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The Oracle
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3:21 AM
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Q: Brackets in question titles

KirtThis question includes brackets in its title: Do the relevant stats of a creature summoned via a "Summon [Creature Type]"-style spell change, if your stats change after you summoned it? I can see the reason for the brackets - it is clearly indicating that OP wants to ask about a number of relat...

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4:44 AM
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Q: Can Remove Curse be used offensively against lycanthropes?

Kakuna RattataMy question isn't whether lycanthropy can be cured by Remove Curse. This question How can lycanthropy be cured? has already answered that. I'm wondering about the logistics of what would happen if a player decided to use the spell against an enemy lycanthrope. In the spell text, there doesn't see...

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SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
6:39 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, blacklisted website in answer, potentially bad ip for hostname in answer, potentially bad ns for domain in answer (184): What's your best practice as a DM to "protect" your awesome campaign's mystery "against" the Divination spell?‭ by Emotional words Poetry‭ on rpg.SE
 
 
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Q: If my PC gets a 5th lvl spell whilst only being able to cast 2nd lvl spells. Can PC still use the higher lvl spell?

wingSo before I continue I am extremely new to D&D, our DM approved a homebrew feat I picked out called "Blood Magic" Blood Magic Prerequisites: Spellcasting The skill of blood magic allows you to draw magical power from the life energy that beats within flowing veins, stealing away blood to use for...

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BESW
BESW
9:05 AM
Shrine: The Siege of Yueyuan by curiouschimeras. A xianxia RPG of duty, redemption, and loss.
*Kaminari by kumada1. A horror TTRPG that may only be played during a thunderstorm.
Rob Donoghue wrote a twitter thread about the incorrect idea "that the problem with CC is that it requires you open up EVERYTHING in your work, and doesn't allow you to declare some content closed, as the OGL does."
"Open License Game Systems" compiled by R. Rook Studio on Notion.
"So you're looking for a system other than D&D..." by cassimothwin on tumblr. Have you tried solo RPGs? Because it's not just "how can I play D&D alone" there's a whole world of cool stuff out there….And I want to tell you about it.
Snow and The Sea by ttto. A numbing horror journaling game for one player about seafaring and cold
 
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BESW
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We might get several youtube videos automatically posted to chat when the feed next updates itself; that's a one-time thing which says I got the rss right.
 
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BESW
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9:24 AM
"Alternatives for D&D" by bankeui on Deeper in the Game. For gamers playing games, here’s some options I’ve enjoyed if you want some D&D alternatives
 
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9:36 AM
The Indie RPG Newsletter: #127: What You Give For Free
posted on January 15, 2023 by Thomas Manuel

More like No-GL, amirite

 
 
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doppelgreener
doppelgreener
12:50 PM
@SmokeDetector k
oh, maybe it doesn't accept text feedback in this room
 
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1:15 PM
 
 
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AncientSwordRage
AncientSwordRage
2:53 PM
@BESW I've seen let's plays of a bunch of these and they're all good from what I know
Also liking some of the new feeds
 
 
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doppelgreener
doppelgreener
4:04 PM
@doppelgreener So I finally watched Legal Eagle's video. TLDR: Anyone making content for D&D almost certainly never needed the OGL to begin with, or WotC's permission. WotC cannot own the rules, only their expression of the rules. They cannot even stop you referencing D&D trademarks in a descriptive sense: “this content is compatible with D&D 5e” is fair game, “this content is part of the D&D brand” is not.
The only thing the OGL actually did for you was allow you to quote the content of the SRD. That is something you do need permission for, because Wizards owns copyright over their expressino of the game rules. You do not need their permission (or license) to write material that is compatible with the rules, or to film yourself playing D&D with a group in your own original narrative content.
 
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
4:24 PM
Even the Combat Wheelchair almost certainly doesn't need the OGL, or WotC's permission. The author had permission to release that document as-is the whole time, even if WotC didn't want them to.
Essentially any impression WotC gave us that we had to use the OGL for any D&D content at all would've been misleading. We don't need it at all for anything we do, except for any purpose that specifically required quoting the SRD's exact words.
This also means nobody really needs the next version of the OGL either.
 
Trish
Trish
4:43 PM
@doppelgreener Yep, that'S nominative use.
@doppelgreener The content of the SRD, or the very specific formating style, which is an expression.
but if you strip the formating and use a different one? No trouble
@doppelgreener actually, we need 1.2 to release and nullify the old OGL - they can possibly annul it, but not force migration - and thus free anyone that did sign it unnecessarily from any obligations and gags.
 
doppelgreener
doppelgreener
4:57 PM
Well for ordinary content creators, even then we're not obliged to the OGL and don't necessarily need any release from it. Say I write an adventure: I own it, it's mine. The OGL is just one way of making it available. I put a copy up on the shelf with the OGL stapled to it. I still own the original though, and I can go ahead and put that up on the shelf again under any other license including no license. If I need to, I can modify it then put a copy of that on the shelf for others.
So if I wrote an adventure for sale and put it up on my store on Drive Thru RPG with the OGL 1.0a attached, I can just take it off my store, check it over for anything I need to change (e.g. spots I've quoted the SRD), then put up a new version in my store without any version of the OGL attached.
Granted people can still use the OGL version — I have licensed that, and I don't recall if I can revoke an OGL 1.0a licensing — but I'm not required to continue to make that version available in my store.
 
The Oracle
The Oracle
5:36 PM
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Q: What's going on with \\[this sequence\\] invoking MathJax?

doppelgreenerExempt-Medic noticed in this answer that the following sequence invokes MathJax: \\[MathJax!\\] See it here in action: \[MathJax!\] Our configuration ever since our original request to enable it was supposed to be \$this\$ for inline MathJax (\$this\$) and $$this$$ for blocks, but above \\[this\\...

support mathjax
 
 
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Trish
Trish
11:01 PM
@doppelgreener exactly. you can just... point to the SRD page and not quote! XD
 
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Q: Is there a spell or cantrip to manipulate metal?

King ThingyI am curious if there is a spell or cantrip to manipulate metal. I'd like to be able to turn someone's armor into a cage or extend my blade. Maybe there'd be certain limits such as the spell level influencing the amount of metal and or quality/number of types.

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Adeptus
Adeptus
11:19 PM
@BESW Roll20 has card decks
(also, welcome back! I was wondering where you'd gone)
 

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