Let's talk about using game IP in other games outside the scope of the OGL.
Be careful, the SRD only has a subset of the game's content, and it's all that can be used under the OGL.
You can download it and the SRD on their site. Wizards has also released 5e - or at least some of it - under the OGL as well. Some people use the OGL to put out modules for various other non-OGL D&D versions, but that's actually somewhat complex and you need to understand the rest of what's going on in IP land to know how and why. See also What content can I reproduce from Pathfinder? that has a similar discussion specific to Pathfinder. There are some " retroclones" that use the OGL and actually pull the OGL 3.5e information from the d20 SRD into something that looks more like an older version of D&D. You can read the blog post Open Gaming for Dummies to understand these very specific legal terms.
ZOMBIE BEHOLDER 5E STATS LICENSE
4e used a non-open license called the GSL, and previous versions had no available user license except under contract with TSR. Other games derived from the d20 SRD (like Pathfinder and Mutants and Masterminds) and totally unrelated games, like FATE, use the OGL. D&D 3e/3.5e was made open for others' use under the OGL and the open portion was published as a SRD, or System Reference Document. The OGL is a specific license with specific terms. You're somewhat confused, which is understandable since intellectual property rights and D&D is a confusing issue. As I understand it, publishing my module under the OGL is independent of whether the edition of D&D I intend it to be used with is also published under the OGL. And some publishers (such as Frog God Games) are making supplements for 5e while claiming use of the OGL. And while copyright law seems to indicate that the OGL isn't needed to publish add-ons at all, just about every publisher I've seen includes an OGL statement.
Note: My understanding of the OGL is that it is not exclusive to the 3e ruleset.
ZOMBIE BEHOLDER 5E STATS MANUALS
So, can I draw in the exact stats and damage info from the D&D manuals regardless of edition, without a license? If I keep it under 400 words, would this fall under the "fair use" clause of copyright?
ZOMBIE BEHOLDER 5E STATS MANUAL
I know there are areas where I can't draw directly (copyrighted worlds, spells, characters, etc.), but can I include more generic information drawn from the major core books?įor example, in an encounter where the party fights Zombies, can I include the 5e zombie stats like HP, AC, attack types, etc.? Would I need permission from Wizards of the Coast to include specific information like this? Or, since it is a generic monster, am I free to use D&D stats from the Monster Manual or other books?īasically, if I have a party encounter a 'generic' monster like a Skeleton, can I include stats in the description of the encounter like so:ĪD&D: AC 6, HP 4, damage: 1d6 or by weapons (or other data drawn directly from the AD&D Monster Manual)ĭ&D 5e: AC 13, HP 13, damage vulnerabilities: bludgeoning, damage resistance (etc., etc., drawn directly from the 5e MM) I intend to write a D&D module and publish it under the OGL (I know 5e itself isn't OGL, see note below) for use with both D&D 5e and AD&D.
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