Tuesday July 6th, 1999
There seems to always be a general interest in fan fiction, role playing games, and other fan-created works set in Midkemia (these are frequently bad things, btw). In response to a recent thread about such items, Ray posted this:
If someone calls something to my attention, then I go and investigate.
If someone is creating a game, any system of RPG, using Midkemia as a setting, my characters as NPC's, naming PC's after my characters, etc. in the privacy of their own home, that's no problem.
If they run a game via e-mail, privately, that's no problem.
As soon as they solicit players or put up a web page, things start getting murky.In general, if someone does it privately, I've got no complaint.
If they do it publicly, they're probably going to eventually be told to stop it by myself, my agent, my lawyer, etc.
This may seem harsh, but you need to realize that anything that dilutes Ray's rights to his own works is a serious matter.
