tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post3879040372341072171..comments2024-03-01T11:52:44.729-05:00Comments on Bat in the Attic: OBS Community Content Program is terrible (with one exception).Robert Conleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-2810173441135915892018-01-09T15:03:06.139-05:002018-01-09T15:03:06.139-05:00Markdown version of the SRD
https://github.com/ggu...Markdown version of the SRD<br />https://github.com/gguillotte/mdsrd5<br /><br />The word version<br />https://github.com/gguillotte/mdsrd5/blob/master/mdsrd5.docx<br /><br />Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-19619619729932461652018-01-09T13:36:58.743-05:002018-01-09T13:36:58.743-05:00One slight complication for SRD use under the OGL ...One slight complication for SRD use under the OGL is that there's a lot of pruning that happened in places. There's only one archetype for each character class, only one Feat is listed, and there is zero fluff text for any monster. Formatting challenges in getting the document from the PDF to your own layout are non-trivial but can be worked through. Not a show-stopper, but definitely a barrier to entry.Douglas Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292678529266123501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-78738188221847440292018-01-09T01:53:50.561-05:002018-01-09T01:53:50.561-05:00OK, but the previous FAQ answer reads:
Can I rele...OK, but the previous FAQ answer reads:<br /><br /><i>Can I release 5th Edition products for the DMs Guild, and then separately release different 5E products under the OGL?<br /><br />Yes. Again, they are two separate programs. You can manage your DMs Guild content from your Account page on DMsGuild.com and then also use that same OneBookShelf customer account to create a publisher account on DriveThruRPG, separately managing your OGL products from your Publisher Hub there. Please do not use your normal Publisher Hub to set up new DMs Guild titles.</i><br /><br />So it seems to me that the only time you'd want to use the DMs Guild would be in cases where you have to use protected IP (Forgotten Realms material, the randomly-chosen protected monsters like Mind Flayers, and so forth). The wording of the answer I posted above implies that there is a way to produce 5E material under the OGL, and the <a href="http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/systems-reference-document-srd" rel="nofollow">SRD page</a> confirms that. Your Wilderlands material wouldn't need to use the DMs Guild, even if converted to 5E in that case. Scourge of the Demon Wolf doesn't rely on anything that you'd need to use the DMs Guild for.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-63870821130322117292018-01-08T23:54:03.461-05:002018-01-08T23:54:03.461-05:00See https://support.dmsguild.com/hc/en-us/articles...See https://support.dmsguild.com/hc/en-us/articles/217029048-DriveThruRPG-Publisher-Account-Questions<br /><br />Can I release the same products on both DMs Guild and on DriveThruRPG?<br /><br />Any content created for the DMs Guild, which is completely separate from your other publishing efforts, must remain exclusive to DMs Guild. It cannot be listed anywhere else, not even on DriveThruRPG.com, and will not be considered part of your publisher account (though it will be part of your “My Content” on the new site).<br /><br />You won’t be able to cross-list other 5th Edition content (i.e., your other published OGL products) on the new site as they are not created for the DMs Guild program.Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-78191281274183730442018-01-08T22:04:19.093-05:002018-01-08T22:04:19.093-05:00I think that you may be misreading that. From what...I think that you may be misreading that. From what I see, you grant exclusive licenses for a bunch of listed things (specifically, "to develop, license, reproduce, print, publish, distribute, translate, display, publicly perform and transmit your Work"; by the way, after a recent legal matter hinging on it gained some publicity you'd think that they'd be careful to include the serial comma there, but they didn't), <i>and also</i> you grant <i>them</i> (or other people taking advantage of the program) the right to create derivative works from your original. You don't give up your right to do so from what I see there.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-26054223251598754332018-01-08T11:28:03.900-05:002018-01-08T11:28:03.900-05:00@Ivan it not just Wizards but also the other dozen...@Ivan it not just Wizards but also the other dozen or so companies that are offering community content programs.<br />Robert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-48063834708191272512018-01-08T10:45:07.073-05:002018-01-08T10:45:07.073-05:00“This in conjunction with the use of Exclusive lic...“This in conjunction with the use of Exclusive license kills the use of Community Content for any original settings or content” <br /><br />But isn’t that the whole point? WOTC wants people to make 5e Forgotten Realms material.Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05873440251698488032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5904133056957353312.post-29584260580721848452018-01-08T10:22:41.593-05:002018-01-08T10:22:41.593-05:00I guess ppl dont read FB or most social media fine...I guess ppl dont read FB or most social media fine print too<br />I think the community stuff has it's uses but I would be wary of using my best ideas. Probably Id still give it a go to get a new audience<br /><br />I still find it weird everyone is so slavish to the OGL when nobody cared much in the early years of the hobbyKonsumterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170560484656800416noreply@blogger.com