I've found several really good homebrew options around the internet (Homebrewery, D&D wiki, etc) but I was curious about the morality/legality of adding them to the homebrew here? I was wondering if adding them here would require the original creators permission or if I link to the original creation if that would cover that? Sorry if the question is naive, I did try searching here and other places about adding other peoples homebrew stuff but couldn't find anything. Thank you for the help!
I'm not looking to claim something that isn't mine, I'm just wondering if it would be possible to add someone else's homebrew if I credit them/link to the original.
I don't think there would be any problem if you added it and just didn't make it public. Does someone even have legal rights to a homebrew they write up or does it fall in the lines of "OC do not steal pls"?
The point of people putting them up is so other people can play them. There is no legality or moral issue if you recreate to use on this character sheet - since even if it was pen and paper, you rewriting things is still recreating it. From a legal standpoint it is exactly the same. As long as you are using it for your own personal use in your home group, this is fine.
It would only be an issue if you claimed it was yours or shared to the public. You could share to the public on here if you got the author's permission - if you do, I recommend putting a note on there in description to state such (like "This was originally posted on D&D Wiki by User123. They have given me permission to make this available here.") If you do get permission do advise them once shared publically it cannot be deleted/removed.
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Thank you for the replies! Ya I definitely don't want to take credit for something that isn't mine, mine wouldn't be half as good as some of the stuff I've found lol. This really helped, thanks again.
I've found several really good homebrew options around the internet (Homebrewery, D&D wiki, etc) but I was curious about the morality/legality of adding them to the homebrew here? I was wondering if adding them here would require the original creators permission or if I link to the original creation if that would cover that? Sorry if the question is naive, I did try searching here and other places about adding other peoples homebrew stuff but couldn't find anything. Thank you for the help!
I'm not looking to claim something that isn't mine, I'm just wondering if it would be possible to add someone else's homebrew if I credit them/link to the original.
I don't think there would be any problem if you added it and just didn't make it public. Does someone even have legal rights to a homebrew they write up or does it fall in the lines of "OC do not steal pls"?
The point of people putting them up is so other people can play them. There is no legality or moral issue if you recreate to use on this character sheet - since even if it was pen and paper, you rewriting things is still recreating it. From a legal standpoint it is exactly the same. As long as you are using it for your own personal use in your home group, this is fine.
It would only be an issue if you claimed it was yours or shared to the public. You could share to the public on here if you got the author's permission - if you do, I recommend putting a note on there in description to state such (like "This was originally posted on D&D Wiki by User123. They have given me permission to make this available here.") If you do get permission do advise them once shared publically it cannot be deleted/removed.
Click ✨ HERE ✨ For My Youtube Videos featuring Guides, Tips & Tricks for using D&D Beyond.
Need help with Homebrew? Check out ✨ this FAQ/Guide thread ✨ by IamSposta.
What others said: it is fine as long as you dont publish it without permission.
Thank you for the replies! Ya I definitely don't want to take credit for something that isn't mine, mine wouldn't be half as good as some of the stuff I've found lol. This really helped, thanks again.