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<blockquote data-quote="Grazzt" data-source="post: 101771" data-attributes="member: 7">Cergorach is correct about using the monsters. Regardless of where the monster appeared in 1e/2e, if it appears in a non-SRD 3e product, you cannot use it. Now- you can convert and do your own version, but that is about it.For example, if I were designing an adventure that used bullywugs, perytons, and wemics....I would have to do my own conversion of that monster and couldnt even come close to touching the current 3e version (which appears in the Monsters of Faerun book).Now- I am not sure if my version of said monsters could even be close to the official 3e version. It is my understanding that they cannot.It might be one of those things where it has to be totally different in abilities and description. Also- I believe bullywug is IP (and not from mythology) so it would be best to avoid them completely.If ya really wanted to use them for example, it would be best to make them like their 1e/2e counterpart and rename them to something else. Or best just to avoid them completely.Regarding the SRD, I can see WotC releasing the Monsters of Faerun (well most of it anyway) as SRD, but not the actual FR stuff. So- perhaps one day we can use bullywugs legally without stepping on toes.Of course, I am not a lawyer, so I might not know what the hell I am talking about either. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Grazzt, post: 101771, member: 7"] Cergorach is correct about using the monsters. Regardless of where the monster appeared in 1e/2e, if it appears in a non-SRD 3e product, you cannot use it. Now- you can convert and do your own version, but that is about it. For example, if I were designing an adventure that used bullywugs, perytons, and wemics....I would have to do my own conversion of that monster and couldnt even come close to touching the current 3e version (which appears in the Monsters of Faerun book). Now- I am not sure if my version of said monsters could even be close to the official 3e version. It is my understanding that they cannot. It might be one of those things where it has to be totally different in abilities and description. Also- I believe bullywug is IP (and not from mythology) so it would be best to avoid them completely. If ya really wanted to use them for example, it would be best to make them like their 1e/2e counterpart and rename them to something else. Or best just to avoid them completely. Regarding the SRD, I can see WotC releasing the Monsters of Faerun (well most of it anyway) as SRD, but not the actual FR stuff. So- perhaps one day we can use bullywugs legally without stepping on toes. Of course, I am not a lawyer, so I might not know what the hell I am talking about either. :D [/QUOTE]

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