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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6714010" data-attributes="member: 6701872">What generally creates problems is giving away WotC's info without having permission - whether that is putting their monster stats, their class abilities, or even just their particular phrasing of a thing regarded as a game term.What can be done to avoid issues of permission is to simply not use anything that would require permission, sticking to an approach like I have seen in a few "system neutral" adventures that would say things like "As the cave widens, numerous goblins can be seen gathered around a cook-fire preparing for a meal of what looks to be roasted pig. They all have shortbows and daggers nearby. As this is their typical camp, some more permanent furnishing are on hand, including a sturdy chest that contains their treasures, shut with a simple lock." Which is to say, they get across what a person needs to know to make the adventure happen, but that person has to fill in the game mechanics with no cues from the author (i.e. they have decide what "simple lock" means in regards to chances that the players' characters can open it, and have to decide what to fill in for "goblin" with because no stats are provided).There is also the likely much longer and more onerous route: send an email to WotC asking who you need to talk to about what you are and aren't allowed to do, and maybe get that permission which the lack of is root of most problems.</blockquote>

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