Terms Of Use

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) govern your use of this website, www.paizo.com, and related services (the “Site”). By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms. Paizo, Inc. and its affiliates (“we,” “us,” “Paizo”) reserve the right to revise these Terms at any time. Each time you visit the Site, you are accepting the Terms in effect at that time. Please review these Terms from time to time as we may update them periodically.

Your use of and engagement with the Site may also be governed by one or more of our additional policies, including our Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines, and Paizo’s other policies and public licenses, or any other rules or policies we may make available from time to time (the “Policies”).

The Site is not intended for children under the age of 16. You hereby affirm that you are an adult of legal age in your country and state of residence. If you are under the legal age, your parent or guardian must consent to these Terms both directly and on your behalf.


Your Account

While some elements of the Site may be accessible to the public, certain elements require that you create an account (“Account”). To register an Account and access certain services through the Site, you may be asked to provide your date of birth, name, email address, and other personal information. Paizo will use and protect personal information subject to our Privacy Policy.

You are fully responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and security of your Account password and access information. You may not share your Account or access information. Two or more people may not use the same Account or access the Site as the same user. You agree to notify us immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your Account. You further agree that you are entirely liable for all activities conducted through your Account, and are responsible for ensuring that you or your child is aware of, understands, and complies with these Terms and the Policies.

Use of the Site is void where prohibited. By registering an Account and accessing the Site, you represent and warrant that: (i) all Account data that you submit is truthful and accurate; (ii) you are the age of consent or older in your country/region, or have your parent or guardian's consent; (iii) your use of the Site will not violate any applicable law or regulation, these Terms, or the Policies; and (iv) you are not an individual specifically banned or prohibited by us from registering an Account or using the Site.

You have no property or ownership rights or interest whatsoever in your Account. You understand and agree that Paizo and our representatives will have access to your Account and are able to track your use and engagement with the Site. You authorize us and our representatives to review such information as reasonably necessary to investigate complaints, to provide you with services, and for other purposes as set forth in these Terms, our Privacy Policy, and other applicable Policies.


Ownership of Content and Grant of Conditional License

All right, title, and interest in the Site and in all materials or services provided through the Site (including all data, text, templates, forms, designs, pages, print screens, audio and video clips, images, artwork, photographs, source code, or software that resides or is viewable or otherwise discoverable on or through the Site) (the “Content”) belongs to us or to our valid third party licensors.

Except as expressly provided below, nothing contained in this Site shall be construed as conferring any license or right, expressly, by implication, by estoppel or otherwise, under any of our intellectual property rights, or under any third party’s intellectual property rights, and no part of the Site or Content may be reproduced, republished, copied, transmitted, or distributed in any form or by any means, except in accordance with applicable Policies or otherwise with our prior written consent.

Upon your acceptance of these Terms, we hereby grant you a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited, conditional license to view, use, access, and engage with the Site and Content only for your personal use and only as permitted by these Terms and applicable Policies. As a condition of this license, and by visiting or using the Site, you agree that you will comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, including our Policies, and you additionally agree that you shall not:

  • Use the Site or Content for any illegal purpose or in any manner inconsistent with these Terms;
  • Use the Site or Content to violate or infringe any of our or any third party’s proprietary or intellectual property rights;
  • Use the Site or Content for purposes of training artificial intelligence technologies to generate text, art, or other works, including technologies that are capable of generating works in the same style or genre as the Site, Content, or other Paizo products and services;
  • Express or imply that any statements you make are endorsed by us, without our prior written consent;
  • Harvest or collect information about Site users;
  • Remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices contained on the Site or Content;
  • Use the Site to engage in or endorse any cheating or hacking, including by creating, offering, promoting, distributing, or making available any cheats, bots, hacks, or device, software, code, or program that grants or is designed to grant any user an advantage over others not using such methods, or impersonating another user or accessing another user’s account without their permission;
  • Submit any software or other materials that contain any viruses, malware, spyware, or other programs or code of a malicious or destructive nature;
  • Reproduce, modify, display, publicly perform, distribute, or create derivative works of the Site or the Content, unless otherwise authorized by our Policies;
  • Modify, adapt, sub-license, translate, sell, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any portion of the Site or otherwise attempt to derive any source code or underlying ideas or algorithms of any part of the Content, unless otherwise authorized by our Policies;
  • Take any action that imposes or may impose (in our sole discretion) an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure;
  • Attempt to conceal your identity by using multiple Internet Protocol addresses, email addresses, or other unauthorized means to conduct transactions on the Site;
  • Decode, decrypt, modify, or reverse engineer any underlying algorithms or barcodes used on or in production of the Content or the Site; or
  • Use the Site or the Content in an attempt to, or in conjunction with, any device, program or service designed to circumvent any technological measure that effectively controls access to, or the rights in, the Site and/or Content in any way including, without limitation, by manual or automatic device or process, for any purpose.

This license is expressly conditioned on your agreement to comply with, and your actual compliance with, each of the provisions described in these Terms. This license exists only so long as you strictly comply with each of the provisions described herein. Any use of the Site or its Content by you or anyone acting on your behalf that does not comply with these Terms exceeds the scope of the license granted to you herein, constitutes unauthorized reproduction, distribution, display, or creation of unauthorized derivative versions of the Site and Content, and infringes our copyrights, trademarks, patents and other rights in the Site and Content.


User Content

The Site or Content may enable you to submit, post, upload, fill-in, comment, or otherwise make available (“Post”) content such as questions, messages, ideas, suggestions, feedback, comments, and other content (“User Content”). If you Post User Content, you grant us a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to access, view, use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, copy, and display such User content in any form, media, or technology now known or hereafter developed. You represent and warrant that: (i) you own or control all of the rights to the User Content that you Post; (ii) the User Content you Post is truthful and accurate; and (iii) the User Content you Post does not violate these Terms, the Policies, or any applicable laws.


Payment Terms

Paizo uses third party payment providers and trusted partners to authenticate payment when you purchase our products, to assist with our webstore and ecommerce system, and to help provide and deliver products and services you may request or access through the Site (“Third Party Partners”). When you purchase products or services from the Site, you are interacting with our Third-Party Partners. Please read the terms and conditions and privacy policies of these Third-Party Partners to understand any additional terms that may apply to your transactions and interactions with the Third Party Partners. All actions and uses you undertake with respect to services offered by our Third-Party Partners must comply with the applicable terms of service for that Third Party Partner.

When you set up an Account with us or use the Site or the services of our Third-Party Partners, you must provide accurate and complete information for a valid payment method that you are authorized to use. You are responsible for ensuring that you have authorization to use any chosen payment method, which includes obtaining account-holder, parent, or guardian approval if applicable. We will bill you through the payment method you provide, and you hereby authorize us and our Third-Party Partners to charge your payment method in accordance with the payment terms herein. You also agree to pay all fees and applicable taxes incurred by you or anyone using an Account registered to you. You agree to promptly notify us of any changes to your billing information or payment method.

The prices, features, and options of the Site may depend on your preferences and selections, local rules and conditions of your state or country, or a variety of other factors. When making authorized purchases via this Site, we may impose conditions on your use of any coupon, promotional code, or discount. We do not represent or warrant that any particular product, service, or other Content will be offered indefinitely, and we reserve the right to change the prices for or alter the features and options of the Site or Content without prior notice. You shall timely pay all fees associated with your Account or use of the Site and Content.

You are solely responsible for complying with laws related to your transactions on this Site, including all transactions made through your Account. You shall not hold us liable if you do not comply with laws related to your transactions. In accordance with our Privacy Policy, we may provide law enforcement with information related to your transactions to assist in any investigation or prosecution of you. If we are unable to verify or authenticate any information you provide during any stage of the registration, ordering, purchase, posting, sale, authentication, delivery, payment, or remittance process, or any other process, or if we are no longer able to verify or authorize your payment method information, we may refuse to honor your purchase or all pending and future purchases made with those payment methods or via any Accounts associated with those payment methods. We may also terminate your license hereunder, delete your Account, or otherwise prohibit you from using the Site.


Copyright & Trademarks

Paizo Inc., Paizo, the Paizo golem logo, Pathfinder, the Pathfinder logo, Pathfinder Society, Starfinder, the Starfinder logo, Starfinder Society, GameMastery, and Planet Stories are registered trademarks of Paizo Inc. The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Campaign Setting, Pathfinder Adventure Path, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Player Companion, Pathfinder Modules, Pathfinder Tales, Pathfinder Battles, Pathfinder Legends, Pathfinder Online, Starfinder Adventure Path, PaizoCon, RPG Superstar, The Golem's Got It, Titanic Games, the Titanic logo, and the Planet Stories planet logo are trademarks of Paizo Inc. In addition, all page headers, custom graphics, button icons, and scripts are service marks, trademarks, and/or trade dress owned by us, and may not be copied, imitated, or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and company names or logos mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners, and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part without the prior written permission of such respective owners.

If you believe that any part of the Site or Content infringes your intellectual property rights, please contact us and provide the following information in writing to dmca@paizo.com:

  • Your name, address, telephone number, and email address;
  • A description of the work that you claim has been infringed;
  • An explanation of the nature of the infringement or how you believe the work is being infringed;
  • The exact URL and a description of where each alleged infringement is located;
  • A statement that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use has not been authorized by you, your agent, or the law;
  • Your signature or the signature of the person authorized to act on your behalf; and
  • A statement made by you under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate, and that you are the intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Links

This Site may contain links to other websites that may not be owned or operated by us. We have no control over those websites and are not responsible for their content, terms of use, or privacy policies. We make no representation or warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, or authenticity of the information or opinions contained in linked websites, and our link to those websites does not indicate any approval or endorsement of those websites or of any products or services promoted therein. Your use of other websites is at your own risk and is subject to the terms of those websites. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever links you select or software you download (whether from the Site or other sites) is free of viruses, defects, malware, spyware, and other programs of a destructive or malicious nature. Additionally, we are not responsible for and do not endorse the actions or opinions of third parties expressed on linked websites.


Violation of Terms

If you violate these Terms or our Policies, we may, in our sole discretion, without notice to you, without prejudice to any other rights which we may otherwise have, cancel in whole or in part your transactions, your Account, or your license to use and access the Site and Content.


User Warranties

You hereby represent and warrant to us that: (a) you have all requisite rights and authority to use the Site and Content under these Terms and to grant all applicable rights herein; (b) you are responsible for all use of the Site and Content associated with your Account; (c) you are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Account and passwords; (d) you agree to immediately notify us of any unauthorized use of your Account of which you become aware; (e) you agree that we will not be liable for any losses incurred as a result of a third party's use of your Account, regardless of whether such use is with or without your knowledge and consent; (f) you will use the Site and Content only for lawful purposes and only subject to these Terms and the Policies; (g) any information you submit to us is true, accurate, and correct; and (h) you will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site or Content, user accounts, computer systems, or networks under our control or responsibility through hacking, cracking, password mining, or any other unauthorized means.


Indemnification

Should anyone bring a claim against us related to your use of the Site, your User Content, or your violation of these Terms, you agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our affiliates, and each of our officers, directors, employees, volunteers, and agents, harmless from and against any and all claims, damages, losses and expenses of any kind (including reasonable legal fees and costs). We reserve the right to take exclusive control and defense of any claim, and you will cooperate fully with us in asserting any available defenses.


No Representation or Warranty

The documents, graphics, and images published at this Site could include inaccuracies or typographical errors. Additionally, we reserve the right to modify the information contained in this Site without notice. We make no commitment, however, to update the information contained in this Site.

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, INFORMATION ON THIS SITE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE FURTHER MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE AND CONTENT ARE ACCURATE OR COMPLETE, AND WE ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, MISTAKES, INNACURACIES, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, INTERRUPTION, BUGS, VIRUSES, MALWARE, SPYWARE, LOSS OF DATA, THIRD PARTY REPRESENTATIONS, AND/OR ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR CONTENT. YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM USE OF THE SITE OR CONTENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE ADVERTISED OR OFFERED BY A THIRD PARTY THROUGH THE SITE, AND WE WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO OR IN ANY WAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER PERSONS WITH WHOM YOU COMMUNICATE OR INTERACT AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE AND CONTENT.


Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT WILL WE, OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, SUPPLIERS, AGENTS, AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES, SUCCESSORS, OR ASSIGNS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR, AND YOU HEREBY KNOWINGLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO SEEK INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SITE, THE CONTENT, OR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE PURCHASED THROUGH THE SITE, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE TERM “DAMAGES” INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ATTORNEY FEES, ANY LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION AND LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE WILL HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR (a) ANY FAILURE OF ANOTHER USER OF THE SITE TO ABIDE BY THESE TERMS, (b) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR SITE, (c) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS AND/OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND/OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (d) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, DEFECTS, MALWARE, SPYWARE, OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE OR MALICIOUS PROGRAMS WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR SITE, (e) ANY ERRORS, MISTAKES, INACCURACIES, OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT, OR (f) ANY LOST, STOLEN, OR DAMAGED PURCHASES. OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THESE TERMS OR THE USE OF THE SITE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100) OR THE AMOUNT YOU HAVE PAID US IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.


Waiver of Equitable Remedies

YOU AGREE THAT ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, OR HARM YOU SUFFER IS NOT IRREPARABLE AND OTHER REMEDIES WOULD BE ADEQUATE SUCH THAT YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO AND HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO EQUITABLE RELIEF INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INJUNCTIVE RELIEF AGAINST US AND OUR PARENTS OR AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS TO ENFORCE THE TERMS HEREOF; HOWEVER, YOU AGREE THAT PAIZO AND/OR ITS LICENSORS WOULD BE IRREPARABLY HARMED IF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY ENFORCED THEREFORE THE FOREGOING SHALL NOT PRECLUDE PAIZO FROM SEEKING ANY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. THIS LIMITATION APPLIES TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION OR CLAIMS IN THE AGGREGATE FOR ANY REASON.


Limitations on Warranty, Waiver, Liability

Some jurisdictions do not allow the foregoing limitations of liability, disclaimers of warranty, or indemnification provisions. As such, they may not apply to you in their entirety.


Governing Laws in Case of Dispute

These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, USA. Disputes arising from these Terms shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the State and Federal Courts located in King County, Washington. You hereby consent to the jurisdiction of such courts, and hereby waive any claims to forum non conveniens.


Construction

These Terms incorporate by reference any notices or Policies on the Site and constitute the entire agreement with respect to your access to and use of this Site. Any provision of these Terms which is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be severable from these Terms in that jurisdiction without in any way invalidating the remaining provisions of these Terms. The unenforceability of any provision in a given jurisdiction shall not make that provision unenforceable in any other jurisdiction.

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