I'm planning on writing an adventure setting under the Creative Commons license.
Can I MENTION but give no detail/instruction about relevant non-SRD content?
Example: My setting has a mysterious realm of the fey, different from the official Feywilds. I understand I can't include Eladrin themselves or their stat blocks, but what about a line like:
> The Official D&D Supplement Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes includes stats for a player race called the "Eladrin". If you intend to play a Fey player, refer to the stats and abilities there to guide your choices.
Is something like that kosher? Feels like I'm providing marketing for Wizards, not 'using' their content to me.
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I'm planning on writing an adventure setting under the Creative Commons license.
Can I MENTION but give no detail/instruction about relevant non-SRD content?
Example: My setting has a mysterious realm of the fey, different from the official Feywilds. I understand I can't include Eladrin themselves or their stat blocks, but what about a line like:
> The Official D&D Supplement Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes includes stats for a player race called the "Eladrin". If you intend to play a Fey player, refer to the stats and abilities there to guide your choices.
Is something like that kosher? Feels like I'm providing marketing for Wizards, not 'using' their content to me.
generally speaking, yes.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
That won't be a copyright issue. It is potentially a trademark issue, but probably isn't in this case as long as you aren't calling them eladrin.