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Legend-1.1.Pdf Lege nd LEGEND SYSTEM rule of cool 1 2 RULE OF COOL Gaming presents Legend Jacob KURZER creative lead Chris CAMPBELL design & testing lead Pavel SAMSONOV art direction & layout © 2013, Rule of Cool Gaming LEGEND Elements of Chapters 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 are Open Gaming Content SYSTEM under the Open Gaming License, © 2000 Wizards of the Coast rule of cool 3 Open Game License Version 1.0a modifying or distributing, and You must add the title, the copyright The following text is the property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and date, and the copyright holder’s name to the COPYRIGHT NOTICE is Copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc (“Wizards”). All Rights of any original Open Game Content you Distribute. Reserved. 7. Use of Product Identity: You agree not to Use any Product Identity, 1. 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Contributions are Your original creation and/or You have sufficient The Hypertext d20 SRD Copyright 2004, Jans W Carton. rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License. Legend Copyright 2010, Rule of Cool Gaming. 6. Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of this License to include the exact text of the This sentence and all following text is the property of Rule of Cool COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game Content You are copying, Gaming. 4 Credits Art Direction Pavel Samsonov Creative Lead Jake Kurzer Cover Artist Jessica Muraca Design and Testing Lead Chris Campbell Illustrators Remy Cambridge Development Leads Charles Liu Gordon Kagan Jessica Muraca Samuel Won Additional Illustration Designers Dan Morison Matthew Barkey Christopher Criner Graphic Design/Typesetting Glen Nelson Pavel Samsonov Kevin Ryan W. Hank West Additional Typesetting Jessica Muraca Developers Ben Haser Playtesting Coordinator Steven Nagy Steven Coyne John Watters Publicity and Promotion Chief Editor Laird Smith Tyson Monagle Special Thanks To Editors Ben Challingsworth Heather Campbell Ben Forde Timothy Collett Bucky Steven Coyne Caphi Kieran Easter Timeless Error Tao Sun 5 Contributors The following is a list of Kickstarter backers who contributed to the Illustrating Legend Kickstarter. We are grateful to each and every one of you, and hope you enjoy playing this game as much as (or, ideally, more than) we enjoyed making it. aareth Benabik Christopher Stewart Deudanann Aaron Brigati Benjamin Challingsworth Andrew Harvey Devin Ireson Adam Rajski Billy Barnes Cody James Christopher Dinnsdale Piranha Adam Simmons Bradley Osburn Cole Ferrier DMofDarkness Ainsley Yeager Brian Bergdall Colt Buhr DocteurHalf Airen Brian Bess cptbumble doorknobdeity AK Brian Gorski Craig Lewin drmozh Alessandro Ussia brynna Curt Meyer Ed Kowalczewski Alex Higdon C-0nline Cyrillus Eevil Alex Lapin Calvin Chou Dalton Tindall Elliott Alexandre Cathala Carl Self Dan Eric Jenkins Allen Boston Carlton Dan Daniarty Shaffer Eric Phillips Amine Hsu Carter Lockhart Daniel Glass Evan Burkey Anders Casey Johnson Daniel Santos Ferreira Gahrer Andrew Charles Myers Alves Gary Green Andrew Bassett Chris Best Daniel Siegmann Gayle McDermott Andrew Riley Chris Clary Darius George D. Stefanowich Ann Marie Brown Chris Daniels David Dunklee Greg Hallenbeck Antifnity Chris Hildebrand David Harriss Guillem Cazorla
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