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The "oll" in gnoll is pronounced like the one in "toll", right? I hate pronunciation. You can never be sure how to say something without hearing it first.

It was all fun and games back in the yonder days. Thanks for the info, guys. It is mucho appreciated. I really just wanted to know if the term "gnoll" was fair game for publishers and game designers outside of D&D. What about treant? I've seen that elsewhere as well.

I mean the term "gnoll". Or did D&D make it up? I ask because I see it in a lot of non-D&D games.

Thanks, man. I just might hold you on that.

See, it's not so much the material, but HOW the material is organized into neat little classes that tantalizes my literary tastebuds. For example: the genies. In D&D, they are organized by Elemental Plane. Djinn are air, dao are earth, efreet are fire, marids are water, and jann are everything...

I hope you guys didn't get the wrong impression. I'm not trying to rip-off Wizards of the Coast. I'm just a big mythology/fantasy buff, and the gaming world is not exactly my medium of expertise. In fact, I've never sat in on a live D&D game EVER. My experience in this genre is confined to my...

And that's exactly what I'm going to do. Wizards can keep their Baator and Bytopia.

Thanks all. Exactly what I was thinking. I never really thought of Nirvana as a mechanized place anyway. I like my plane of order to be filled with nodding bodhisattvas, thank you very much. :D Of course. It's not like WotC can claim the Nine Hells as their own.

And you know, I like it better this way. There's no pressure for me to match the D&D cosmology to a tee, since I can make it my own now. I liked Ysgard spelled "Asgard", anyway. :D Yeah, the planes aren't a problem. I can doodle up my own cosmology fine. It's the monsters that I'm interested...

Ah. Alright, I'll take Ranger Reg's advice and see if I can make a deal with WOTC. I don't see any reason why they should say no, since my stuff is in no way meant to intrude on theirs.

That's what I thought. But how can a website like the Creature Catalog legally use (and convert) monsters like the mind flayer and beholder when the SRD clearly states those are Product Identity?

Speaking of which, the SRD doesn't cover anything in 2e, does it?

Thanks guys; this helps me out a lot. The inclusion of some of the proper names and all similarities therein was more of a convenience than a necessity. I don't plan on copying straight from D&D, it's just a potent inspiration for my own material. The main thing I wanted was the right to use...

Where can I get a copy of the SRD? Yeah, I figured that. But I'm not sure about places like Mechanus. I know I could use Primus if I liked, because that name is used widely in a public domain, but I'm not sure about Mechanus. And Sigil is out of the question, but I might be able to get away...

Dang nabbit! :D I only ask because I'm writing an actual fantasy book and I was kind of hoping I could use some of the planes. I just knew I'd have to wade through legal crap first.