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<blockquote data-quote="halfling rogue" data-source="post: 6801626" data-attributes="member: 6779182">So maybe I missed it somewhere already...or maybe I'm just hopelessly confused on the whole thing. I was hoping the AMA would address it, but it seems like Mearls &amp; Co aren't willing and/or able to answer specific OGL questions. I'd ask on twitter but I'd probably be told to ask my lawyer. So I'll ask here instead <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I may be fuzzy about this, but I think I also recall folks who created online generators or apps were slapped on the wrist...but also told by WotC that if they just stick to the Basic Rules that they'd be in the clear (am I wrong on that?). Does that mean that Basic was functionally being used as a type of SRD? That a generator couldn't use all the PHB but could use Basic... (did any 3rd parties publish anything based on Basic before the OGL?)Which leads me to wonder, what is the relation with the Basic Rules and the OGL? Does the new OGL/SRD render using Basic void (if it was valid before...or does 3rd party gaining financially vs offering for free have anything to do with it)? I ask because Basic includes things not included in the SRD...such as Character Creation. Does anyone know how to untangle this for me, or might point me to someone/somewhere that does?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="halfling rogue, post: 6801626, member: 6779182"] So maybe I missed it somewhere already...or maybe I'm just hopelessly confused on the whole thing. I was hoping the AMA would address it, but it seems like Mearls & Co aren't willing and/or able to answer specific OGL questions. I'd ask on twitter but I'd probably be told to ask my lawyer. So I'll ask here instead ;) I may be fuzzy about this, but I think I also recall folks who created online generators or apps were slapped on the wrist...but also told by WotC that if they just stick to the Basic Rules that they'd be in the clear (am I wrong on that?). Does that mean that Basic was functionally being used as a type of SRD? That a generator couldn't use all the PHB but could use Basic... (did any 3rd parties publish anything based on Basic before the OGL?) Which leads me to wonder, what is the relation with the Basic Rules and the OGL? Does the new OGL/SRD render using Basic void (if it was valid before...or does 3rd party gaining financially vs offering for free have anything to do with it)? I ask because Basic includes things not included in the SRD...such as Character Creation. Does anyone know how to untangle this for me, or might point me to someone/somewhere that does? [/QUOTE]

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