T20 Open Gaming Content Question

[Zhanken the Snake]

I may be somewhat out-of-line here, if so please excuse me, but might I ask just how much of the PC prehistory section in character creation is going to be OGC? I'm trying to work up some idea for character prehistory and I can get nothing that even slightly resembles anything game-balanced.

Zhanken

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Vikings? There ain't no vikings here. Just us honest farmers. The town was burning, the villagers were dead. They didn't need those sheep anyway. That's our story and we're sticking to it.

 

[phydaux]

Geez, I read that 3 times and I still don't understand your question.

What does OGC stand for?

What on earth does the character's backstory (that IS what you mean by prehistory, isn't it?) have to do with game balance?

 

[GypsyComet]

OGC = "Open Gaming Content"

In other words, stuff that is effectively added to the list of what anyone can use for later D20 products.