WotC quietly deleting access to the 3e SRD

[Yaarel]

The WotC website has quietly deleted access to the 3e SRD. This was earlier in the context of switching over to the 5e SRD. It gains new significance because of the recent legal hostility by Hasbro against the D&D community.

The 3e SRD is significant because it grants the D&D community legal access to most of the D&D tradition, such as the player character Drow from the 3e Monster Manual, ultimately innovated by Gary Gygax. One can legally modify this content.

The 3e SRD is for the Open Gaming License 1.0a.

As ENWorlders are beginning to realize: get these vital legal documents now while one can.



The 3e SRD (System Reference Document 3.5) exists as a collection of documents, each to a section. They can be found as .rtf files or .html webpages. They are made available

here

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 System Reference Document (SRD) : Wizards of the Coast : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The System Reference Document is a comprehensive toolbox consisting of rules, races, classes, feats, skills, various systems, spells, magic items, and monsters...

archive.org

in this file

https://archive.org/download/dnd35srd/SRD.zip

here

The Hypertext d20 SRD (v3.5 d20 System Reference Document) :: d20srd.org

here

System Reference Document v3.5

dndsrd.net

and here

SRD:System Reference Document - D&D Wiki

www.dandwiki.com

The Open Gaming License 1.0a itself can still be found here along with the 5e SRD (v5.1)

Systems Reference Document | Dungeons & Dragons

Read the Systems Reference Document (SRD) with guidelines for publishing content under Creative Commons and the Open-Gaming License (OGL).

dnd.wizards.com

in this document

http://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/SRD-OGL_V5.1.pdf

 

[payn]

Damn.

 

[Ondath]

The WotC website has quietly deleted access to the 3e SRD. This was earlier in the context of switching over to the 5e SRD.

So I'm guessing this happened in 2014/2015 when SRD 5 (and later SRD 5.1 when they realised they forgot to put Eldritch Blast in OGC) was released, right? Not related to the current OGL v1.1 debacle?

Either case, I had downloaded SRD 5.1 recently and I'll get a copy of these just to be on the safe side.

 

[Alzrius]

@Morrus are we allowed to post copies of this content here on EN World?

 

[Morrus]

@Morrus are we allowed to post copies of this content here on EN World?

Follow the license. It’s widely available on the web though. I wouldn’t worry about that going away.

 

[kenada]

So I'm guessing this happened in 2014/2015 when SRD 5 (and later SRD 5.1 when they realised they forgot to put Eldritch Blast in OGC) was released, right? Not related to the current OGL v1.1 debacle?

Either case, I had downloaded SRD 5.1 recently and I'll get a copy of these just to be on the safe side.

It happened a few years later. WotC used to maintain an archival version of their old site. It got lost in one of the redesigns. I always chalked it up to a changing attitude that wasn’t interested in history or preservation.

 

[Scribe]

Pretty sure I've copied that down previously but... click.

 

[ChaosOS]

Last four years or so has been really bad for archival stuff. 4e support ended in 2019, and then two years later archive.wizards.com went down. Eberron community has been keeping close track of this because so much of our content was older editions.

 

[Alzrius]

If anyone wants to acquire offline copies of the 3.0 SRD, 3.5 SRD, Modern SRD, 5.0 SRD, 5.1 SRD, d20 STL, original GSL, or the revised GSL, please drop me a line. I have local copies of all of them, and I don't mind sending them to anyone who's interested in having copies of their own.

 

[Yaarel]

If anyone wants to acquire offline copies of the 3.0 SRD, 3.5 SRD, Modern SRD, 5.0 SRD, 5.1 SRD, d20 STL, original GSL, or the revised GSL, please drop me a line. I have local copies of all of them, and I don't mind sending them to anyone who's interested in having copies of their own.

d20 Modern System Reference Document

here

D20 Modern System Reference Document \(SRD\) : Wizards of the Coast : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Legal Information The Basics Ability Scores Allegiances Occupations Reputation Wealth Defense Saving Throws Action Points Death, Dying, and Healing Conditions...

archive.org

in this file

https://archive.org/download/d20modernsrd/MSRD.zip