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<blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6354975" data-attributes="member: 1465"><p>I've been working on a conversion of the Rokugan (Legend of the Five Rings - L5R) setting for D&D 5th edition rules.</p><p></p><p>I've posting my thoughts and drafts in the House Rules forum: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?354443-Rokugan-RPG-fantasy-setting-conversion-for-D-amp-DNext-%28preliminary-thoughts%29" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?354443-Rokugan-RPG-fantasy-setting-conversion-for-D-amp-DNext-(preliminary-thoughts)</a></p><p></p><p>There is stuff I haven't posted there yet, because I still don't know what could be (dis)allowed. The L5R setting belongs to AEG, not WotC, therefore the official agreement for converting old TSR/WotC material doesn't help me.</p><p></p><p>Is there anybody familiar with this sort of issues, that can help me make sure I post only what is allowed?</p><p></p><p>Something that came up already:</p><p></p><p>- classes are Samurai, Shugenja, Courtier and Monk: these are real-life concepts, I don't think there's any chance they are copyrighted</p><p>- smaller material (skills, feats, spells, prestige classes), can there be some of it which is proprietary?</p><p>- some monsters can surely be copyrighted (e.g. Beholders, Illithids and some more are WotC intellectual property), most Rokugan monsters are from folklore, how do I find out which ones are not?</p><p>- stuff like the Clans and their Families may also be protected; should I hide their true names? For example, if I am writing usable material for family X of clan Y, can I mention their names or should I omit them?</p><p></p><p>The about sharing the material on ENWorld, assuming at some point in the future I will have a usable standalone (by no means complete...) conversion, a "Basic Rokugan" document or series of documents, which of the following options are possible and which is preferable?</p><p></p><p>a) a wiki, with a few dozens small pages (e.g. one class = one page)</p><p>b) a single document in the download section</p><p>c) multiple documents in the dowload section (e.g. classes = one doc)</p><p>d) articles in a group page</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Li Shenron, post: 6354975, member: 1465"] I've been working on a conversion of the Rokugan (Legend of the Five Rings - L5R) setting for D&D 5th edition rules. I've posting my thoughts and drafts in the House Rules forum: [url]http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?354443-Rokugan-RPG-fantasy-setting-conversion-for-D-amp-DNext-%28preliminary-thoughts%29[/url] There is stuff I haven't posted there yet, because I still don't know what could be (dis)allowed. The L5R setting belongs to AEG, not WotC, therefore the official agreement for converting old TSR/WotC material doesn't help me. Is there anybody familiar with this sort of issues, that can help me make sure I post only what is allowed? Something that came up already: - classes are Samurai, Shugenja, Courtier and Monk: these are real-life concepts, I don't think there's any chance they are copyrighted - smaller material (skills, feats, spells, prestige classes), can there be some of it which is proprietary? - some monsters can surely be copyrighted (e.g. Beholders, Illithids and some more are WotC intellectual property), most Rokugan monsters are from folklore, how do I find out which ones are not? - stuff like the Clans and their Families may also be protected; should I hide their true names? For example, if I am writing usable material for family X of clan Y, can I mention their names or should I omit them? The about sharing the material on ENWorld, assuming at some point in the future I will have a usable standalone (by no means complete...) conversion, a "Basic Rokugan" document or series of documents, which of the following options are possible and which is preferable? a) a wiki, with a few dozens small pages (e.g. one class = one page) b) a single document in the download section c) multiple documents in the dowload section (e.g. classes = one doc) d) articles in a group page Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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