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<blockquote data-quote="rules.mechanic" data-source="post: 8386247" data-attributes="member: 7025773">Not sure if the other two ways to publish D&amp;D material are relevant and would be really interested to know:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Via the <a href="https://company.wizards.com/en/legal/fancontentpolicy" target="_blank">WotC Fan Content Policy</a>, if you're publishing for free (I see some donation/ads allowed). Game mechanics are a confusing issue since game rules are by definition not copyright/IP.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Or via DMs Guild (not recommended: policy not available for link but needs a close read as it doesn't let you distribute your copyright anywhere else even for free; also would need to be very careful not to include any A5E copyright).</li>
</ol>It looks like the Fan Content Policy can be used for works that also include material from the OGL, so Option 1 may be possible? If so, would be great. I currently make use of it for the <a href="https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-MV3hWWDAs26UwmlWcG5" target="_blank">Tome of Variance</a> project - the next edition is coming out September and I was then hoping to align it with A5E (not least as my own groups will change over!).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rules.mechanic, post: 8386247, member: 7025773"] Not sure if the other two ways to publish D&D material are relevant and would be really interested to know: [LIST=1] [*]Via the [URL='https://company.wizards.com/en/legal/fancontentpolicy']WotC Fan Content Policy[/URL], if you're publishing for [B]free [/B](I see some donation/ads allowed). Game mechanics are a confusing issue since game rules are by definition not copyright/IP. [*]Or via DMs Guild (not recommended: policy not available for link but needs a close read as it doesn't let you distribute your copyright anywhere else even for free; also would need to be very careful not to include any A5E copyright). [/LIST] It looks like the Fan Content Policy can be used for works that also include material from the OGL, so Option 1 may be possible? If so, would be great. I currently make use of it for the [URL='https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-MV3hWWDAs26UwmlWcG5']Tome of Variance[/URL] project - the next edition is coming out September and I was then hoping to align it with A5E (not least as my own groups will change over!). [/QUOTE]

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