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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 8888097" data-attributes="member: 463">OK so I had a look. Macris was trying to parse the text of the FAQ as if it were contract terms, when it's supposed to be explanatory,The most relevant actual term:1.ii. Not Usable D&D Content (“Unlicensed Content”) – This is Dungeons & Dragons content that has been or later will be produced as “official” – that is, released by Wizards of the Coast or any of its predecessors or successors – and is not present in the SRD v. 5.1. Unlicensed Content includes things like the most famous Dungeons & Dragons monsters, characters, magic spells, and things relating to the various settings used in Dungeons & Dragons official content over the years – what the old Open Game License referred to as “Product Identity.” Unlicensed Content is NOT covered by this agreement, and You agree not to use Unlicensed Content unless Your use is specifically authorized by a separate agreement with Us. If You want to include that content in Your work, You must go through the Dungeon Masters Guild or other official channels.OK so I feel increasingly that my initial instinct was right.  The new FAQ seems to make pre-5.1 SRD material Unlicensed, and WoTC is focused on getting people to agree they won't use it.Conversely, they SAY here - in an actual term - that they are talking about Product Identity. PI was pretty restricted in the OGL 1.0, and obviously did NOT cover the contents of the 3e/3.5e/5e SRDs! It does say Unlicensed Content 'includes' PI, with the implication that it goes beyond PI, though. So they seem to be setting up a bait and switch for the unwary, who may think they're only agreeing not to use PI, when really they're agreeing to not use anything outside the 5.1 SRD - including the older SRDs released under the OGL 1.0.My head hurts now. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f606.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":LOL:" title="Laugh    :LOL:"  data-smilie="17"data-shortname=":LOL:" /></blockquote>

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