Licenses and Attributions

Gold & XP is an independent tabletop campaign management tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Wizards of the Coast LLC, Matthew Finch, Stuart Marshall, or any other game publisher. Some of the optional rules reference content in Gold & XP is derived from openly licensed game documents. This page provides the attributions and license texts those documents require.

1. OSRIC (old-school rules content)

Gold & XP's old-school rules reference content is adapted from OSRIC (Old School Reference and Index Compilation), which is distributed under the Open Game License v1.0a. As required by the OSRIC license:

This product uses the OSRIC™ System (Old School System Reference and Index Compilation™). The OSRIC system text may be found at www.knights-n-knaves.com/osric. The OSRIC text is copyright of Stuart Marshall. “OSRIC” and “Old School Reference and Index Compilation” are trademarks of Matthew Finch and Stuart Marshall and may be used only in accordance with the OSRIC license. This product is not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.

2. System Reference Document 5.1 (5e-compatible content)

As required by the Creative Commons license for the SRD 5.1:

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 (“SRD 5.1”) by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

Where Gold & XP refers to 5e, it means “5E compatible” content.

3. System Reference Document (3.5e-compatible content)

Gold & XP's 3.5e-compatible rules reference content is derived from the System Reference Document (the revised v3.5 SRD) published by Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and used under the Open Game License v1.0a reproduced in full below. The corresponding copyright notice appears in Section 15 of the license.

4. Designation of Open Game Content

In accordance with Section 8 of the Open Game License v1.0a: all game rules, mechanics, statistics, tables, and similar material in Gold & XP that are derived from OSRIC or the System Reference Document are Open Game Content. All other content — including the Gold & XP name and logo, the software, user interface, visual design, artwork, and all user-created content — is not Open Game Content and is reserved as Product Identity or otherwise protected, and may not be used without permission.

5. Trademarks

All game system names, edition names, and publisher names that may appear on Gold & XP (in user content, discovery tags, or compatibility references) are the property of their respective owners. Their use is for identification and compatibility purposes only and does not imply any affiliation or endorsement.

6. Open Game License v1.0a

The following license text is reproduced in full as required by its terms.

OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a

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15. COPYRIGHT NOTICE

System Reference Document Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
System Reference Document Copyright 2000-2003, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Rich Baker, Andy Collins, David Noonan, Rich Redman, Bruce R. Cordell, John D. Rateliff, Thomas Reid, James Wyatt, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
OSRIC copyright 2006-08 by Stuart Marshall, adapting material prepared by Matthew J. Finch, based on the System Reference Document, inspired by the works of E. Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, and many others.

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