I don't know where else to put this as I saw no way of contacting the moderators of that queue.
I was told that my submission was rejected because: "Homebrew that references real life politics, religion, or world events cannot be approved for public listing".
I just built a subclass based on a type of Islamic warrior. I am not allowed? Because it's based on world events? Because it references religion?
What about the Samurai martial archetype? That's based on world events. Are you going to tell me that the Paladin Oath of Vengeance isn't partly inspired by Jean d'Arc? That an Open Hand Monk is not a reference to Shaolin and that the Shadow Way isn't a ninja? And what about religion? Is there any other way to look at the Path of the Zealot?
There are many references in Dungeons and Dragons. It wears them on its sleeve. Some are general and some are specific but that never stopped anyone before.
First and foremost, every appeal of homebrew rejection must be handled with a private message to a moderator, providing a link to the homebrew in question.
I think we need a general clarification of what's off-limits. Is it strictly the names and characters of books, movies, etc? Is it any items, beasts, and spells which show up in books? Because of the ambiguity I've found inconsistencies across moderators, and I don't blame them. For instance, I've been trying to publish a homebrewed "Elder Wand", which is indeed an item found in the Harry Potter books. But the expression "elder wand" is surely not licensed and the item text has no reference to any material in the story. By contrast, I've seen monsters floating around including "Morgoth", a prominent character in the Silmarillion. I'm sitting on some homebrews that I'm confused about. Do I need to call them "the Lone Ring" and "Welder Scroll" to get them through?
With the turnaround time in homebrew publications beyond two weeks, I think it would save both creators and moderators time to make these things less ambiguous.
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I don't know where else to put this as I saw no way of contacting the moderators of that queue.
I was told that my submission was rejected because: "Homebrew that references real life politics, religion, or world events cannot be approved for public listing".
I just built a subclass based on a type of Islamic warrior. I am not allowed? Because it's based on world events? Because it references religion?
What about the Samurai martial archetype? That's based on world events. Are you going to tell me that the Paladin Oath of Vengeance isn't partly inspired by Jean d'Arc? That an Open Hand Monk is not a reference to Shaolin and that the Shadow Way isn't a ninja? And what about religion? Is there any other way to look at the Path of the Zealot?
There are many references in Dungeons and Dragons. It wears them on its sleeve. Some are general and some are specific but that never stopped anyone before.
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First and foremost, every appeal of homebrew rejection must be handled with a private message to a moderator, providing a link to the homebrew in question.
On the Site Guidelines and Rules page, there is a complete list of moderators.
I think we need a general clarification of what's off-limits. Is it strictly the names and characters of books, movies, etc? Is it any items, beasts, and spells which show up in books? Because of the ambiguity I've found inconsistencies across moderators, and I don't blame them. For instance, I've been trying to publish a homebrewed "Elder Wand", which is indeed an item found in the Harry Potter books. But the expression "elder wand" is surely not licensed and the item text has no reference to any material in the story. By contrast, I've seen monsters floating around including "Morgoth", a prominent character in the Silmarillion. I'm sitting on some homebrews that I'm confused about. Do I need to call them "the Lone Ring" and "Welder Scroll" to get them through?
With the turnaround time in homebrew publications beyond two weeks, I think it would save both creators and moderators time to make these things less ambiguous.