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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 1154351" data-attributes="member: 2067">As far as the legal thing, woodelf, you are 'pushing the boudaries' a smidge. Specifically, you can't include character generation rules...note that the SRD doesn't really mention XP, level advancement, when you get feats, how to roll ability scores, etc.That is the legal requirement for using the d20 logo and the "d20 system" copyrights. Otherwise, you can't legally claim your thing to be part of the d20 system or use the d20 logo.How Monte did it was he made AU OGL, not d20. Neither the d20 system nor the d20 logo appears on AU products. The back does claim that it's compatible with "the 3rd edition and Revised 3rd Edition rules". No D&D. No d20. No copyright problems. It could be the third edition of Bunnies and Burrows for all copyright is concerned. And even then, Monte retained feat names and spell names as non-OGL...specifically BECAUSE he includes rules for character generation and advancement.You can't use "d20" if you're presenting character generation rules or advancement rules, effectively. You can make it OGL....but in the case of the SRD, duh.I mean, IANAL, but this is my understanding. Even if your rules are different from the PHB's, simply including them would be enough to exclude you from using the d20 logo or mentioning the d20 system...I could always be wrong, though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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