The licenses in question (the Open Gaming License and the d20 Standard
Trademark License) are available at:
http://www.opengamingfoundation.org
The issue actually has very little to do with WotC trademarks, if you use
these licenses to produce your work. I believe the d20STL answers your
questions.
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> From: Bradley McMillan
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 12:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [ogf-d20-l] A d20 Campaign World?
>
> As someone new to this list and with the same intentions as outlined
> below,
> I'm certainly curious to hear others' opinions as well.
>
> Brad McMillan
> Irons in the Fire
>
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> I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this question, but it seems
> the most relevant.
>
> What I would like to do is:
> 1. Create and sell a d20-based campaign world.
> 2. Create and sell adventure modules based on that campaign world.
>
> I find the base d20 system adequate for an FRPG and would like to base my
> work on that system. Which essentially means that I'm writing works for
> use
> with D&D. And I want to be able to sell them.
>
> As I understand the license...I can not actually say that my fantasy
> campaign world is intended for D&D (at least, not without a specific
> license
> agreement from WotC that I'm unlikely to get). Instead, all of my products
> would have to specify that they are simply "d20 Compatible". Also, I would
> have to be careful to avoid certain D&D-specific monsters.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Are there other restrictions on player classes and magic items?
>
> Since the d20 concept is based on selling more copies of the 3 core D&D
> books, is a violation of D&D trademarks to indicate that players would
> need
> to buy these 3 books within the products themselves?
>
> Am I just being stunningly simplistic here and completely missing the
> point?
> ;-)
>
> I appreciate your time in reading this and look forward to any responses.
>
>
