Two things really quickly:

What if werewolves and vampires were allergic to gold instead of silver.

What if, to fight the threat, alchemists created a liquid gold called alchemist gold. It's like mercury, just gold.

(then, what if it is really sunlight that changes lycanthropes, and not the moon?

http://btrc.wikidot.com/

Gotta run, more later.

Latest update from Scott is that the GSL will likely be out late tomorrow.

With all this buildup, I certainly hope it is not an index to the first three books.

My interest, by the way, is not so much the game as how the GSL looks. Open gaming brought D&D back to profitability and generated a ton of interest. If folks get greedy, then it is possible to lose the benefits of free content.

I guess we'll see.