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License

License for Open Dungeons™

Version 2.1
Effective date: July 23, 2026

1. Overview

This License explains how you may use digital products, rules content, game materials, artwork, audio, video, software, and other materials published by Open Dungeons Publishing under the Open Dungeons™ and Open Dungeons RPG™ names.

This License applies to free and paid Open Dungeons materials unless a particular product is accompanied by a separate license. If a product-specific license conflicts with this License, the product-specific license controls for that product.

Use of OpenDungeons.com may also be governed by any Terms of Service and Privacy Policy posted on the website.

2. Definitions

For purposes of this License:

"OD Materials" means copyrightable content owned by or licensed to Open Dungeons Publishing and published under the Open Dungeons™ or Open Dungeons RPG™ names. OD Materials may include text, rules explanations, artwork, maps, charts, stat blocks, fictional characters, settings, digital books, PDF files, character sheets, audio, video, and Software.

OD Materials do not include User Content or third-party components clearly identified as being governed by separate terms or licenses.

"Free Materials" means the OD Materials listed in Section 5 and any additional material that Open Dungeons Publishing clearly designates as free.

"Paid Materials" means OD Materials obtained through an individual purchase or other authorized paid transaction from Open Dungeons Publishing or another Official Source.

"Software" means any application, installer, plugin, generator, downloadable tool, or hosted online tool published by Open Dungeons Publishing, including Software distributed without charge.

"Official Source" means OpenDungeons.com or another website, storefront, or distributor expressly authorized by Open Dungeons Publishing.

"Your Gaming Group" means the specific people actively participating with you in a current campaign or game session. It does not include a general online community, social-media group, forum, server, subscriber base, club, audience, archive, or reference library.

"Actual Play" means a genuine live or recorded session in which participants are actively playing or running a tabletop role-playing game.

"User Content" means documents, files, text, images, game material, data, and other content supplied or independently created by a user. User Content does not include OD Materials merely because a user copied, extracted, edited, converted, or incorporated them into another file.

"Fan Content" means original, unofficial content created by fans that refers to, discusses, supports, or is intended for use with Open Dungeons.

"Commercial Use" means use primarily intended to produce financial compensation or commercial advantage, except for Permitted Community Monetization described in Section 8.

3. Acceptance and Scope

Where an acceptance checkbox or button is presented, you agree to this License by selecting or clicking it.

Where no acceptance control is presented, you agree to this License, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by downloading, opening, installing, accessing, or using OD Materials after being given reasonable notice of this License.

If you do not agree to this License, do not download, open, install, access, or use the OD Materials.

If you accept this License on behalf of a business, organization, or other legal entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity.

If you are not legally able to enter into this License, a parent or legal guardian must accept it on your behalf.

This License is not a sale or transfer of ownership. It grants only the limited rights expressly stated below. All other rights are reserved by Open Dungeons Publishing.

The licenses granted here are personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and non-sublicensable, except where this License expressly states otherwise. They may be terminated for breach as provided in Section 17.

This License applies only to rights that Open Dungeons Publishing has the legal authority to grant.

Nothing in this License is intended to restrict rights or uses permitted by applicable law, including fair use.

4. Prior License Versions

Version 2.1 replaces prior versions of the general Open Dungeons License for copies of OD Materials obtained on or after July 23, 2026.

Beginning on July 23, 2026, Version 2.1 governs:

  • New downloads and acquisitions of OD Materials;
  • New purchases of Paid Materials;
  • New installations of Software distributed under this License; and
  • Continued use of hosted Software after reasonable notice of this License is provided.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Open Dungeons Publishing withdraws any prior general permission that is legally revocable to begin or continue publicly hosting, mirroring, archiving, republishing, or redistributing OD Materials after July 23, 2026.

Nothing in this Section:

  • Grants or expands any rights under a prior license;
  • Admits that any particular use was authorized under a prior license;
  • Waives any objection or remedy available to Open Dungeons Publishing;
  • Changes a separate written agreement expressly approved by Open Dungeons Publishing; or
  • Restricts rights that cannot lawfully be withdrawn.

A person claiming continued rights under a prior license is responsible for identifying the exact prior license relied upon and establishing that the relevant copy was lawfully obtained while that license was in effect.

Open Dungeons Publishing may request removal of publicly hosted, mirrored, archived, or otherwise distributed copies.

Whether a person is legally required to comply with a removal request may depend on the exact prior license, the circumstances under which the material was obtained, and applicable law.

5. Free Content - Personal-Use License

Free Materials remain copyrighted property owned by or licensed to Open Dungeons Publishing.

They are licensed for personal, noncommercial use only, except for Permitted Community Monetization under Section 8.

Free Materials are not public-domain materials, open-source materials, or materials licensed for unrestricted public redistribution.

Covered Free Materials

The following publications and resources are currently designated as Free Materials:

  • Core Guide
  • Character Builder
  • DN Guide
  • Armor & Gear
  • Wizard Spells: First Castings
  • Cleric Spells: Sacred Beginnings
  • Monster Trove: First Encounters
  • Magic Items: Early Treasures
  • Cheat Sheet
  • Character Sheet
  • DN Monster Workbook
  • Open Dungeons Starter Adventure: The Dragon's Claim
  • Any future material that Open Dungeons Publishing clearly designates as free

You May

You may:

  • Download Free Materials from an Official Source for personal, noncommercial use.
  • Store copies on devices you own or control.
  • Maintain private backup copies that are not accessible to the public.
  • Print copies for your own use, including through a commercial print shop, provided that the copies are not sold or generally distributed.
  • Use Free Materials while playing with Your Gaming Group.
  • Display relevant pages, rules, maps, artwork, stat blocks, or handouts during an active in-person or private online game.
  • Provide Free Materials to Your Gaming Group through a private, access-controlled virtual tabletop, folder, or drive during an active campaign.
  • Modify character sheets, worksheets, and forms for your own personal use.
  • Quote limited portions in reviews, commentary, rules discussions, educational discussions, streams, or Actual Play recordings.
  • Use Free Materials as permitted under the Fan Content rules in Section 10.
  • Share links directing people to official download pages on OpenDungeons.com.

You may also print and distribute reasonable quantities of character sheets, cheat sheets, designated player aids, and session-specific handouts to people actively participating in a game you are running or hosting.

These player copies:

  • May not be sold separately;
  • May not include complete books or substantial portions of books;
  • May not be distributed as a general reference collection; and
  • Must be limited to material reasonably necessary for the active game or event.

A private virtual tabletop, folder, or drive used under this Section must:

  • Be accessible only to Your Gaming Group;
  • Be used for an active campaign or game session;
  • Not function as a general OD reference library; and
  • Have access removed from former participants within a reasonable period after they leave the game or the campaign ends.

You May Not

Without prior written permission from Open Dungeons Publishing, you may not:

  • Upload, post, mirror, host, reproduce, or distribute complete Free Materials on a public or third-party website, application, platform, server, forum, or file-sharing service.
  • Upload Free Materials to Scribd, Internet Archive, DriveThruRPG, Dungeon Masters Guild, itch.io, torrents, social-media groups, public cloud folders, document repositories, or similar services for access by the public.
  • Distribute complete files to people outside Your Gaming Group.
  • Maintain a persistent shared library, archive, mirror, repository, or collection of OD Materials for a community, server, club, subscriber base, or audience.
  • Create or operate an unofficial Open Dungeons download website or archive.
  • Bundle Free Materials with other downloadable files or distribute them as part of a collection.
  • Sell the materials, charge for access, solicit payment in exchange for them, or offer them as a paid membership or subscription benefit.
  • Sell printed copies of Free Materials.
  • Modify Free Materials and distribute the modified versions, except for original Fan Content expressly permitted under Section 10 or another use approved in writing by Open Dungeons Publishing.
  • Create or distribute translations, conversions, adaptations, or reformatted editions, except for original Fan Content expressly permitted under Section 10 or another use approved in writing by Open Dungeons Publishing.
  • Represent that your copy, mirror, translation, adaptation, or modified version is official.

Providing material without charge does not grant permission to republish or publicly redistribute it.

"Free" means that an individual may obtain the material without payment from an Official Source. It does not mean that another person or organization may become an alternative distributor.

6. Paid Content - Personal-Use License

Paid sourcebooks, expansions, adventures, and other Paid Materials obtained from an Official Source are licensed to the purchaser for personal, noncommercial use, except for Permitted Community Monetization under Section 8.

Purchasing Paid Materials does not transfer ownership of the copyright and does not grant permission to redistribute the files.

Personal Use

You may:

  • Download and use Paid Materials for personal play and reference.
  • Store copies on devices you own or control.
  • Maintain private backup copies in cloud storage or on backup devices, provided that no other person has access to those copies.
  • Print copies for your own use, including through a commercial print shop, provided that the copies are not sold or distributed.

At the Table - In Person or Online

You may:

  • Share individual handouts, maps, and limited reference materials extracted from your purchased files when reasonably necessary for an active game.
  • Display relevant pages, rules, stat blocks, maps, artwork, or illustrations during active sessions.
  • Upload limited portions reasonably necessary for an active campaign to a private, access-controlled virtual tabletop, folder, or drive available only to Your Gaming Group.

These permissions do not allow you to send, distribute, upload, or provide a downloadable copy of a complete Paid Material to another person, including a member of Your Gaming Group.

Private campaign content must be removed, or access must be disabled, within a reasonable period after the campaign ends or a participant leaves Your Gaming Group.

Streaming, Reviews, and Content Creation

You may:

  • Display limited portions of Paid Materials when reasonably necessary during an Actual Play stream or recording.
  • Show relevant pages, maps, artwork, rules, or stat blocks when reviewing, discussing, teaching, or demonstrating the game.
  • Quote limited portions in reviews, commentary, guides, rules discussions, or educational content.
  • Receive revenue as permitted under Section 8.

The amount displayed or quoted must be reasonably related to the purpose of the Actual Play, review, commentary, discussion, or demonstration.

These permissions do not allow:

  • Page-by-page presentation of a publication;
  • Extended display of substantial portions;
  • Reading or reproducing a publication substantially in full; or
  • Any presentation that acts as a replacement for obtaining an authorized copy.

You May Not

Without prior written permission from Open Dungeons Publishing, you may not:

  • Upload, post, mirror, host, reproduce, or distribute a complete Paid Material on any public or third-party website, application, platform, server, forum, repository, or file-sharing service.
  • Upload Paid Materials to Scribd, Internet Archive, DriveThruRPG, Dungeon Masters Guild, itch.io, torrents, social-media groups, document repositories, shared cloud folders, or similar services for access by another person.
  • Send or distribute a complete paid file to another person, including a member of Your Gaming Group.
  • Provide shared or general access to Paid Materials as a downloadable reference library.
  • Upload Paid Materials to public virtual tabletop asset libraries, module repositories, or marketplaces.
  • Bundle Paid Materials with other downloadable files or distribute them as part of a collection.
  • Resell, rent, sublicense, lend, give away, or transfer your digital files as a substitute for another person obtaining an authorized copy.
  • Sell or distribute printed copies made from Paid Materials.
  • Modify Paid Materials and distribute the modified versions, except for original Fan Content expressly permitted under Section 10 or another use approved in writing by Open Dungeons Publishing.
  • Create or distribute translations, conversions, adaptations, or reformatted editions, except for original Fan Content expressly permitted under Section 10 or another use approved in writing by Open Dungeons Publishing.
  • Use a stream, video, presentation, website, database, or application to reproduce enough of a Paid Material that another person no longer needs an authorized copy.

Simple Rule of Thumb

You may use reasonable portions of Paid Materials to play, stream, review, teach, or discuss Open Dungeons.

You may not distribute the files or reproduce enough of a publication that another person no longer needs to obtain an authorized copy.

7. Software and Tools License

This Section applies to all Software unless a particular Software product is accompanied by a separate license.

Permitted Software Use

Unless a product page or separate license states otherwise, you may:

  • Download, install, and use the Software on devices you own or control.
  • Use the Software for lawful personal, educational, professional, or internal business purposes.
  • Make a reasonable number of private backup copies.
  • Use files and output created with the Software for any lawful purpose, including commercial purposes, subject to the rights of other copyright owners and the restrictions in this License.

User Files and Software Output

Open Dungeons Publishing does not claim ownership of User Content merely because it is opened, edited, converted, processed, analyzed, or created with the Software.

You retain any rights you otherwise hold in:

  • Files you provide to the Software;
  • Original text, images, designs, data, or documents you create;
  • Original output generated from your User Content; and
  • Your modifications to your own files.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have the legal right to use, modify, process, or distribute your User Content.

If output contains OD Materials, those OD Materials remain governed by this License.

Using the Software does not grant additional rights in OD Materials or in content belonging to another person.

If a hosted tool must temporarily receive or process User Content, you grant Open Dungeons Publishing a limited, non-exclusive license to receive, store, reproduce, and process that content only as technically necessary to provide the function you requested.

That limited technical license does not transfer ownership of User Content and ends when the processing is complete, subject to temporary backups, security records, and retention required by law or described in the Privacy Policy.

Software Restrictions

Without prior written permission, you may not:

  • Redistribute, mirror, repackage, or publicly host Software files, installers, or updates.
  • Sell, rent, sublicense, or bundle the Software itself with another product or service.
  • Offer the Software itself as a hosted service, paid service, subscription service, or software-as-a-service product.
  • Represent that you are an authorized distributor of the Software.
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, except to the extent applicable law expressly permits that activity despite this restriction.
  • Circumvent, disable, or interfere with license controls, account controls, subscriber restrictions, access controls, security measures, or technical limitations.
  • Share credentials or provide unauthorized access to subscriber-gated or account-gated tools.
  • Remove, alter, or obscure copyright notices, credits, trademarks, version identifiers, or other identifying information in the Software or its interface.
  • Use the Software in a way that is unlawful, malicious, fraudulent, or intended to damage another person's device, files, or data.

Software-Specific Disclaimers

The Software is provided "as is" and "as available."

Open Dungeons Publishing does not warrant that the Software will:

  • Operate without interruption or error;
  • Be compatible with every device, operating system, application, or file;
  • Preserve every element of an edited or converted file;
  • Be free from vulnerabilities or defects; or
  • Meet every user's particular requirements.

You are responsible for maintaining backups of your files.

Software that edits, converts, repairs, optimizes, or generates files may alter, omit, corrupt, or fail to preserve data.

Do not use the Software on a file that you cannot afford to lose unless you have first created a separate backup.

Open Dungeons Publishing may modify, update, suspend, or discontinue Software or hosted tools at any time.

Third-party and open-source components included in the Software remain subject to their own licenses.

If a third-party license conflicts with this License regarding that component, the third-party license controls for that component.

8. Permitted Community Monetization

The following activities do not require separate written commercial permission, provided that all conditions in this Section are followed.

Actual Play, Reviews, and Online Content

Actual Play streams, videos, podcasts, reviews, articles, blogs, tutorials, and other Fan Content may receive:

  • Advertising revenue;
  • Platform revenue sharing;
  • Voluntary donations;
  • Tips;
  • Sponsorship revenue; and
  • Affiliate revenue unrelated to the sale or distribution of unauthorized OD Materials.

This permission applies only when:

  • The content complies with this License;
  • Access to the relevant Fan Content is free to the public, except for Limited Early Access or archived recordings permitted below;
  • Complete or substantial OD Materials are not distributed or reproduced;
  • The content does not serve as a substitute for an authorized OD publication;
  • Open Dungeons trademarks are used only as permitted under Section 13; and
  • The content does not claim or imply official endorsement.

Fan Content placed permanently and entirely behind a purchase, subscription, membership, or supporter paywall requires written permission.

A creator may offer optional supporter benefits that do not include unauthorized OD Materials, permanently restricted Fan Content, or access to substantially reproduced OD content.

Limited Early Access

Fan Content may be offered as supporter-only early access for no more than 14 consecutive days, provided that substantially the same content is made freely accessible to the public after the early-access period ends.

A live stream, broadcast, or similar presentation that was freely accessible when originally presented may later be maintained as a subscriber-only or supporter-only archived recording.

Limited Early Access and restricted archives do not permit:

  • Distribution of OD Materials;
  • Substantial reproduction of OD Materials;
  • Paywalling of OD Materials themselves; or
  • Use of protected OD content as a substitute for an authorized publication.

Paid Game Sessions and Events

Dungeon Narrators and other game facilitators may charge reasonable fees for running Open Dungeons game sessions.

Game stores, conventions, clubs, schools, libraries, and event organizers may charge reasonable admission, participation, table, venue, or event fees for hosting Open Dungeons sessions.

This permission does not allow anyone to:

  • Sell or distribute OD Materials;
  • Include unauthorized copies of OD Materials in a participation fee;
  • Operate a paid OD publication library;
  • Use Open Dungeons trademarks as the name or branding of a business without permission; or
  • Claim that the session, service, store, convention, or event is officially sponsored, certified, or endorsed.

Reasonable quantities of designated player aids and session-specific handouts may be printed and distributed as permitted under Section 5.

9. Restrictions Applying to All OD Materials

Unless expressly permitted elsewhere in this License or by applicable law, you may not:

  • Remove or alter copyright notices, credits, trademarks, author information, or other identifying material.
  • Claim that you created, own, publish, or officially represent OD Materials.
  • Present unofficial content, websites, products, or services as official or endorsed by Open Dungeons Publishing.
  • Modify OD Materials and distribute the modified versions.
  • Create or distribute translations, adaptations, conversions, or derivative publications, except for Fan Content expressly permitted under Section 10.
  • Create or distribute a database, searchable library, rules compendium, reference service, or application containing substantial copied OD text, artwork, maps, stat blocks, or other protected expression.
  • Use OD Materials to create a competing archive, publication library, or substitute for an Official Source.
  • Use OD Materials in a manner that exceeds the limited permissions granted by this License.

This Section does not prohibit a person from independently discussing, describing, or implementing unprotected ideas, procedures, systems, processes, gameplay methods, or rules mechanics in that person's own original words and expression.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Without prior written permission, you may not use complete or substantial portions of OD Materials to:

  • Train or fine-tune an artificial-intelligence or machine-learning model;
  • Build or supplement a shared or commercial training, retrieval, grounding, benchmark, or evaluation dataset;
  • Populate a generative-AI knowledge base or retrieval system made available to other people;
  • Create a public or commercial database intended to generate, reproduce, imitate, or distribute OD content;
  • Supply an automated publication or content-generation system; or
  • Generate competing publications or products that substantially reproduce or imitate protected OD expression.

You may not upload complete or substantial OD Materials to a third-party AI service for any prohibited purpose listed above.

This restriction does not prohibit:

  • Use of official Open Dungeons tools that incorporate OD Materials by design;
  • Ordinary operating-system search indexing;
  • Antivirus or security scanning;
  • Private backup operations;
  • File rendering or format conversion;
  • OCR or text-to-speech processing for personal accessibility;
  • Spellchecking or similar incidental document processing;
  • Private, personal use of lawfully obtained OD Materials in a nonpublic note-taking, semantic-search, campaign-preparation, accessibility, or reference tool;
  • Private generation of notes or summaries for your own game; or
  • Another use expressly authorized in writing by Open Dungeons Publishing.

A personal AI or reference exception applies only when:

  • The OD Materials and resulting index, notes, summaries, or database are not published or shared;
  • The use does not train or improve a model made available to other users;
  • The user selects settings, account controls, or a service tier that does not permit the service provider to use OD Materials for unrelated model training or model improvement;
  • The output is not sold or distributed;
  • The use does not create a substitute publication; and
  • The user otherwise complies with this License.

The user is responsible for confirming that the selected service and account settings satisfy these conditions.

Any exception applies only to the technical processing reasonably necessary for the permitted function.

It does not authorize public redistribution, shared model training, commercial database creation, or substitute publications.

Nothing in this Section restricts a use permitted without authorization under applicable law.

Permission Requests

Anyone wishing to host, archive, translate, adapt, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, or otherwise republish OD Materials must first obtain written permission from Open Dungeons Publishing unless this License or applicable law already permits the intended use.

Approval is not guaranteed.

10. Fan Content

Noncommercial Fan Content is permitted if it complies with this Section and all other applicable portions of this License.

Permitted Community Monetization under Section 8 does not cause otherwise compliant Fan Content to violate the noncommercial requirement of this Section.

You May

You may:

  • Create original adventures, characters, creatures, settings, game aids, and other Fan Content inspired by or intended for use with Open Dungeons.
  • Discuss, review, criticize, or teach the game.
  • Refer to Open Dungeons rules and gameplay concepts in your own words.
  • Create simple original tables and stat blocks for your Fan Content.
  • Quote limited portions when reasonably necessary for commentary, explanation, compatibility, or play.
  • State accurately that your Fan Content is intended for use with or inspired by Open Dungeons, provided that the statement does not imply endorsement.
  • Receive revenue permitted under Section 8.

You May Not

Fan Content may not:

  • Copy large or substantial portions of OD text.
  • Republish complete pages, chapters, books, tables, collections of stat blocks, or other substantial OD Materials.
  • Recreate OD page layouts, full-book formatting, decorative frames, or distinctive trade dress.
  • Use OD artwork, maps, logos, or graphic designs without written permission.
  • Use Open Dungeons™, Open Dungeons RPG™, or another OD trademark as the primary title, logo, brand, channel name, domain name, or social-media identity of the Fan Content.
  • Present itself as official, authorized, sponsored, certified, or endorsed by Open Dungeons Publishing.
  • Be sold, permanently paywalled, or offered as a paid membership benefit without written permission, except for revenue and Limited Early Access expressly permitted under Section 8.
  • Include unauthorized complete copies of Free Materials or Paid Materials.
  • Function as a replacement for an authorized Open Dungeons publication.

Required Disclaimer

Fan Content must include the following disclaimer or a substantially equivalent statement:

"This is unofficial fan content. It is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or published by Open Dungeons Publishing, Open Dungeons™, or Open Dungeons RPG™."

For a written document, the disclaimer must appear on the first page in readable text no smaller than 10pt.

For a website, video, application, or other digital presentation, it must appear on the opening screen, description, credits, or another location reasonably visible to users.

Ownership of Fan Content

You retain ownership of the original material you create.

This License does not transfer ownership of your original Fan Content to Open Dungeons Publishing.

You do not obtain ownership of OD Materials that you quote, adapt, describe, or incorporate.

11. Community Submissions

This Section applies when you intentionally submit original content through an official Open Dungeons Publishing submission form and affirmatively accept the submission terms, or when you enter into another written submission agreement with Open Dungeons Publishing.

Do not send unsolicited creative submissions to Open Dungeons Publishing through email, direct messages, social media, forums, customer-support channels, or other informal methods.

Open Dungeons Publishing does not accept or acquire rights in unsolicited creative submissions merely because they are sent, posted, tagged, mentioned, or accompanied by a statement such as "use this if you want."

Open Dungeons Publishing will not publish or commercially use an unsolicited submission unless:

  • The submitter later completes the official submission process and accepts the applicable submission terms; or
  • The submitter and Open Dungeons Publishing enter into a separate written agreement granting the required rights.

Open Dungeons Publishing may delete, disregard, or decline to review unsolicited submissions without responding.

This Section does not apply merely because you:

  • Open or process a file using Software;
  • Contact customer support;
  • Send a private licensing inquiry;
  • Store local data in your browser; or
  • Provide information that Open Dungeons Publishing has agreed in writing to keep confidential.

Submission License

By submitting content through an official submission form that links to these terms and affirmatively accepting them, or by entering into another written submission agreement containing substantially equivalent rights, you grant Open Dungeons Publishing a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to:

  • Host and store the submission;
  • Reproduce and publish it;
  • Display and publicly perform it;
  • Distribute it in digital or printed form;
  • Edit, correct, adapt, format, translate, or modify it;
  • Combine it with other material;
  • Create derivative works based on it;
  • Include it in OD Materials, Software, databases, generators, websites, marketing, and promotional materials;
  • Archive it; and
  • Use the name, display name, or handle you provide for attribution.

This license permits Open Dungeons Publishing to use the submission commercially without additional permission or payment.

You retain ownership of your original submission, subject to the rights granted in this Section.

Open Dungeons Publishing is not required to:

  • Accept or publish a submission;
  • Provide credit in every use;
  • Maintain a submission permanently;
  • Explain an editorial decision;
  • Return submitted materials; or
  • Pay compensation unless separately agreed in writing.

Open Dungeons Publishing may edit, decline, remove, or stop using a submission at any time.

Removal of a submission from an Open Dungeons website does not revoke rights previously granted or require withdrawal of printed materials, archived copies, prior publications, backups, or materials already distributed.

Your Submission Promises

By submitting content, you represent and warrant that:

  • You created the submission or possess all rights necessary to grant this license;
  • The submission does not knowingly infringe another person's copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, contractual, or other rights;
  • The submission does not contain confidential information that you are not authorized to disclose;
  • The submission does not contain malware, malicious code, or intentionally harmful material;
  • The information you provide about authorship and ownership is accurate; and
  • You are legally able to grant the rights described in this Section.

Do not submit content that you do not have the right to license.

Previously Submitted Content

Content submitted before the effective date of Version 2.1 is not automatically governed by this Section unless the submitter previously granted Open Dungeons Publishing sufficient publication rights.

Open Dungeons Publishing may ask previous contributors to review and accept the current submission terms.

Continued publication or new use of a previous submission may be suspended until the necessary rights are confirmed.

12. Commercial Use Requiring Permission

Except for Permitted Community Monetization under Section 8, Commercial Use of protected OD Materials or Open Dungeons trademarks requires prior written permission from Open Dungeons Publishing unless the intended use is permitted without authorization by applicable law.

Written permission may be required for:

  • Paid PDFs or downloadable products;
  • Printed books;
  • Commercial adventures, expansions, or supplements;
  • Merchandise;
  • Applications, plugins, generators, or software tools incorporating protected OD Materials;
  • Paid virtual tabletop modules;
  • Subscription libraries or paid membership products;
  • Permanently paywalled Fan Content;
  • Commercial translations or adaptations;
  • Products containing substantial copied OD text, artwork, maps, characters, settings, or stat blocks; and
  • Products marketed using Open Dungeons trademarks or branding.

Requests are reviewed individually.

Approval is not guaranteed and may be subject to a separate written agreement, fee, royalty, credit requirement, content restriction, or quality-control condition.

This License does not claim ownership of abstract ideas, procedures, systems, processes, gameplay methods, or rules mechanics that are not protected by applicable intellectual-property law.

Independently creating a game that uses similar unprotected ideas, procedures, systems, or methods does not, by itself, grant permission to copy OD text, artwork, characters, settings, maps, layouts, logos, or other protected expression.

Nothing in this Section restricts lawful criticism, commentary, news reporting, scholarship, research, or another use permitted without authorization.

13. Trademarks

Open Dungeons™ and Open Dungeons RPG™ are trademarks of Open Dungeons Publishing.

The trademarks, logos, and confusingly similar names may not be used without written permission as:

  • Product or service branding;
  • A business or publisher name;
  • A product-line name;
  • A logo;
  • A domain name;
  • A social-media account or channel identity;
  • A commercial campaign; or
  • A statement or presentation implying sponsorship, certification, authorization, or endorsement.

You may make accurate descriptive references to Open Dungeons in reviews, Actual Play titles, commentary, community discussions, compatibility statements, and Fan Content, provided that:

  • The reference is truthful;
  • The use is not more prominent than reasonably necessary;
  • The use does not imply endorsement or affiliation;
  • The mark is not used as your own logo or brand; and
  • Any required Fan Content disclaimer is included.

No rights in an Open Dungeons trademark are granted except the limited descriptive-reference permission stated above.

14. Ownership, Third-Party Content, and User Content

Except where otherwise clearly stated, copyrightable OD Materials are owned by or licensed to Open Dungeons Publishing.

Third-party components, stock materials, commissioned works, fonts, libraries, and open-source components may remain owned by their respective copyright holders and may be subject to separate license terms.

A third-party license controls over this License to the extent that it governs a particular third-party component.

Open Dungeons Publishing does not claim ownership of User Content merely because it is created, opened, processed, converted, edited, displayed, or stored using Software.

No ownership interest in User Content is transferred unless:

  • The user submits it under Section 11;
  • A separate submission agreement applies; or
  • The user and Open Dungeons Publishing enter into another written agreement expressly granting or transferring rights.

15. Copyright Complaints

Open Dungeons Publishing respects the intellectual-property rights of others.

A copyright owner or authorized representative who believes that user-submitted material available through an Open Dungeons service infringes a copyright may send a written notice to:

Use contact page or link below.

The notice should include:

  • Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
  • Identification and location of the allegedly infringing material;
  • Contact information for the complaining party;
  • A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
  • A statement that the information in the notice is accurate and that the complaining party is authorized to act for the copyright owner; and
  • A physical or electronic signature.

Open Dungeons Publishing may remove or restrict access to disputed material while reviewing a complaint.

Open Dungeons Publishing may terminate access for users who repeatedly submit infringing material.

If Open Dungeons Publishing designates a DMCA agent, the agent's current contact information will be published on OpenDungeons.com and registered with the United States Copyright Office as required for any safe-harbor protections being sought.

16. Privacy and Local Data

Some Open Dungeons tools may store preferences, character information, documents, or other data locally on a user's device through cookies, browser storage, local files, or similar technology.

Unless a tool clearly states otherwise, locally stored data is not submitted to or stored on Open Dungeons Publishing servers.

Users are responsible for:

  • Maintaining their own backups;
  • Exporting data they wish to preserve;
  • Securing their devices and accounts; and
  • Deleting local data when it is no longer wanted.

Collection and handling of personal information by hosted services is governed by any Privacy Policy posted on OpenDungeons.com.

17. Term and Termination

This License takes effect when you accept it as described in Section 3 and continues until terminated.

Your license terminates automatically if you materially breach it.

Upon termination, you must:

  • Stop using OD Materials under the terminated license;
  • Stop distributing or displaying unauthorized copies;
  • Remove unauthorized public or shared copies under your control;
  • Delete copies created outside the permissions granted by this License; and
  • Uninstall Software if your right to use it has terminated.

Termination does not require advance notice and does not limit any legal or equitable remedy available to Open Dungeons Publishing.

Termination does not require you to delete independent User Content that you own, except to the extent that the User Content contains unauthorized copies of OD Materials.

Termination does not revoke the submission license granted to Open Dungeons Publishing under Section 11.

Sections concerning restrictions, submissions, ownership, trademarks, disclaimers, liability, governing law, and remedies survive termination.

Open Dungeons Publishing may request removal of unauthorized copies at any time.

18. No Warranty

To the maximum extent permitted by law, OD Materials are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express, implied, or statutory.

Open Dungeons Publishing disclaims implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, noninfringement, accuracy, availability, and compatibility.

Open Dungeons Publishing does not warrant that:

  • OD Materials will meet every user's expectations;
  • A publication will be free from errors or omissions;
  • Software will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free;
  • Files will remain available indefinitely;
  • A website or service will always remain online; or
  • OD Materials will be compatible with every platform, device, application, campaign, or gaming style.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

19. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Open Dungeons Publishing and its owners, employees, contractors, licensors, and service providers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, consequential, or punitive damages.

This exclusion includes loss of data, loss of files, lost profits, lost revenue, business interruption, loss of goodwill, or the cost of substitute products or services arising from or related to OD Materials.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the total aggregate liability of Open Dungeons Publishing arising from a particular claim will not exceed the greater of:

  • The amount paid directly to Open Dungeons Publishing for the specific product or service giving rise to the claim during the 12 months immediately preceding the event giving rise to liability; or
  • Fifty United States dollars, or US $50.

These limitations apply regardless of the legal theory asserted and even if Open Dungeons Publishing was advised that damages were possible.

Nothing in this License excludes or limits liability that applicable law does not permit to be excluded or limited.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations, so portions of this Section may not apply to you.

20. Updates to This License

Open Dungeons Publishing may update this License by posting a revised version on the License page at OpenDungeons.com.

Each revision will include an updated version number and effective date.

Except as provided in Section 4 or otherwise permitted by applicable law:

  • A downloaded copy of OD Materials is governed by the license version presented when that copy was obtained.
  • A later license version governs copies obtained after the later version takes effect.
  • Re-downloading or obtaining a replacement copy after an update may subject that new copy to the updated License.

Hosted Software and online tools may be governed by an updated License after reasonable notice is provided.

Continued use of hosted Software after the effective date of an update constitutes acceptance of the updated terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.

If you do not agree to an updated License governing hosted Software, you must stop using the hosted Software.

21. Severability and No Waiver

If any provision of this License is found invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.

If it cannot be modified, it will be severed. The remaining provisions will remain in full force.

A failure or delay by Open Dungeons Publishing in enforcing any provision is not a waiver of that provision or of the right to enforce it later.

A waiver is valid only if provided in writing by Open Dungeons Publishing.

22. Governing Law and Venue

This License is governed by the laws of the State of Washington, United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.

Any dispute arising from or relating to this License must be brought in a state or federal court located in King County, Washington, and each party consents to the jurisdiction and venue of those courts.

If you are a consumer residing outside the United States, this Section does not deprive you of protections provided by mandatory consumer-protection laws that apply in your place of residence and cannot lawfully be waived.

23. Contact and Permission Requests

For licensing questions, commercial-use requests, translation requests, distribution requests, or other permission inquiries:

Use contact page, or contact link below.

You may also use the official Contact page on OpenDungeons.com.

A permission, exception, or approval is valid only when provided in writing by Open Dungeons Publishing or by a person expressly authorized to act on its behalf.

Silence, failure to respond, past non-enforcement, or awareness of a use does not constitute permission.

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Seattle, Washington, USA

24. Entire Agreement

This License, together with any applicable product-specific license, submission agreement, or separate written agreement, is the entire agreement between you and Open Dungeons Publishing concerning use of OD Materials.

It supersedes prior oral statements, informal explanations, website descriptions, and understandings concerning the same subject, subject to the prior-license provisions in Section 4.

You may not assign or transfer your rights under this License without prior written permission from Open Dungeons Publishing.

Open Dungeons Publishing may assign this License in connection with a merger, reorganization, sale of assets, transfer of the Open Dungeons business, or other lawful business succession.

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