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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9595452" data-attributes="member: 86653">So anyone more familiar with the ORC and how it works willing to check this out?Chaosium has this FAQ up in regards to their QuestWorlds SRD.<a href="https://www.chaosium.com/questworlds-system-reference-document/" target="_blank">QuestWorlds - System Reference Document</a>FAQ text as of today…[spoiler]<h3>QUESTWORLDS-ORC SRD FAQ</h3><h3>WHAT IS PROHIBITED CONTENT?</h3>Prohibited Content is material you can’t use with this SRD. It is defined as:All trademarks, registered trademarks, proper names (characters, deities, place names, etc.), plots, story elements, locations, characters, artwork, or trade dress from any of the following: any releases from the product lines of Call of Cthulhu, Dragon Lords of Melniboné, ElfQuest, Elric!, Hawkmoon, HeroQuest, Hero Wars, King Arthur Pendragon, Magic World, Nephilim, Prince Valiant, Ringworld, RuneQuest, 7th Sea, Stormbringer, Superworld, Thieves’ World, Worlds of Wonder, and any related sublines; the world and mythology of Glorantha; all works related to the Cthulhu Mythos, including those that are otherwise public domain; and all works related to Le Morte d’Arthur.<h3>CAN’T I MAKE A GAME DERIVED FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN PARTS OF THE CTHULHU MYTHOS?</h3>You are certainly entitled to create your own game using creatures, stories, characters, or locations derived from the public domain stories of the Cthulhu Mythos – you just can’t use Chaosium’s QuestWorlds system to do that. Chaosium already has a game that does just that (Call of Cthulhu), the QuestWorlds-ORC License does not allow you to publish your own variant of Call of Cthulhu.<h3>HOW ABOUT LE MORTE D’ARTHUR – THAT STORY IS SIX HUNDRED YEARS OLD!</h3>You are certainly entitled to create your own game using creatures, stories, characters, or locations derived from the Le Morte d’Arthur – you just can’t use Chaosium’s QuestWorlds system to do that. Chaosium already has a game that does just that (King Arthur Pendragon), the QUESTWORLDS-ORC License does not allow you to publish your own variant of King Arthur Pendragon.<h3>CAN I MAKE A GAME USING PUBLIC DOMAIN MATERIAL?</h3>Unless the materials are on the list of prohibited content, you can certainly do that. Make that Jules Verne game you always wanted, or something based off the works of Alexandre Dumas, or an ancient Roman trip to the moon inspired by Lucian of Samosata. Just make sure of two things: 1. this isn’t on the list of prohibited content; and 2. it is really public domain.<h3>CAN I MAKE A GAME USING SOMEONE ELSE’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY?</h3>If it isn’t public domain, then you will need a license from the owner of the materials to create a game using their IP. Period. There is no fair use to Star Wars.[/spoiler]According to their FAQs they won't permit people to make anything based on the Cthulhu Mythos or King Arthur, despite both being in the public domain. So some of the exact same ridiculous restrictions they've been trying to push for years.Question: is that even allowed under the ORC? I can't find anything in the ORC that suggests this is permitted, but Chaosium seems to think they can.ETA: <a href="https://paizo.com/orclicense" target="_blank">Link to the ORC License</a>.ETA2: <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-orc-license-and-publisher-restrictions.711895/page-2#post-9596473" target="_blank">Sorted by post #18</a>.</blockquote>

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