nosig wrote:
John Francis wrote:
Yes. It clearly uses Paizo's IP, and as far as I can tell it does not fall under the type of permitted use covered by Paizo's Community Use Policy.
Under the CUP, you are allowed to "descriptively reference" characters from (some) Paizo products. That doesn't include developing whole new storylines featuring those characters.
Sorry to take so long to respond to this.
ok, you caused me to worry about infringing on IP so I started checking, and found an earlier thread from someone else (Mystic Lemur , his was the second post in this thread) asking about this very issue. Here's a link to that thread.
Other Thread asking about an Auntie Baltwin PC.
three or four entries up from the linked entry from John Francis is the note from Mike Moreland that says in part....
"There's nothing in the rules explicitly forbidding making a PC named Gilga Baltwin and making her whatever you want her to be. You might consider using a different name, however, and just basing your character's concept on the established NPC to avoid confusion at the table with other players who find it hard to suspend disbelief (the same way a PC might find it hard to play with a PC named Drandle Dreng or Eliza Petulengro). "
having read this now from Mr. Moreland, I will in the future check with the other players at the table before playing this PC at a table, to be sure that the other players (and judge) will find her as enjoyable as those that have played with her so far.
I, on the other hand, will just sass people who have a problem with me until they recognize just how lucky they are to have me on hand.
