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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4677604" data-attributes="member: 59506">DISCLAIMER: I'm not a lawyer either.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> I'm not 100% sure on this, but I am pretty sure.<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> WoTC can put "For Personal Use Only" on their character sheets all they want, and it doesn't necessarily mean they have any legal grounds to restrict it's use.  The only thing they can restrict on them is logos and Trademark material.  The rest of the sheet is simply a form.  If you removed all Trademark material (Logos, the D&D name, etc.), you can copy the rest of the sheet as is, and post it, print it, and yes - even sell it, and WoTC has no legal grounds to stop you.  Now, that doesn't mean that they wouldn't try to stop you.  And if one doesn't have the money to fight a legal battle, they win anyways.  But the fact remains that forms are not copyrightable and therefore are not protected. If you put copyrightable material on it, such as spells/powers/feats/skills text, lists of spells/feats/powers, or dropdowns that do the same - then you've infringed copyright again.  But, a blank form (character sheet) is not copyrightable.  (Technically, posting a fully fleshed out character, with all of his feats/skills/powers,etc. - using copyrighted text/material, it's probably violating copyright.  But if it's just a fan on a fansite, it's too small for WoTC to probably worry about.)</blockquote>

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