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After years of openness, I'm willing to grant Paizo the benefit of the doubt and assume that this is a careless mistake, not deliberate malice (a level of trust I no longer extend to some other beach-based companies).

But mistake or not, the effect of these changes on third party creators is really bad, and needs to be fixed. If it's not fixed, creators will think twice about working with Paizo properties in the future, and the players will suffer.

Jared Thaler - Personal Opinion wrote:

So. As far as I am reading this, a third party character sheet could not use the Pathfinder logo, the class icons, or possibly even the action symbols without a separately negotiated license?

A custom character sheet layout falls under the "some exceptions" in the Fan Content Policy. Since it's primarily art (the custom layout), it's not an RPG product in the sense that it'd need to reference the OGL or ORC. If it's an automated character sheet that's actively crunching numbers and referencing rules, then that would need to be released under the OGL/ORC and Compatibility License.

It's not the 1970s any more. A character sheet isn't just some boxes on a piece of paper. People use a whole variety of tools and apps at their game table. Even those made primarily for print, like mine, have a strong digital component and plenty of specific rules references.

Where does this leave accessibility tools? I have a nearly-blind player at my table, who's constantly looking for audio-based tools to help. Do these license changes make that less likely?

MrVauxs wrote:

Thankfully Pathbuilder is not affected given it has already had to abide by being purely ORC-based and not using Golarion content. That's why it just has "Faction prerequisites" and such, as opposed to saying for ex. "Firebrand member."

...Is this true, though? Because it definitely uses "game rules" like classes and feats and leveling structure and such. The verbiage has all been sanitized but the underlying structure still relies on game rules that are a mixture of OGL and ORC content (at least for a complete product, as Jared noted above).

It's an example of an extraordinarily popular tool that I could easily see just...No longer existing after the licensing change.

So a tool like Pathbuilder or Dyslexic Character Sheets uses more than one license at once. We use the OGL / ORC for rules, the CUP for logos and stuff, and various other licenses for software, fonts, and everything else.

With this change, we'll still have access to the rules part with ORC, but everything else is gone. No logos, no iconic artwork, no class symbols, no Golarion setting IP, etc.

This becomes a problem when the boundary between rules and setting IP gets blurry. For example, the Red Mantis Assassin archetype clearly references the organisation from Golarion, right alongside the mechanical rules that the ORC grants.

This is where I'm most unclear. Do I need to throw out every Lost Omens sourcebook from my product, because every background and ancestry in them is potentially tainted by setting IP?

Jared Thaler - Personal Opinion wrote:

So. As far as I am reading this, a third party character sheet could not use the Pathfinder logo, the class icons, or possibly even the action symbols without a separately negotiated license?

A custom character sheet layout falls under the "some exceptions" in the Fan Content Policy. Since it's primarily art (the custom layout), it's not an RPG product in the sense that it'd need to reference the OGL or ORC. If it's an automated character sheet that's actively crunching numbers and referencing rules, then that would need to be released under the OGL/ORC and Compatibility License.

By that description, I'm certain that my character sheets, and many other tools like them, require ORC/OGL + Compatibility License. Only the most basic of tools would have no rules reference in them at all. Something as simple as "Select your ancestry from this list" would be enough to cross that very low threshold.

The gap between the old CUP and the new Compatibility License is what's jarring here.

The FCP doesn't apply to any character sheet, builder, tool, wiki or app that uses game rules, even if they're non-commercial. That means all the logos, artwork etc that used to be granted that way aren't.

The Compatibility License grants almost nothing in comparison - a single "compatible with" logo and a few words.

Would a compromise would be for the Compatibility License to grant a subset of what the CUP used to? Nothing specific to the Golarion setting, but a selection of iconics, logos, class symbols etc? Enough to make a useful tool.

Indeed, I'm left very confused by this update. If removing all the once-CUP artwork is the answer, I'll be disappointed but so be it; but more clarity would be appreciated.

I've published a collection of many little bug fixes and improvements.

Remaster is in the works...

Is there any word on Community Use Policy updates? Back in June, you said:

The shift to the ORC license will also necessitate a change to our Compatibility License and Community Use Policy. We’ll have those available for public comment soon, and final versions will be released before the new Remaster books come out in November.

I've published a pile of updates: Mwangi ancestries, the Forge-Blessed Dwarf, and a long list of bug fixes.

I've just added a big pile of extra Backgrounds.

Dyslexic Character Sheets now has character sheets for the Pathfinder 2e version of Kingmaker, with pages for kingdoms, settlements and armies.

https://www.dyslexic-charactersheets.com/

This release also has some bug fixes and additions, such as the Pine Leshy heritage from the Quest for the Frozen Flame adventure path.

The latest release of Dyslexic Character Sheets includes:

• Psychic class and archetype
  
• Thaumaturge class and archetype
  
• Skeleton ancestry from Book of the Dead
  
• Battlezoo Dragon ancestry
  
• Battlezoo Dungeon ancestry
  
• Spanish translations
  
• Page links down the left side for quick navigation
  
• Countless little fixes and improvements
  

Get it here:
https://www.dyslexic-charactersheets.com/

The multi-class archetypes are now available.

Dyslexic Character Sheets for Pathfinder Second edition are here:

Build A Character

Features:

- Different pages for each class (I was doing it before it was cool)
- Space for your ancestry, background, feats etc
- Your character portrait, chosen from a long list or upload your own
- Extra pages for spellbooks, formulas, animal companions, etc
- Minis to cut out and play
- Translated into Italian (more translations on the way)
- Accessibility modes: Large print, high contrast, and dyslexic font option
- 100% free and open source
- Available as a JavaScript library to integrate into your own projects

There aren't many issues with the beta, so the main release will be out soon.

Stance Savant was corrected in the first batch of Errata. It was changed from a Reaction to a Free Action.

Curse you, Errata! I already fixed that once, then I UNfixed it when I saw it didn't match what's in the book.

I'll fix it again.

It's finally time for the public beta of my custom character sheets for Pathfinder 2nd Edition. Build your character here:

Build A Character

This is a public beta, meaning it's not patrons-only any more: anyone can get to the dev site now. I want your feedback on the beta, so go and make some character sheets, and tell me what needs to be fixed.

Features:

• - Different pages for each class (I was doing it before it was cool)
  
• - Space for your ancestry, background, feats etc
  
• - Your character portrait, chosen from a long list or upload your own
  
• - Extra pages for spellbooks, formulas, animal companions, etc
  
• - Minis to cut out and play
  
• - Translated into Italian
  
• - Accessibility modes: Large print, high contrast, and dyslexic font option
  
• - 100% free and open source
  
• - Available as a JavaScript library to integrate into your own projects
  

There are some things on my list to add in the future:

• - Archetypes, including those from other books like the Lost Omens Character Guide
  
• - More ancestries, heritages, backgrounds and classes - including the APG when it comes out
  
• - GM pages: NPCs, maps, timelines etc.
  
• - Pathfinder Society chronicle tracking
  
• - More translations (drop me a line if you'd like to help with that)
  
• - Automatic calculations
  

Alpha

After 18 months of work, Dyslexic Character Sheets for Pathfinder Second Edition have reached a state I'm happy to call Alpha!

I now want your help finding things to fix. As a preview, here are character sheets for Paizo's 12 pregenerated characters.

• Fumbus, Goblin Alchemist
  
• Amiri, Human Barbarian
  
• Lem, Halfling Bard
  
• Seelah, Human Champion
  
• Kyra, Human Cleric
  
• Lini, Gnome Druid
  
• Valeros, Human Fighter
  
• Sajan, Human Monk
  
• Harsk, Dwarf Ranger
  
• Merisiel, Elf Rogue
  
• Seoni, Human Sorcerer
  
• Ezren, Human Wizard
  

Patrons get to build any character they like, but this is the final patrons-only release. The next release will be a public beta, which everyone gets to try.