Once again, I am progressing towards making the "first tier" a totally complete game that people can play as long as they want to. If they want to go to the still-nebulous "next tier" then they can, at a later time, if it ever exists. In the meantime, I've got a system for improving talents that should keep players and DMs happy for as many levels as they care to play. While elements are present on this thread, the final result, I feel, is my own.

How should attribution work? I already reference the forum in acknowledgments, but with a higher level of borrowing, I feel it best to use specific handles in the acknowledgments. But does that need to go to the point of noting which ideas came from what people before being repackaged for my system? This feels especially complicated when there are some parts that I came to independently, at a later time, because the system works in that direction. But I didn't do it FIRST.

Anyway, just want a sense of how strict the attribution should be (especially since I don't even have names, just forum handles). I appreciate the creativity here.

Is it enough to include a list of screen names in my acknowledgments if I use something that resembles an idea they posted, or if I adapt something they posted to fit into my work? I'm wondering if maybe I should just stop reading the forums, if attribution gets too sticky. What do you all think?