[Q&A] AJ Schmidt (Universal Horizons)

[19:01] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> HI, I’m AJ Schmidt. I have been RPGing since 1978. Ten years ago, I had the pleasure of introducing my son to the world of role-playing with organize-play living worlds.

[19:01] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We hosted conventions, wrote adventures, and ran events supporting that system… until it all changed. The company came out with a Fourth Edition and forbade us to continue the campaign we all loved.

[19:01] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Moreover, the new edition resembled miniature gaming more than role-playing. We enjoyed the game for a while, but it left us longing to share the same types of experiences we had growing up.

[19:01] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Myself and life-long gamer John Teske always tweaked ‘house rules.’ Our friends encouraged us to do more. We wrote a multi-genre skill-based tabletop RPG.   After six years of development and three years of play testing, we published UNIVERSAL HORIZONS PLAYERS’ HANDBOOK months ago.

[19:01] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Players, desperately needing character templates, encouraged us to build and publish BLOODTOOTH VOCATIONS for our first core genre, Bloodtooth.

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[19:03] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Bloodtooth Genre is a modern world circa 1980s fraught with conspiracies. The presence of Lycans, Yeti, vampires, zombies, and other oddities are known, bot no government will confirm of verify their existence.

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[19:04] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> …. and lol, one of my most remembered character was named Gar…

[19:06] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The Araqunidia Genre is a world in turmoil. Alien ‘bug’ like creatures invaded a Terran world to make it their home. Only after a scorched-earth campaign with nuclear weapons did they level the battle field. Now both are fighting for control some 18 solrevs later…

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[19:07] <+Randy> wut wut

[19:07] <~Dan> (Howdy, Randy! Q&A in progress! 🙂 )

[19:07] <+Randy> ((whoops))

[19:07] <+Randy> ((my bad)

[19:07] <~Dan> (#rpgnet2 open, though!)

[19:08] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The Universal Horizons (UH) system uses d% for skills and d6 for damage. The Player adds their d% to the rank of the skill to reach a target number (TN). A difficult TN is usually TN100, a moderate is TN50, and 25 increment modifiers apply

[19:08] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> hi randy!

[19:08] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> <done>

[19:09] <~Dan> Thanks, AJ!

[19:09] <~Dan> The floor is open to questions!

[19:09] <+Randy> howdy

[19:09] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> hee hee

[19:09] <~Dan> So the game is purely skill based? No classes or levels, correct?

[19:11] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> none, we do have eight abilities that define the core character… Memory & Deduction make MIND, Strength and Dexterity make Body, Faith and Imagination make Soul, Capital and Employability make Wealth

[19:12] <~Dan> And how do those abilities relate to skills?

[19:12] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> MIND, BODY, SOUL, & WEALTH  are Resources to take damage or ‘hits’

[19:13] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> for one, abilities can be substituted for skills the character does not have with a two shift penalty… for example:

[19:14] <+Nacyle> How familiar would one have to be with rpg’s to play?

[19:15] <+Nacyle> Oops, sorry ))

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[19:15] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> All characters can swim, but swimming hard against a current or storm requires some training and conditioning. That skill is aquatics. Aqua TN75 would be an appropriate call, but a person w/o that skill can roll ave Body at TN125

[19:16] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> No prev exp needed. We even have a basic character that simplifies to a system that uses 16 skills with a d20 … like Aqua falls under Sports.

[19:17] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We have 8 year olds, college, and old farts like me gaming at the same table having a great time… in fact, the basic char brings some unique advantages to the party.

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[19:18] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Since the basic only uses categories, they can roll against many skills if they have that category, however, they are limited to how high they can train in it and they cannot creat permanent items.

[19:19] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> np nacyle 😀

[19:19] <~Dan> Are abilities only used for defaulting, or do they directly affect skills as well?

[19:20] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The hardest part was making the character, that is why we had to build regenerated characters… we made 60 of them BV ($12.95) <— shameless plug!

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[19:20] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> hihi

[19:21] <~Dan> (Howdy, egyptian, and wb, Randy!)

[19:21] <+Randy> (thank ya0

[19:21] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Some genres offer different modifier bonuses. The only modifier the core genre allows is a 10% bonus Str damage on melee or thrown weapons

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[19:22] <~Dan> What’s your reasoning behind making that genre-dependent?

[19:25] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The writer of the genre (or the Guide in home campaigns) has the flexibility to add or modify these rules. For example: Dex modifier (10%) damage added to range attacks is done in one campaign I know of. We, as writers, want the genres to offer their own unique tweaks and feel for the game. The core genres remain very stable, but other worlds may offer

[19:25] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> infinite opportunities that we did not anticipate…. we like that. 😀

[19:26] <~Dan> Cool. 🙂

[19:26] <~Dan> Now, what do you mean by (10%) damage? How does that work?

[19:27] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> An ability modifier (or skill) is 10% of the rank. A Hero with Str 45 gets a Str modifier of +4 damage on melee attacks. we always round down.

[19:28] <~Dan> Do you offer the option of abilities adding to the base skill chance as well?

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[19:31] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We don’t in the core system. Abilities are a ceiling for skill rank and provide more hits in that resource. To get Aqua rank 60, the Hero must have an average or Str and Dex to be 60 (or a body of 120)

[19:31] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Remember, the ability can substitute as the skill with shifts, so we did not provide a modifier on the skills themselves

[19:33] <~Dan> You touched on this, but can you clarify how the core mechanic works, and expand on how it functions in combat?

[19:35] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> In combat, we use a combat skill, like combat one-handed blade (COHBL). A beginning fighter might have COHBL 30. To successfully attack a creature facing him, he must move to it and declair

[19:36] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> declare an attack. Front facing is TN100 attacking side TN75, and back is TN50.

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[19:37] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We use facing, so the combat is very dynamic as Heroes are always maneuvering to get the best shot in (as thematic as possible), this resembles the ‘dance of combat’

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[19:37] <~Dan> (Howdy, MonochromeTide!)

[19:37] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> hihi

[19:39] <~Dan> What about defense?

[19:40] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Moving recklessly provokes a parting shot, so using half movement, they can cautiously move around their foes. Humans can move 6 spaces, hex or square.

[19:40] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Armors provide DR (damage reduction) or ER (energy reduction)

[19:41] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> advanced creatures have evasion, but Heroes can only gain evasion from magic or technology items.

[19:41] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> 0r spells

[19:42] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> you’re going to be an expert soon!

[19:42] <~Dan> So there’s no way to parry or dodge attacks?

[19:43] <~Dan> Heh. I am a man of many systems. 🙂

[19:43] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Come buy the book at Gen Con 2014!

[19:43] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> There is… it breaks the rules, so we call this a Combat trick.

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[19:45] <~Dan> (Howdy, Silverlion!)

[19:45] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Combat tricks are skills used in combination with other skills. A fighter with Combat Weapon Trick – Parry1 (CWTRX – parry1) may attempt to parry one incoming attack at TN100.

[19:46] <+Nacyle> Are there modifiers for luck?  (I have a bad habit of terribke dice rolls)

[19:46] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> When attacking, he uses this trick in combination when attacking … this invokes skill combination rules, which means all skills used for the same action uses the lowest of the ranks.

[19:47] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We have two luck mechanics…. one is wild dice the other fortuna… you want fortuna!!!

[19:47] <~Dan> How do those work? 🙂

[19:48] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Wild dice happens when a natural 100 is rolled on a skill check, the Hero immediately gets to roll another d% and add it to the roll. As the rank goes up, so does the chance for wild dice.

[19:49] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> a ranks of 30 gets wild dice on 100, 99, 98, 97… basically 100 – skill modifier.

[19:49] <~Dan> If it’s based on a natural 100, how does the chance to get one go up?

[19:49] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> A fortuna is good fortune and adds a +50 to any one roll

[19:50] <+BlasterKyubey210> Skill Rank in a field… for example

[19:50] <+BlasterKyubey210> Imagine I have a Lockpick skill of 20, meaning trained (if anything else), my Wild Dice range is 100 to 80 (assuming nothing funny happens)

[19:50] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> a natural 1 always misses.

[19:51] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> skill modifier is 10% of the skill, so Mech (lock picking) 20 has Wild dice on 100. 99. 98. 😀

[19:51] <+BlasterKyubey210> Ok whoops

[19:51] <~Dan> AJofUniversalHorizons: Ah, got it.

[19:52] <+BlasterKyubey210> But the general idea is that as you improve your skill, your Wild Dice range slowly goes up

[19:52] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Great rolls like this cause great successes, usually in a cinematic interpretation.

[19:52] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> exactly

[19:52] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> also great rolls can cause more damage in combat

[19:52] <~Dan> Speaking of cinematic, how cinematic would you say the system is?

[19:53] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> a called shot of one shift doubles damage, three shifts triples, six quadruples.

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[19:53] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Very cinematic, but it depends on your Guide’s descriptions.

[19:54] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> one can really delve into the roll-playing with 200+ skills… also, there cannot be an everything player.

[19:54] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The justice league, hold out for superman idea…

[19:55] <~Dan> Does having that many skills make character creation difficult?

[19:55] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Our premise is put Supes in a world with a red sun, then he must be a Hero with Clark’s skills.

[19:57] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We fixed that with BLOODTOOTH VOCATIONS, which offers 60 pre-made skill classes…. like thug, hippie, agent, investigator, or even waitress (who was the star player at Origins this weekend).

[19:58] <+Nacyle> Is there a chance you could run through character creation/the character sheet?  If there is enough time *nods towards dan*

[19:58] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The waitress heroically established communication with an insane man and gained a wealth of information, and using Psyc, began to cure his insanity! very keel!

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[19:58] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> kewl!

[19:58] <~Dan> (Howdy, Gurkenglas!)

[20:00] <~Dan> Speaking of Superman, do you think the system can handle superheroes?

[20:00] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> In UH PLAYERS’ HANDBOOK, we detail many methods of character creation. I prefer the skill buying method and will detail it here. (Yes powers are VERY feasible)

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[20:03] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> first 8 scores are assigned to the abilities 50, 50, 45, 45, 40, 40, 35, 35. The they player chooses to be a Sponsor or another role (Leader, Striker, Support, Jack). The Sponsor gets all the COIN, but half the skills (10)

[20:03] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> the sponsor picks 5 skills at 30 and 5 at 15.

[20:04] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> All other roles divide their Capital ability by 2, losing those points.

[20:04] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> the other roles get 20 skills… 5 at 30, 5 at 20, and 10 at 10.

[20:04] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> kk

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[20:05] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> As an incentive, the regenerated characters all have one skill raised to 40 since we made the the kit

[20:06] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> <pre-generated>

[20:06] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> in all we have 63 pre-gens. 60 in BV and 3 in UHPH

[20:06] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> All are based in Bloodtooth genre

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[20:07] <~Dan> (Howdy, Squide!)

[20:07] <~Dan> And Bloodtooth is modern horror?

[20:08] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Bloodtooth Genre is a modern world circa 1980s fraught with conspiracies. The presence of Lycans, Yeti, vampires, zombies, and other oddities are known, bot no government will confirm of verify their existence.

[20:08] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> hee hee, essentially.

[20:08] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> More like x-files meets buffy

[20:09] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> where buffy may fight any number of oddities around the world, instead of the nexus of her home town

[20:09] <~Dan> What creatures are available as PCs?

[20:11] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> None at this time. We have templates being play tested for fantasy and expansions. A wolf-man race is being created for example on the world of Araqunida. The fantasy genre favorites are being tested, but we are not ready t oriole them out yet.

[20:11] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> ready to roll

[20:12] <~Dan> So the PCs are all normal humans?

[20:13] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> In Bloodtooth and Araqunidia (for now). It only makes sense in those genres since 1980s we did not have mainstreamed aliens, vamps, lycans, etc…

[20:13] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We have plans for advanced humans and those afflictions to be unveiled

[20:14] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> by using evolutions

[20:14] <~Dan> (Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103417/?ref_=nv_sr_1)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103417/?ref_=nv_sr_1 🙂

[20:14] <+Nacyle> Can youbtell us about the campaigns you have done?

[20:15] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> for example, River from Firefly has two evolutions in body and one in mind.

[20:16] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> … perfect, we start in 1980, but the time we get to 1989, I will have them for you! and if you bring up Michael Fox movies, you’re in trouble!!! LOL!

[20:17] <~Dan> 😀

[20:18] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We have about 30 convention ready mods jumping back and forth from Bloodtooth and Araqunidia. We have one AQ mod nearly ready to publish, and are strongly looking at kickstarter

[20:18] <~Dan> How high-tech is Araqunidia?

[20:19] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Bt tech 5 Aq is tech 7

[20:19] <~Dan> Translation? 🙂

[20:21] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> plasma weapons, ppc weapons, rail guns, anoretics, robotics, skill enhancement implants, Immediate skill uploads, hover cars, hover skiffs, interplanetary travel, moon bases, satellite uplinks, Hover cities, etc…

[20:22] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> androtics keeps autospelling… lol

[20:22] <~Dan> 🙂

[20:22] <~Dan> Are there any other aliens in that setting?

[20:23] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The system does not let your take those items back with you to BT…. The bugs in Aq are the aliens. There are aliens in BT as well.

[20:24] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> AQ also has a rich history

[20:24] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> with Roman Pantheon and Magic use, once discovered.

[20:25] <~Dan> (brb — please continue)

[20:25] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Magic is very rare in Aq, but very powerful

[20:26] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Heroes must gain access through gameplay to influence the deities to bless them with the ability. The other known magic is portal magic called Alchemy.

[20:26] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> {lots of lightning I might lose you}

[20:27] <+BlasterKyubey210> Portal Magic? Sounds something right out of Full Metal Alchemist

[20:27] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> never read it. The portal magic is based on Janus.

[20:28] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> of greek mythos

[20:28] <~Dan> (back)

[20:28] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> hihi

[20:28] <+BlasterKyubey210> Ah, eh oh well

[20:29] <~Dan> So what fantasy races will you introduce in that setting?

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[20:30] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> elf, gnome, dwarf, half-elf, halfling, Orcan

[20:30] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We have not finalized it or the names exactly… still in playtest

[20:31] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We are using the UH system with a Paizo product and it works wonderfully.

[20:32] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> we have about 3500 spells, so we need to make sure our advancement is working.

[20:32] <~Dan> To clarify my earlier question: Are there aliens other than the bugs in Araqunidia?

[20:33] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Yes, but not in the current series. The aliens use the portals, and technically the Heroes are the aliens.

[20:35] <~Dan> How much of a bestiary do you include in the settings?

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[20:37] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> All. We have to put the monsters in the adventure settings since we do not have a full manual for critters yet. The first publication has at least 10+ and we are planning to continue that trend

[20:37] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Bt will have fewer monsters, since much of the conspiracies are human related or one monster class at a time.

[20:39] <~Dan> So you mentioned powers… How would you add them to the system?

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[20:39] <~Dan> (Howdy, KJ!)

[20:40] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Ah, we have detailed a spell modification system. The Hero begins with a base spell that becomes her power. She may then enhance and alter that power though advancement points called HoP (Heroic Opportunity Points)

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[20:41] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> The spell can change its cost, area, targets, damage, or any other parameter. The higher level the spell the more points. Also certain stunts can be purchased with HoPs.

[20:42] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> For example a person with a light ability may stunt to create a laser like ability, and then advance that power in similar fashion.

[20:43] <~Dan> So you’re saying that superpowers would be based on spells?

[20:44] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Initially at the onset. Once the power is established, the player modifies the ‘spell-like’ ability to become unique…

[20:45] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> A lightning bolt can get fork ability, or color modification, or cost less resource so it can be performed more often, or stunted to be transferred through metal, etc..

[20:47] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> all these have certain advancement costs depending on how much they alter the power, just to keep it in check… we don’t want the first lightning bolt to create gates and portals… they can build up to that , but it is a bit to OP for us.

[20:48] <+BlasterKyubey210> Oh fun, always wanted to be Cole in that setting

[20:48] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> hee hee…

[20:48] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Magneto is my fav

[20:48] <+BlasterKyubey210> Cole, fresh from his latest run on his new model Atlas for the Inner Sphere

[20:49] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> So much to be done with magnetism.

[20:49] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Heroes advance by performing heroic actions and story awards… all detailed in that UHPH.

[20:50] <~Dan> A quick note, AJ: You are welcome to hang out with us as long as you like after the top of the hour and continue to answer questions, if you like. For that matter, you’re always welcome here in general.

[20:50] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> UHPH <—- ($29.95) more shameless plugs… coming to a Gen Con near you

[20:50] <~Dan> That said, is there anything that we haven’t covered that you’d like to mention?

[20:51] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We love gamers, writers, and artists. All in all, we want folks to be able to take their characters from one setting to the other while preserving the integrity of their Hero and the integrity of the genre.

[20:52] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> IF anyone want to write scenarios or play, we want to encourage them to try our system.

[20:53] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We entertain all questions at UH.Publishing(at)yahoo.com

[20:54] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> So far we have about 800+ original artworks, 4 Registered TMs, and a patent for changing genres. We hope to be here a long time!

[20:54] <+xyphoid> A patent on a rpg mechanic? Can you tell us more about that?

[20:56] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Not in a few mins… also, it get to be law-speak gibberish very quickly.

[20:56] <~Dan> What (if any) game systems inspired you?

[20:57] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> IN essence, it’s a process patent for paper and online applications for transferring virtual entities from one genre to another.

[20:57] <+xyphoid> I mean, lots of rpgs have genre-changing stuff, so it’s kind of a dramatic step to patent it – what does that mean for other cross-setting systems

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[20:58] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Gary Gygax, D&D, and all the genres we can experience in the movies theaters. I would love to take my character from Indiana Jones to Pandora, to water world, to the old west, and Middle Earth… just som mud hot experience.!

[20:59] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> just so much to experience. Why just limit ourselves to one World!!!??

[21:00] <~Dan> Indeed. 🙂

[21:00] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> I hope I provided enough for you to get a feel of the system.

[21:00] <~Dan> Certainly!

[21:00] <+xyphoid> i mean a patent for a rpg mechanic is a huge piece of news

[21:00] <+xyphoid> since the general view’s always been that you can’t patent those

[21:00] <~Dan> Thanks for coming by, AJ!

[21:00] <+xyphoid> are you planning on licensing this or going after other systems for infringement?

[21:00] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Passed its first defense, onto the the next!

[21:01] <~Dan> If you can stick around, I’ll get the log posted and get you the link. 🙂

[21:01] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> I would love share the system.

[21:02] <+xyphoid> (Link: https://www.google.com/patents/US20140038722?dq=%22universal+horizons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A6KfU-DLOZCdkgXa-YDoDA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA)https://www.google.com/patents/US20140038722?dq=%22universal+horizons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A6KfU-DLOZCdkgXa-YDoDA&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA

[21:02] <+xyphoid> is this the one?

[21:02] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> We have worked on it for a decade, I just don’t want it to be copied without recognition.

[21:02] <+xyphoid> have you considered Alternity as prior art?

[21:04] <~Dan> Here you go, AJ: (Link: https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/qa-aj-schmidt-universal-horizons/)https://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2014/06/16/qa-aj-schmidt-universal-horizons/

[21:04] <+xyphoid> do you consider that your patent covers things like importing characters from one computer rpg into another?

[21:04] <+xyphoid> it certainly seems to cover that

[21:04] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> I have no interest in shutting down other systems. I write conspiracy theories; I do not live them. Simply stated.

[21:05] <+xyphoid> are you willing to offer a free license for your patent then

[21:07] <+AJofUniversalHorizons> Nothing is free. I would like some form of recognition for new systems using our mechanic.

[21:07] <+xyphoid> i mean patents on software are pretty controversial and you are claiming, in your patent, rights to ANYTHING related to converting a character from one system or game to another

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[21:07] <+xyphoid> dan please make sure this goes into the page too, it’s enormous news

[21:08] <+xyphoid> and i want to link it heh