Publishing for 5e and Pathfinder


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Can you release one project under the Pathfinder compatibility license and the 5e license? I know you can release similar products, one under the PF license and one under the 5e license, i.e. the current Midgard kickstarter, but what about one product made for both systems? Thanks to everyone who answers.


What sort of product is it? It seems to me like something which is compatible with both would be system-neutral enough that it would be more of a generic "use this with any system" product.


What license are you referring to when you say "the 5E license"? Do you mean the OGL, the DM Guild, or something else?

In case it's relevant, here's Vic Wertz on a similar question I had about mixing the Pathfinder and Starfinder compatibility licenses:

Garrett Guillotte wrote:
Alternatively, are the PCL and SCL exclusive of each other?
Vic Wertz wrote:
They are not. (Nor are they exclusive of any other game system.) They just each require that the product that you're using it with is "fully compatible" with the system that you are advertising it as compatible with.


Okay, I was thinking about having a short product with a class and said class had a version for 5e and for PF. I mean the OGL for the 5e license.


N-D B wrote:
Okay, I was thinking about having a short product with a class and said class had a version for 5e and for PF. I mean the OGL for the 5e license.

TPK Games' last few products were both PF and 5e, you could contact them and see how they go about it.

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