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Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a... by Semaphor on Friday January 06, 2023 @05:50AM (#34273271)
I think this would actually be fine. The problems happen, if an enemy is of the Druid class and can cast Web.

Or at least that’s my understanding with all I’ve learned today ;) Mechanics are fine, "Creative" things like classes not.

> If not who on earth needs OGL to publish anything they would want to publish?

IIRC the video game Solasta: Crown of the Magister is D&D5e under OGL, so they used a lot of SRD things.

> Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.1 Ruleset

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Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a... by timvdalen on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:00AM (#34273764)
Solasta actually has a separate license: https://www.solasta-game.com/news/30-wotc-granted-us-a-licen...
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Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a... by Semaphor on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:06AM (#34273797)
Ah, interesting, I thought they referred to the OGL.
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Re:Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong a... by krisoft on Friday January 06, 2023 @12:30PM (#34277865)
> The problems happen, if an enemy is of the Druid class and can cast Web.

It is generally a wise idea to not anger the druids anyway. :)

> IIRC the video game Solasta

Oh yeah. I did not think about video games. Makes sense.

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