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As noted in other answers, no, you are not allowed to use these creatures under Fair Use. You could go back to their original mythological underpinnings (for those that have them), but you would have to take great care to make sure everything about them you describe comes from myth and not from D&D.

There is another option, however. Many Dungeons & Dragons monsters are available for use under the Open Game License. This does not cover images (at least not Wizards of the Coast’s images; some artists have released images of D&D monsters under the OGL), but it does cover their names, their stats, the names of their abilities, and their general “character.” It also does not cover certain particular iconic monsters, which Wizards of the Coast reserved as “product identity.” This would be beholder, carrion crawler, displacer beast, gauth, githyanki, githzerai, kuo-toa, mind flayer (illithid), slaad, umber hulk, and yuan-ti. It also doesn’t cover myriad other monsters that simply were never released in a book that got open-game treatment. But all of these monsters, for example, may be used.

Correctly following and using the Open-Game License requires some care. Read it carefully, and in particular pay close attention to the requirements in Section 15.

As noted in other answers, no, you are not allowed to use these creatures under Fair Use. You could go back to their original mythological underpinnings (for those that have them), but you would have to take great care to make sure everything about them you describe comes from myth and not from D&D.

There is another option, however. Many Dungeons & Dragons monsters are available for use under the Open Game License. This does not cover images, but it does cover their names, their stats, the names of their abilities, and their general “character.” It also does not cover certain particular iconic monsters, which Wizards of the Coast reserved as “product identity.” This would be beholder, carrion crawler, displacer beast, gauth, githyanki, githzerai, kuo-toa, mind flayer (illithid), slaad, umber hulk, and yuan-ti. It also doesn’t cover myriad other monsters that simply were never released in a book that got open-game treatment. But all of these monsters, for example, may be used.

Correctly following and using the Open-Game License requires some care. Read it carefully, and in particular pay close attention to the requirements in Section 15.

As noted in other answers, no, you are not allowed to use these creatures under Fair Use. You could go back to their original mythological underpinnings (for those that have them), but you would have to take great care to make sure everything about them you describe comes from myth and not from D&D.

There is another option, however. Many Dungeons & Dragons monsters are available for use under the Open Game License. This does not cover images (at least not Wizards of the Coast’s images; some artists have released images of D&D monsters under the OGL), but it does cover their names, their stats, the names of their abilities, and their general “character.” It also does not cover certain particular iconic monsters, which Wizards of the Coast reserved as “product identity.” This would be beholder, carrion crawler, displacer beast, gauth, githyanki, githzerai, kuo-toa, mind flayer (illithid), slaad, umber hulk, and yuan-ti. It also doesn’t cover myriad other monsters that simply were never released in a book that got open-game treatment. But all of these monsters, for example, may be used.

Correctly following and using the Open-Game License requires some care. Read it carefully, and in particular pay close attention to the requirements in Section 15.

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KRyan
KRyan
  • 313
  • 2
  • 8

As noted in other answers, no, you are not allowed to use these creatures under Fair Use. You could go back to their original mythological underpinnings (for those that have them), but you would have to take great care to make sure everything about them you describe comes from myth and not from D&D.

There is another option, however. Many Dungeons & Dragons monsters are available for use under the Open Game License. This does not cover images, but it does cover their names, their stats, the names of their abilities, and their general “character.” It also does not cover certain particular iconic monsters, which Wizards of the Coast reserved as “product identity.” This would be beholder, carrion crawler, displacer beast, gauth, githyanki, githzerai, kuo-toa, mind flayer (illithid), slaad, umber hulk, and yuan-ti. It also doesn’t cover myriad other monsters that simply were never released in a book that got open-game treatment. But all of these monsters, for example, may be used.

Correctly following and using the Open-Game License requires some care. Read it carefully, and in particular pay close attention to the requirements in Section 15.