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Haladir wrote:

I am not a lawyer and the following is not legal advice...

You also said that your material is based on another series of books. Please be aware that the original book series is itself mostl likely protected intellectual property, and you'll probably need a license from that author and/or publishing company to use any IP related to the setting, story, characters, etc.

Before you try to publish anything (commercially or not), you'll probably want to hire an attorney who's familiar with intellectual property law to go over what you want to do before you do it. It would be very disheartening to do a ton of work on a website and then get hit with a "cease and desist" order... or (worse) a lawsuit for damages.

The material and books we have that we are using are from an individual in our group and he is the author of the series. He came to us with the idea so we have been brainstorming and creating and play testing. Like I said it is all in the early stages and we are just getting the feelers out to see how this will all evolve. We will definitely let him know about the contests and avenues and have him look at your threads to see how we may want to proceed. Thanks Guys!

We have only been doing this for a few months so we are no where even close to any finished product it is more like a small hobby but we are just looking at possibilities down the road.

I am not a lawyer and the following is not legal advice...

You also said that your material is based on another series of books. Please be aware that the original book series is itself mostl likely protected intellectual property, and you'll probably need a license from that author and/or publishing company to use any IP related to the setting, story, characters, etc.

Before you try to publish anything (commercially or not), you'll probably want to hire an attorney who's familiar with intellectual property law to go over what you want to do before you do it. It would be very disheartening to do a ton of work on a website and then get hit with a "cease and desist" order... or (worse) a lawsuit for damages.

The material and books we have that we are using are from an individual in our group and he is the author of the series. He came to us with the idea so we have been brainstorming and creating and play testing. Like I said it is all in the early stages and we are just getting the feelers out to see how this will all evolve. We will definitely let him know about the contests and avenues and have him look at your threads to see how we may want to proceed. Thanks Guys!

Mystal wrote:

Joana wrote:

Indeed, check the FAQ.

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Can I send you the Adventure Path/campaign setting/module I wrote to see if Paizo wants to publish it?

Unfortunately, we cannot legally accept unsolicited submissions of content and thus no one at Paizo can even look at the content of such emails. This is to protect ourselves as well as you and your intellectual property from copyright infringement or other potential legal hazards. If you're interested in writing for Paizo, the best way to get a foot in the door is by taking a look at our Pathfinder Society Quest open call , our annual RPG Superstar talent search contest, or by writing for other publishers and getting in touch with us after earning some publishing credits.

so does that mean as long as we had our own stuff published (project we are working on) and had the OGL We can have our own variation as long as it does not infringe on Pathfinder Lore or Core material? Or should we send it to the quest open call and RPG superstar first?

You can:

- publish stuff (commercially or not) if you follow the OGL and do not step upon Paizo (or anybody elses) intellectual property;
- publish stuff non-commercially if you follow the OGL and Paizo Community Use Policy using some of Paizo's intellectual property;
- besides that, you can try ways of catching Paizo's attention - the RPG Superstar contest is on hiatus, but you could try the Wayfinder fanzine.

I appreciate it guys, I will pass this information along and see what our group would like to do. We may just hold off then submit to the open forum/ contests and go from there.

Indeed, check the FAQ.

Quote:

Can I send you the Adventure Path/campaign setting/module I wrote to see if Paizo wants to publish it?

Unfortunately, we cannot legally accept unsolicited submissions of content and thus no one at Paizo can even look at the content of such emails. This is to protect ourselves as well as you and your intellectual property from copyright infringement or other potential legal hazards. If you're interested in writing for Paizo, the best way to get a foot in the door is by taking a look at our Pathfinder Society Quest open call , our annual RPG Superstar talent search contest, or by writing for other publishers and getting in touch with us after earning some publishing credits.

so does that mean as long as we had our own stuff published (project we are working on) and had the OGL We can have our own variation as long as it does not infringe on Pathfinder Lore or Core material? Or should we send it to the quest open call and RPG superstar first?

Oh and does anyone know how long it takes to have something submitted to even be approved by them to use for all the gamer's out there? We are really curious about how they come up with the ideas and how to publish these types of adventures.

A few friends and I have been working on a possible Pathfinder (system) compatible project based on a series of books (novels) in a different realm or kingdom. It has its own Factions so to speak and some other types of creatures. We have dibbled in this for over the last 5 to 7 years. We are currently play testing with our friends to see how this project handles. Who can we contact to submit the idea to in Paizo or pathfinder for some possible input or maybe submit to them what we have for something down the road if we can get this to work? Just curious

My friend has a series of books out, fantasy based. He was looking to see if I could make an adventure that can run parallel to one of the stories or have it where the characters show up during a major part within one of the books. (example: the attack on the mage arena during a competition). Where they assist and catch a glimpse of maybe one of the main characters in one of the books.

He wanted me to use the Pathfinder system. We are still discussing on if to be used for a society thing, he wanted me to work on it because he wants to have it for Gen Con possibly for this next year as a play test.

Last year when Paizo had the new release of something he was approached about maybe incorporating his world into it. I can't remember what game that was. But people were buying the core books fast right when the exhibit hall opened.

Mystal

Those are acronyms of book titles.

ARG - Advanced Race Guide
UC - Ultimate Combat.

Society Play gives a groundwork for interoperability. You can take a PFS character to another part of the world and sit down and play an appropriate adventure with others you find there.

If you want complete creative control, then make your own situations for your home game. PFS is a great place to find like-minded players and set up a campaign outside the PFS rules.

PFS has been going on for several years; now there are closing on two hundred scenarios, multi-table specials for larger groups, and adaptations for modules and adventure paths. But, yes, there are some limitations to get many people to play on the same sheet of music, as it were.

So what your saying then you have one option to run how you want, but if you want to take that specific character into the society you have to make sure that you only have items / classes that are authorized for play in that society rules for the scenario's they are running correct? On the other hand you have one character for your campaign and you create a separate similar more restrictive for the society rules and campaign, right?

ARG...UC? I guess I need to find the page that has all the acronyms.

I will have to see if there are some local games in my area so I can see how others do this.

It seems more to me that your creativity as a DM is being somewhat limited in the name of commercialization and cookie cutter scenario's. Looks like a more book and paper form of playing a MMO online where you are limited in what you can create and play for this society play and at the conventions.

Mystal

"However, if you're asking how easy it is to create and run your own adventures for Pathfinder Society Organized Play, the answer would have to be, "You can't." Unless, of course, you've been contracted by Paizo to author a scenario, module or adventure path."

So I cannot create my own adventure(say like from my own old campaign), or use one of their modules as a template to use that format, to make something similar for any type of play? It was my understanding that the society send out these people to search for old artifacts and ancient power. So what your saying is I am limited to their core books and campaign world, you cannot go beyond that? I take it you would have to get with the company itself and as you said be authored to make one of these? Interesting......

Mystal

My name is Joe,
I have been an avid gamer since 1982. I have started with the original revamped red box of D&D back then after the Pamphlets and when TSR was running the show. I have over the years played Shadowrun, Paranoia, Starwars, Cyberpunk and of course pretty much many campaigns of D&D from the Advanced, 2nd Edition, through 3.5. I briefly stopped at 4.0 because I did not like the new direction it was going.
I have run a campaign for over 10 years. I did try Pathfinder back in 2012 as a player character at a friends house that was ok. However when I attended the 2014 Gen Con I tried a Society Game not knowing what I was getting into. Was not prepared that once you die that was it.
However I am now in a position with a close friend that would like me to create a Pathfinder adventure to test my DM or in your Case GM abilities. He would like to to try to configure it for a possible society application, looking for about 1-7th level.
My big question is this, how easy is it for old DM's such as myself and can I get involved in GM'ing with this?

Mystal the Illusionist