Question about publishing

[GodCraig]

Not saying that this is something I'm even planning to do, but am quite curious as to how it would work.

Let's say that I were to use "Pathfinder Campaign Setting XYZ" as a world base and then built some massive and really cool campaign on top of it (to be clear, I'm talking about the story/arches, adventures, etc - basically, everything but the actual world and societies within it). Once this is done, I say "Oh my god, this is great!" and everyone I know agrees, so I decide it should be published for everyone's enjoyment (either for a fee or not depending on my mood at the time).

Would I be able to publish the campaign itself with a reference that you will also need to get the XYZ setting to go with it? Of course, there would be references to the setting from within the campaign as there's really no way to avoid it, but it wouldn't have the world detail that the setting provides.

I guess the real question is what are you allowed to do with the setting before getting into copyright problems, etc?

Thanks

[Liz Courts]

You are specifically prohibited from using our intellectual property in commercial, for-profit publications. You can use a vast majority of the mechanics freely under the Pathfinder Compatibility License—if you are interested in doing so, I would suggest reading our page specifically set up for that purpose here.

If you are interested in doing things "for fun" in our campaign setting, then I would look over the terms of the Community Use Policy.

[GodCraig]

great, thanks.