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2024-05-08 09:22:09 UTC
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D&D's new rules will be available under a Creative Commons licence
By Jody Macgregor
Last year the Dungeons & Dragons community imploded over a leaked draft
of a licence change that suggested Wizards of the Coast was planning to
restrict how the D&D rules could be used by anyone publishing
third-party supplements, or separate games derived from D&D's 5th
edition ruleset. At the peak of the outrage, Wizards of the Coast fully
retreated from the proposed changes, and promised to make the base rules
available under a Creative Commons licence.
In January, Wizards lived up to that by putting version 5.1 of the
Systems Reference Document into the Creative Commons. However, since
revised versions of all three core rulebooks are on their way, with the
Player's Handbook due in September, the Dungeon Master's Guide in
November, and the Monster Manual in February of next year, the question
remained: what would happen with future updates to the rules?
Wizards has now announced that "within weeks" of the revised Monster
Manual's publication, the SRD will be updated to version 5.2 and also
released under a Creative Commons licence. "It’s a massive update!" the
FAQ promises. "SRD 5.2 will provide revised rules at the same scope as
5.1. Creators will have the tools they need to create content using the
revised and expanded ruleset. It will not, however, include lore
references."
So don't expect trademarked monsters like illithids or beholders to
suddenly appear in the Creative Commons, but do expect a bunch of new
rules additions to D&D's fifth edition (weapon properties, maybe?) to
make the leap.
Calling it a "massive update" is promising, but Wizards has been stingy
with the SRD before. Version 5.1 only includes one feat, for instance,
the not exactly world-shattering Grappler, and only one subclass for
each class. That's why a game like Solasta: Crown of the Magister has to
invent new feats and subclasses so you're not stuck playing the boring
old fighter subclass of champion, which is the only one currently in the
SRD. Fingers crossed version 5.2 is more generous with the revised
rules' additions.
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https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/dandds-new-rules-will-be-available-under-a-creative-commons-licence/
D&D's new rules will be available under a Creative Commons licence
By Jody Macgregor
Last year the Dungeons & Dragons community imploded over a leaked draft
of a licence change that suggested Wizards of the Coast was planning to
restrict how the D&D rules could be used by anyone publishing
third-party supplements, or separate games derived from D&D's 5th
edition ruleset. At the peak of the outrage, Wizards of the Coast fully
retreated from the proposed changes, and promised to make the base rules
available under a Creative Commons licence.
In January, Wizards lived up to that by putting version 5.1 of the
Systems Reference Document into the Creative Commons. However, since
revised versions of all three core rulebooks are on their way, with the
Player's Handbook due in September, the Dungeon Master's Guide in
November, and the Monster Manual in February of next year, the question
remained: what would happen with future updates to the rules?
Wizards has now announced that "within weeks" of the revised Monster
Manual's publication, the SRD will be updated to version 5.2 and also
released under a Creative Commons licence. "It’s a massive update!" the
FAQ promises. "SRD 5.2 will provide revised rules at the same scope as
5.1. Creators will have the tools they need to create content using the
revised and expanded ruleset. It will not, however, include lore
references."
So don't expect trademarked monsters like illithids or beholders to
suddenly appear in the Creative Commons, but do expect a bunch of new
rules additions to D&D's fifth edition (weapon properties, maybe?) to
make the leap.
Calling it a "massive update" is promising, but Wizards has been stingy
with the SRD before. Version 5.1 only includes one feat, for instance,
the not exactly world-shattering Grappler, and only one subclass for
each class. That's why a game like Solasta: Crown of the Magister has to
invent new feats and subclasses so you're not stuck playing the boring
old fighter subclass of champion, which is the only one currently in the
SRD. Fingers crossed version 5.2 is more generous with the revised
rules' additions.
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