I recently purchased the book Explorer's Guide to Wildemount so that I have access to dunamancy spells. I have a copy of the 2e module Chronomancer which includes several chrononmancy spells. Chronomancy is essentially the same in concept as chronurgy. Therefore, I adapted as homebrew for 5e all the chronomancy spells as chronurgy. On each I included the notation: "(This spell is a 5e adaptation of a spell from the 2e school of magic chronomancy introduced in the module Chronomancer.)"
I know that I can pirivately use these spells. I am not certain whether or not this violates site rules to share publicly.
Would the site rules permit me to share this homebrew content publicly? If not as is, is there some way in which I could do so?
How might we access previous editions then? Only for our own personal uses mind you.
You can adapt material from prior editions as creations in your private homebrew, which allows you to share that private hombrew in your campaigns. You cannot publish those adaptations for the use of anyone on DDB. This is the case with anything you're building with DDB's Homebrew Tools that's derived from another published source or IP.
At least that's what I think you're asking. DDB doesn't grant "access" to prior editions of the D&D. This thread was started by someone looking to adapt material from a prior edition into their 5e game and seems unclear that they can do just that without touching the "publish" button.
True, original homebrew of your making is what you're supposed to use the Publish button for, if you want to give your homebrew to the entire DDB community. Be mindful that when you do so, it effectively "locks" the homebrew so you can't update it. If you don't like how the homebrew is playing out in your game and want to tweak it, if you published it, you'll have to create an entirely new homebrew to do so. People who like "versioning" their homebrew find this tedious and you'll find plenty of arguments over it.
Also keep in mind even well intended homebrew can be "struck" and deleted. Homebrew is run through an automated system to make sure you're not trying to do an end run by making homebrew copies of "Official D&D" and will block anything that too closely resembles "Official D&D" from publication. A lot of other people, sometimes innocently (not knowing what "publish is") some maliciously (wanting to break copyright) will also publish stuff from other publishers. As such, there's a reporting system where things clearly "ripped" from another source are also taken down.
So again, you can homebrew anything you want including published material for the personal use of your game. If you want to publish something, it needs to be original work. Just like any other creative work.
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I recently purchased the book Explorer's Guide to Wildemount so that I have access to dunamancy spells. I have a copy of the 2e module Chronomancer which includes several chrononmancy spells. Chronomancy is essentially the same in concept as chronurgy. Therefore, I adapted as homebrew for 5e all the chronomancy spells as chronurgy. On each I included the notation: "(This spell is a 5e adaptation of a spell from the 2e school of magic chronomancy introduced in the module Chronomancer.)"
I know that I can pirivately use these spells. I am not certain whether or not this violates site rules to share publicly.
Would the site rules permit me to share this homebrew content publicly? If not as is, is there some way in which I could do so?
You cannot publish content that is not your own work. This includes adapting content from other IPs, earlier editions, or different TTRPG systems
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How might we access previous editions then? Only for our own personal uses mind you.
You can adapt material from prior editions as creations in your private homebrew, which allows you to share that private hombrew in your campaigns. You cannot publish those adaptations for the use of anyone on DDB. This is the case with anything you're building with DDB's Homebrew Tools that's derived from another published source or IP.
At least that's what I think you're asking. DDB doesn't grant "access" to prior editions of the D&D. This thread was started by someone looking to adapt material from a prior edition into their 5e game and seems unclear that they can do just that without touching the "publish" button.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
Thank you. I'm glad I checked first.
I did just also make up some spells on my own. Those would be fine to share, right?
True, original homebrew of your making is what you're supposed to use the Publish button for, if you want to give your homebrew to the entire DDB community. Be mindful that when you do so, it effectively "locks" the homebrew so you can't update it. If you don't like how the homebrew is playing out in your game and want to tweak it, if you published it, you'll have to create an entirely new homebrew to do so. People who like "versioning" their homebrew find this tedious and you'll find plenty of arguments over it.
Also keep in mind even well intended homebrew can be "struck" and deleted. Homebrew is run through an automated system to make sure you're not trying to do an end run by making homebrew copies of "Official D&D" and will block anything that too closely resembles "Official D&D" from publication. A lot of other people, sometimes innocently (not knowing what "publish is") some maliciously (wanting to break copyright) will also publish stuff from other publishers. As such, there's a reporting system where things clearly "ripped" from another source are also taken down.
So again, you can homebrew anything you want including published material for the personal use of your game. If you want to publish something, it needs to be original work. Just like any other creative work.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.