Licenses & Attribution

Effective: January 18, 2026 Updated: January 18, 2026

ScryMarket includes pre-seeded game content from official System Reference Documents to help you get started quickly. This page documents the licenses and required attributions for that content.

These open gaming licenses exist specifically to enable tools like ScryMarket—they allow the community to build apps, references, and resources that help players and game masters enjoy tabletop RPGs.

1. Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition

D&D 5e content in ScryMarket is sourced from the System Reference Document 5.1 (SRD 5.1), which Wizards of the Coast released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License on January 27, 2023.

Required Attribution

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.

Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, and the dragon ampersand are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC.

2. Pathfinder Second Edition

Pathfinder 2e content in ScryMarket is used under the Open RPG Creative (ORC) License and the Open Game License v1.0a, depending on the source publication.

Open RPG Creative (ORC) License

The ORC License is a system-agnostic, perpetual, and irrevocable open gaming license that provides a legal "safe harbor" for sharing game mechanics.

ORC License Notice

This product is licensed under the ORC License located at the Library of Congress at TX 9-307-067 and available online at paizo.com/orclicense and various other locations.

Attribution: This product contains Licensed Material from Paizo Inc.'s Pathfinder Second Edition game system.

Open Game License v1.0a

Some older Pathfinder Second Edition content is used under the Open Game License v1.0a. The full license text is provided in Section 4 below.

Pathfinder is a registered trademark of Paizo Inc.

3. Draw Steel

Draw Steel content in ScryMarket is used under the DRAW STEEL Creator License from MCDM Productions, LLC.

Required Attribution

ScryMarket's Draw Steel content is an independent product published under the DRAW STEEL Creator License and is not affiliated with MCDM Productions, LLC.

About the License

The DRAW STEEL Creator License permits reuse of Draw Steel text, mechanics, rules, proper names, locations, and characters for both free and commercial products. The full license is available at mcdmproductions.com/draw-steel-creator-license.

Draw Steel is a trademark of MCDM Productions, LLC.

4. Open Game License v1.0a

The following is the full text of the Open Game License v1.0a, as required by the license terms.

OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a

The following text is the property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and is Copyright 2000 Wizards of the Coast, Inc ("Wizards"). All Rights Reserved.

1. Definitions: (a) "Contributors" means the copyright and/or trademark owners who have contributed Open Game Content; (b) "Derivative Material" means copyrighted material including derivative works and translations (including into other computer languages), potation, modification, correction, addition, extension, upgrade, improvement, compilation, abridgment or other form in which an existing work may be recast, transformed or adapted; (c) "Distribute" means to reproduce, license, rent, lease, sell, broadcast, publicly display, transmit or otherwise distribute; (d) "Open Game Content" means the game mechanic and includes the methods, procedures, processes and routines to the extent such content does not embody the Product Identity and is an enhancement over the prior art and any additional content clearly identified as Open Game Content by the Contributor, and means any work covered by this License, including translations and derivative works under copyright law, but specifically excludes Product Identity. (e) "Product Identity" means product and product line names, logos and identifying marks including trade dress; artifacts; creatures characters; stories, storylines, plots, thematic elements, dialogue, incidents, language, artwork, symbols, designs, depictions, likenesses, formats, poses, concepts, themes and graphic, photographic and other visual or audio representations; names and descriptions of characters, spells, enchantments, personalities, teams, personas, likenesses and special abilities; places, locations, environments, creatures, equipment, magical or supernatural abilities or effects, logos, symbols, or graphic designs; and any other trademark or registered trademark clearly identified as Product identity by the owner of the Product Identity, and which specifically excludes the Open Game Content; (f) "Trademark" means the logos, names, mark, sign, motto, designs that are used by a Contributor to identify itself or its products or the associated products contributed to the Open Game License by the Contributor (g) "Use", "Used" or "Using" means to use, Distribute, copy, edit, format, modify, translate and otherwise create Derivative Material of Open Game Content. (h) "You" or "Your" means the licensee in terms of this agreement.

2. The License: This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains a notice indicating that the Open Game Content may only be Used under and in terms of this License. You must affix such a notice to any Open Game Content that you Use. No terms may be added to or subtracted from this License except as described by the License itself. No other terms or conditions may be applied to any Open Game Content distributed using this License.

3. Offer and Acceptance: By Using the Open Game Content You indicate Your acceptance of the terms of this License.

4. Grant and Consideration: In consideration for agreeing to use this License, the Contributors grant You a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license with the exact terms of this License to Use, the Open Game Content.

5. Representation of Authority to Contribute: If You are contributing original material as Open Game Content, You represent that Your Contributions are Your original creation and/or You have sufficient rights to grant the rights conveyed by this License.

6. Notice of License Copyright: You must update the COPYRIGHT NOTICE portion of this License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any Open Game Content You are copying, modifying or distributing, and You must add the title, the copyright date, and the copyright holder's name to the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any original Open Game Content you Distribute.

7. Use of Product Identity: You agree not to Use any Product Identity, including as an indication as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agreement with the owner of each element of that Product Identity. You agree not to indicate compatibility or co-adaptability with any Trademark or Registered Trademark in conjunction with a work containing Open Game Content except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agreement with the owner of such Trademark or Registered Trademark. The use of any Product Identity in Open Game Content does not constitute a challenge to the ownership of that Product Identity. The owner of any Product Identity used in Open Game Content shall retain all rights, title and interest in and to that Product Identity.

8. Identification: If you distribute Open Game Content You must clearly indicate which portions of the work that you are distributing are Open Game Content.

9. Updating the License: Wizards or its designated Agents may publish updated versions of this License. You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.

10. Copy of this License: You MUST include a copy of this License with every copy of the Open Game Content You Distribute.

11. Use of Contributor Credits: You may not market or advertise the Open Game Content using the name of any Contributor unless You have written permission from the Contributor to do so.

12. Inability to Comply: If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this License with respect to some or all of the Open Game Content due to statute, judicial order, or governmental regulation then You may not Use any Open Game Material so affected.

13. Termination: This License will terminate automatically if You fail to comply with all terms herein and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of becoming aware of the breach. All sublicenses shall survive the termination of this License.

14. Reformation: If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable.

15. COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
System Reference Document Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors: Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams.
Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Second Edition) Copyright 2019, Paizo Inc.; Authors: Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, and Mark Seifter.

5. User-Created Content

Users may create their own items, shops, and other content for any game system. User-created content is the responsibility of the user who created it.

ScryMarket does not claim ownership of user-created content. Users are responsible for ensuring their content complies with applicable licenses and intellectual property rights of the game systems they reference.

Note: If you create content based on copyrighted game material, you are responsible for understanding and complying with the applicable licenses (OGL, ORC, Community Use Policy, etc.) for that content.

6. Contact

For questions about licensing or attribution, please contact us:

Scry Innovations LLC

Montana, USA
Email: legal@scrymarket.com

Thank you to Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, and the open gaming community for making these resources available.