Waylaid By Errant

"Waylaid by Errant" is an open license that allows anyone to adapt, distribute, and sell their own works based on the game under the following conditions:

  • The author, Ava Islam, and the publisher, Kill Jester Publishing, LLP, are credited
  • You offer the new text created under essentially the same license

The above is a summary of the license in plain language, and is not a substition for it. The full license is below. Thanks go to April Kit Walsh, whose Powered by Lesbians license served as a model.

License To Use the Text of Errant

The text of Errant (not the art) is offered under a CC BY SA 4.0 license, meaning that you are free to distribute the text and to adapt it within the scope of the license, which requires that you give us credit and that you share your adaptations under similar terms. Please credit the author, Ava Islam, and the publisher, Kill Jester Publishing, LLP. The text of Errant is additionally offered under a license having the terms of CC BY SA 4.0, except: (1) if the Adapted Material is a literary work (such as an RPG book), then the Adapter’s License need only be applied to the text (not, for instance, illustrations) and (2) you must include this and the following sentence in your licensing terms. The CC BY SA 4.0 license is available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

FAQ

Q: How should I credit the author & publisher in a new work?
A: Add the following text with the rest of the legal information of your work, in the same size

This work uses material from the Errant roleplaying game (found at https://errantrpg.com), written by Ava Islam and published by Kill Jester Publishing, LLP, pursuant to the open license available at waylaidby.errantrpg.com.

Q: Can I use the art in Errant in my own work?
A: Only the text of Errant is offered under the above license. Artists retain copyright of their works, except in cases where noted (check the credits page).

Q: How should a new work comply with the sharealike clause?
A: That is ultimately for you to decide (in consultation with your lawyer), but you can use the language in the license as a model

The text of this work is offered under a CC BY SA 4.0 license, meaning that you are free to distribute the text and to adapt it within the scope of the license, which requires that you give us credit and that you share your adaptations under similar terms. The text of this work is additionally offered under a license having the terms of CC BY SA 4.0, except: (1) if the Adapted Material is a literary work (such as an RPG book), then the Adapter’s License need only be applied to the text (not, for instance, illustrations) and (2) you must include this and the following sentence in your licensing terms. The CC BY SA 4.0 license is available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Q: Do I have to offer any art/music/other works I make under the license as sharealike?
A: If you publish a book or supplement under the license, only the text needs to be offered as sharealike.

Q: Can I use the Kill Jester logo?
A: You do not have permission to use the Kill Jester logo, or otherwise state or imply that any of us endorse or are affiliated with your work. However, there is a "Waylaid by Errant" logo below you are encouraged to use.

Q: Do adventures need to be offered under the license as sharealike?
A: Adventures and other supplementary materials that reference the mechanics of Errant but do not use the text directly do not need to be offered as sharealike, though they are encouraged to still use the "Waylaid by Errant" logo.

Waylaid By Errant Logo

The "Waylaid by Errant" logo is available under a CC BY SA 4.0 license by Emmy Verte.