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<blockquote data-quote="Flyspeck23" data-source="post: 1362466" data-attributes="member: 10648">First off, jmucchiello is absolutely right. Take special notice of &quot;Thus, if you include a statblock (text derived from OGC) you cannot indicate compatibility with the Stronghold Builder's Guide if the title of the book is considered a Trademark by WotC.&quot;Now, when you say &quot;I am 100% sure I have not mentioned anything in the SBG to this point&quot;, be aware that you shouldn't mention the SBG at all (that includes any recommendation!), unless you get permission to do this.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;My question in return would be: Why are you using the rules from the SBG for your stronghold? The SBG is mainly for players who'd like to build their own castle, and not so much for the DM when designing adventures.Don't get me wrong, I like your idea - that project sounds promising. But I really don't see a reason to base it on the SBG at all.Stay away from &quot;stronghold components&quot; and the like. And really, I don't see the need to include these. Just finish up your strongholds, describe them in as much detail as necessary, and give a price if you must. If that price sounds reasonable, that should suffice. Anything more, and you really should ask WotC for permission.&nbsp;Of course, IANAL. And consulting an attorney is kind of the &quot;entry fee&quot; for d20 publishers <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=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flyspeck23, post: 1362466, member: 10648"] First off, jmucchiello is absolutely right. Take special notice of "Thus, if you include a statblock (text derived from OGC) you cannot indicate compatibility with the Stronghold Builder's Guide if the title of the book is considered a Trademark by WotC." Now, when you say "I am 100% sure I have not mentioned anything in the SBG to this point", be aware that you shouldn't mention the SBG at all (that includes any recommendation!), unless you get permission to do this. My question in return would be: Why are you using the rules from the SBG for your stronghold? The SBG is mainly for players who'd like to build their own castle, and not so much for the DM when designing adventures. Don't get me wrong, I like your idea - that project sounds promising. But I really don't see a reason to base it on the SBG [i]at all[/i]. Stay away from "stronghold components" and the like. And really, I don't see the need to include these. Just finish up your strongholds, describe them in as much detail as necessary, and give a price if you must. If that price sounds reasonable, that should suffice. Anything more, and you really should ask WotC for permission. Of course, IANAL. And consulting an attorney is kind of the "entry fee" for d20 publishers ;) [/QUOTE]

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