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This wiki hosts content that has been released under the Open Game License (Version 1.0a). Every effort has been made to avoid posting any material designated as the Product Identity of any publisher under the terms of this license without permission from its owner, and to reference all sources that may have in any way contributed to this content. Please contact the administrator of this Wiki if you see any material that is in violation of the Open Game License - it will be dealt with as promptly as possible. Any part of this site NOT covered by the Open Game License (Version 1.0a) is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License (see the bottom of the page).

Designation of Product Identity: The following items are hereby identified as Product Identity for the Spheres of Power Wiki, as defined in the Open Game License version 1.0a, Section 1(e), and are not Open Game Content, and are used with permission: All trademarks, registered trademarks, proper names (characters, deities, etc.), dialogue, plots, storylines, locations, characters, artwork, and trade dress, excluding any material that has already been designated as Product Identity. (Elements that have previously been designated as Open Game Content or are in the public domain are not included in this declaration.) As stated above, every effort has been made to avoid posting any material designated Product Identity by anyone other than the Spheres 5E Wiki. Wikidot.com is specifically permitted to use the Product Identity belonging to this site for the purpose of providing this site to you. Characters hosted as samples (such as those under the 'Sample Characters' headings on the main page) are not considered Characters for the purpose of Product Identity.

Some parts of this Wiki include material from Drop Dead Studios, LLC., that is their Product Identity. This includes the Skybourne name and setting, the realm of Faerie as it appears in their works, much of the artwork, and other material. This Product Identity is used with permission and is not Open Game Content.

Some parts of this site have made minor changes to the original material (applying errata, fixing spelling and punctuation errors, etc.), and these changes are typically not marked. This modified material should not be considered 'new' content, and accordingly, remains under the copyright of its original copyright holder. The Spheres 5E Wiki fully supports the rights (intellectual, legal, and otherwise) of the creators of the content and makes no claims of ownership on any material that exists under their copyright, regardless of changes made on this site.

Reference in non-Open Game Content (thus not covered by the Open Game License) in this work to content owned by others is not a challenge to their ownership and is used under Fair Use.

Declaration of Open Game Content: All applicable content of this site not designated as Product Identity is declared Open Game Content as described in Section 1(d) of the Open Game License Version 1.0a. This does not apply to any material already designated Open Game Content (since it does not need to be designated as such again).

OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a

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

Basic

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.

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Book of Lairs for 5th Edition © 2016 Open Design LLC; Authors: Robert Adducci, Wolfgang Baur, Enrique Bertran, Brian Engard, Jeff Grubb, James J. Haeck, Shawn Merwin, Marc Radle, Jon Sawatsky, Mike Shea, Mike Welham, and Steve Winter

Creature Codex © 2018 Open Design LLC; Authors: Wolfgang Baur, Dan Dillon, Richard Green, James J. Haeck, Chris Harris, Jeremy Hochhalter, James Introcaso, Christopher Lockey, Shawn Merwin, and Jon Sawatsky

Warlock Grimoire © 2019 Open Design LLC; Authors: Wolfgang Baur, Lysa Chen, Dan Dillon, Richard Green, Jeff Grubb, James J. Haeck, Chris Harris, Jeremy Hochhalter, Brandon Hodge, Sarah Madsen, Ben McFarland, Shawn Merwin, Kelly Pawlik, Richard Pett, Hannah Rose, Jon Sawatsky, Brian Suskind, Troy E. Taylor, Steve Winter, and Peter von Bleichert

Warlock Grimoire 2 © 2020 Open Design LLC; Authors: Wolfgang Baur, Celeste Conowitch, David “Zeb” Cook, Dan Dillon, Robert Fairbanks, Scott Gable, Richard Green, Victoria Jaczko, TK Johnson, Christopher Lockey, Sarah Madsen, Greg Marks, Ben McFarland, Kelly Pawlik, Lysa Penrose, Richard Pett, Marc Radle, Hannah Rose, Jon Sawatsky, Robert Schwalb, Brian Suskind, Ashley Warren, and Mike Welham

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