Licenses & Attribution
Last updated: June 5, 2026
The Fifth Edition Character Sheet is an independent fan project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast, Kobold Press, Green Ronin Publishing, EN Publishing, or any other publisher named below.
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
The following content is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and has been modified for use in this app.
- System Reference Document 5.1 and System Reference Document 5.2 — © Wizards of the Coast LLC. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition (Adventurer's Guide, Dungeon Delver's Guide, Gate Pass Gazette) — © EN Publishing. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Open5e original content — © Open5e. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Spells That Don't Suck — licensed under CC BY 4.0. Includes spells from Spells That Don't Suck by Omega Ankh and somanyrobots, which is licensed CC-BY and available here. Includes spells from Kibbles' Casting Compendium 2.0 by KibblesTasty Homebrew LLC, which is licensed CC-BY and available here.
Open Game License v1.0a (OGL)
The following content is Open Game Content used under the Open Game License v1.0a: Tome of Heroes, the Kobold Press Compilation, Deep Magic, Deep Magic Extended, Warlock, Vault of Magic, Tome of Beasts 1/2/3, and Creature Codex (Kobold Press); the A5E Monstrous Menagerie (EN Publishing); and the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting (Green Ronin Publishing). The full text of the license and the complete Section 15 copyright notice follow.
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.
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- 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.
- Open5e.com Copyright 2019.
- Tome of Heroes. Copyright 2022, Open Design; Authors Kelly Pawlik, Ben Mcfarland, and Briand Suskind.
- Kobold Press Compilation. Copyright Open Design LLC.
- Deep Magic for 5th Edition Copyright 2020 Open Design LLC; Authors: Dan Dillon, Chris Harris, and Jeff Lee.
- Deep Magic Extended. Copyright Open Design LLC.
- Warlock. Copyright Open Design LLC.
- Vault of Magic. Copyright 2021 Open Design LLC; Authors Phillip Larwood, Jeff Lee, and Christopher Lockey.
- Tome of Beasts. Copyright 2016, Open Design; Authors Chris Harris, Dan Dillon, Rodrigo Garcia Carmona, and Wolfgang Baur.
- 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.
- Tome of Beasts 3. Copyright 2022 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved.
- Tome of Beasts 1 (2023 Edition). Copyright 2023 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved.
- Creature Codex. Copyright 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.
- Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition Monstrous Menagerie. Copyright 2021, EN Publishing.
- Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting is Copyright 2017 Green Ronin Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved.
END OF LICENSE
ORC License
The following content is Licensed Material used under the ORC License: Black Flag SRD (Black Flag Roleplaying Reference Document) by Open Design LLC d/b/a Kobold Press. The ORC License is separate from the OGL; Black Flag content is not part of the OGL Section 15 chain above. The ORC License uses a notice-based model: the notice below points to where the full license is published.
ORC Notice (for Black Flag content)
This product is licensed under the ORC License located at the Library of Congress at TX 9-307-067 and available online at various locations including koboldpress.com/orclicense and others. All warranties are disclaimed as set forth therein.
Attribution
This product is based on the following Licensed Material: Black Flag Roleplaying Reference Document, © 2023 Open Design LLC d/b/a Kobold Press.
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