the publication.
Thanks in advance.