Licences & Attribution

Last updated: 8 September 2026

Convoke publishes game content under several different licences, and this page carries the notices each of them requires. It also tells you how to send us a copyright complaint. Convoke supports play under the fifth-edition 2014 rules.

System Reference Document 5.1

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.

Modified by Convoke: reformatted, and some names changed.

Rules presentations prepared by Convoke

Game rules and mechanics are not protected by copyright — United States law excludes any “idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation” from copyright protection, however it is described or explained (17 U.S.C. §102(b)). Numbers, dice, difficulty classes, ranges, durations, conditions, damage types and saving throws are therefore free to state.

Some fifth-edition 2014-rules content on Convoke is not in the SRD 5.1. We are replacing those descriptions with presentations prepared by Convoke, with machine assistance, that state only the mechanics — numbers, dice, difficulty classes, ranges, durations, conditions and saving throws. That work is in progress. Convoke claims no copyright in the machine-prepared text, and where a description has not yet been replaced we will remove it on request: dmca@convokerpg.com.

Open Game Content

Part of the Convoke bestiary and Compendium is third-party Open Game Content, reproduced under the Open Game License v1.0a. The full licence text follows, and a plain-text copy is available at /licenses/OGL-1.0a.txt. Every response from the Convoke bestiary API points here with a Link: </licenses>; rel="license" header. When the Compendium library files are published, the licence text will travel inside each of them.

Designation of Open Game Content

All stat blocks and game mechanics Convoke reproduces from the following documents — Tome of Beasts, Creature Codex, Tome of Beasts 2, Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie, Tome of Beasts 3, Critical Role: Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting and Tome of Beasts 2023 — as served by the Convoke bestiary API and by the Convoke Compendium, are designated as Open Game Content.

Product Identity: The Convoke name, the Convoke logo, all Convoke artwork, the Convoke interface and all original Convoke prose other than the machine-prepared rules presentations described above — in which Convoke claims no copyright — are Product Identity and are not Open Game Content. No portion of this work may be reproduced in any form without permission except the Open Game Content designated above, the SRD 5.1 material reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, and the machine-prepared rules presentations.

Open Game License v1.0a

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.
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.
Offer and Acceptance: By Using the Open Game Content You indicate Your acceptance of the terms of this License.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Identification: If you distribute Open Game Content You must clearly indicate which portions of the work that you are distributing are Open Game Content.
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.
Copy of this License: You MUST include a copy of this License with every copy of the Open Game Content You Distribute.
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.
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.
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.
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.
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
- Open Game License v 1.0a Copyright 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
- System Reference Document 5.1 Copyright 2016, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.; Authors Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Chris Perkins, Rodney Thompson, Peter Lee, James Wyatt, Robert J. Schwalb, Bruce R. Cordell, Chris Sims, and Steve Townshend, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
- Tome of Beasts. Copyright 2016, Open Design; Authors Chris Harris, Dan Dillon, Rodrigo Garcia Carmona, and Wolfgang Baur.
- Creature Codex. © 2018 Open Design LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Dan Dillon, Richard Green, James Haeck, Chris Harris, Jeremy Hochhalter, James Introcaso, Chris Lockey, Shawn Merwin, and Jon Sawatsky.
- Tome of Beasts 2. Copyright 2020 Open Design LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Celeste Conowitch, Darrin Drader, James Introcaso, Philip Larwood, Jeff Lee, Kelly Pawlik, Brian Suskind, Mike Welham.
- Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition Monstrous Menagerie. Copyright 2021, EN Publishing.
- Tome of Beasts 3. ©2022 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved.
- Critical Role: Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting is ©2017 Green Ronin Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved.
- Tome of Beasts. 2023 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved.
- Open5e.com Copyright 2019.
- Convoke Compendium, Copyright 2026, Formation Interactive LLC.

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ORC Licence

This product is licensed under the ORC License held in the Library of Congress at TX 9-307-067 and available online at various locations including www.azoralaw.com/orclicense, LegalTools.io, and others. All warranty is disclaimed as set forth therein.

Attribution

This product is based on the following Licensed Material:

Black Flag Reference Document, © 2023 Open Design LLC.

Reserved Material

Reserved Material elements in this product include, but may not be limited to: the Convoke name, the Convoke logo, all Convoke artwork and interface design, and all original Convoke prose other than the machine-prepared rules presentations described above, in which Convoke claims no copyright, together with all elements designated as Reserved Material under the ORC License.

Expressly Designated Licensed Material

Convoke expressly designates no element of its own content as Licensed Material under the ORC License.

Trademarks

Dungeons & Dragons, D&D, and Wizards of the Coast are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the United States and other countries. Convoke is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or approved by Wizards of the Coast. Convoke supports play under the fifth-edition 2014 rules; where book or product names appear on Convoke they are used only to identify the rules being referred to.

Other product and publisher names on this page are the trademarks of their respective owners and are used only for identification.

Copyright notices and takedown

Convoke hosts content its users create and upload. If you own a copyright and believe material on Convoke infringes it, tell us and we will act on it. Our designated agent for receiving notices of claimed infringement under 17 U.S.C. §512(c) is:

Copyright Agent
Formation Interactive LLC
8 The Green STE B
Dover, DE 19901, USA
dmca@convokerpg.com

The quickest route is the takedown notice form, which collects everything below in one step. You may also email the agent directly.

What a notice must contain

To be effective under 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)(A), a notice must be a written communication that includes substantially all of the following:

a physical or electronic signature of a person authorised to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed — or, if several works at one site are covered by a single notice, a representative list of them;
identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and that is to be removed, with information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it (a Convoke URL is best);
information reasonably sufficient to let us contact you: your address, telephone number and, if available, an email address;
a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and — under penalty of perjury — that you are authorised to act on behalf of the owner of the right allegedly infringed.

Please send notices in good faith. Under 17 U.S.C. §512(f) a person who knowingly misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages.

Counter-notice

If we remove or disable access to your material, we will make a reasonable effort to tell you and to pass on the notice we received. You may send a counter-notice to dmca@convokerpg.com containing your signature; identification of the material and the location it appeared at before removal; a statement under penalty of perjury that you have a good-faith belief it was removed as a result of mistake or misidentification; and your name, address and telephone number, together with consent to the jurisdiction of the federal district court for the district in which you live (or, if you are outside the United States, the District of Delaware) and to accept service of process from the person who sent the original notice.

We will forward a valid counter-notice to the complainant. Unless they tell us they have filed a court action seeking to restrain you, we may restore the material in 10 to 14 business days.

Repeat infringers

Convoke keeps a record of copyright complaints upheld against an account and, in appropriate circumstances, terminates the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe. A counter-notice that stands, or a notice we determine to be invalid, does not count against an account.

See also our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.