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WotC IP and campaign websites - how do I not step on the Wizard's toes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 1529448" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I'm not a lawyer either, but I have had my campaign site up since TSR went nuts online (I was there), and I never had any problems with them.</p><p></p><p>That said, you could get sued, but you're not likely if you are reasonably careful.</p><p></p><p>It's probably OK to mention that JoJo cast "Otto's Irresistable Dance" in some campaign journal on the page. If you're worried, drop "Otto" off the name (which is what the SRD does).</p><p></p><p>It is not OK to reprint content from WotC products, as a general rule. That's what the OGL and all that stuff is for. There's citing sources and all sorts of legal crap. Short of it is, if you want your players to know about a certain spell, tell them WHERE to find it (Book of XYZ, page 20).</p><p></p><p>Things get safer if you avoid using the name of anything from a WotC product. This means world names, character names, fancy monster names, place names. Basically, it works well for a homebrew campaign, where you are likely to rename all the races and such anyway.</p><p></p><p>But, you are not likely to have a problem if you do mention placenames and the like in fiction.</p><p></p><p></p><p>There's probably even a legalese blurb that you can put that says D&D is a trademark of WotC, you're not affiliated with them, content on this site is fan-based material using WotC's products etc. Avoid using their graphics and such if you can.</p><p></p><p>Janx</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 1529448, member: 8835"] I'm not a lawyer either, but I have had my campaign site up since TSR went nuts online (I was there), and I never had any problems with them. That said, you could get sued, but you're not likely if you are reasonably careful. It's probably OK to mention that JoJo cast "Otto's Irresistable Dance" in some campaign journal on the page. If you're worried, drop "Otto" off the name (which is what the SRD does). It is not OK to reprint content from WotC products, as a general rule. That's what the OGL and all that stuff is for. There's citing sources and all sorts of legal crap. Short of it is, if you want your players to know about a certain spell, tell them WHERE to find it (Book of XYZ, page 20). Things get safer if you avoid using the name of anything from a WotC product. This means world names, character names, fancy monster names, place names. Basically, it works well for a homebrew campaign, where you are likely to rename all the races and such anyway. But, you are not likely to have a problem if you do mention placenames and the like in fiction. There's probably even a legalese blurb that you can put that says D&D is a trademark of WotC, you're not affiliated with them, content on this site is fan-based material using WotC's products etc. Avoid using their graphics and such if you can. Janx [/QUOTE]
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