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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 6599747" data-attributes="member: 2067">So the big takeaway is that you can probably put out free adventures and no one's gonna stop you. WotC likely has little interest in slapping fans upside the face with C&D's when they're just making free adventures and putting them out there. Practically, you'll probably be fine, as long as you are operating in good faith. Legally, and technically, it's a bit stickier. My lay man's understanding:There's no law against compatibility. You can make a dongle that works with your iPhone, and you can make an adventure or supplement that works with 5e, and you're probably OK.However, you want to avoid a few things. First of all, be wary of using actual terms owned by WotC - words like Dungeons & Dragons, or monsters that aren't already open from the SRD, or locations in WotC worlds. The safest route is just to steer away from those. You don't want to imply in any way that WotC has somehow sanctioned your adventure, and the more likely that someone is to imagine that, the less safe you are under the law. Disclaimers aren't magic, but they probably won't hurt. For similar reasons, you also want to avoid the formatting and design that mimics WotC's. Make a new stat block format for your monsters/spells/items, don't use a similar text, and make sure someone can visually distinguish your adventure from a WotC adventure at a glance. IANAL, so heaps of salt and all that, but this is my hobbyist's perspective.</blockquote>

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