This is a listing of the permissions requested and their current status. It should be noted that PCGen only includes material that is covered by the OGL unless permission is otherwise granted by the publisher. And though permission is not needed to use OGC it is PCGen's policy to seek permission from and comply with the wishes of the publishers. Not all of the publishers listed here have data included in PCGen at this time (see the Books in PCGen link on the navtree) but many are eager to see their work included in the program.
The following is PCGen’s policy on including data for distribution.
1. PCGen’s publisher liaison team contacts the publisher and asks for permission to include one or more of their sources in PCGen’s distribution.
2. If the publisher agrees, they will be asked if they wish to do a final review of the dataset before it is released.
3. If no final review is required
a. The data monkeys will work on the dataset.
b. No portion of the dataset may be included unless it first goes through the OGL team to make sure that it complies with the OGL and with the publisher’s declaration of PI and OGC.
4. If a final review is required
a. The dataset must be completely entered
b. The dataset must go through internal quality assurances
c. The dataset must go through the OGL team
d. The dataset is then provided to the publisher
e. If the publisher deems it complete and ready for inclusion, then it will be added to PCGen’s distribution.
f. If the publisher has issues with the dataset, those issues are corrected, and the process repeats with 4b.
Dates are in dd/mm/yyyy format
Full Permission, means that the entire product can be put in as a dataset.
OGC only, means that PCGen will only put in OGC content into the dataset.
Publisher Review Required, means that the publisher needs to review the dataset before inclusion into production.
no review required, means that PCGen can put the dataset into production without a review from the publisher.
Other Permissions are hopefully self explanatory.
Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG)
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Title - One Word Titles: All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 29/08/2004
Permissioned Title - Shadow Force Archer
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 29/08/2004
Permissioned Title - Spycraft
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 29/08/2004
Point-of-Contact: Joshua Raynack
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 18/03/2007
Point-of-Contact: John Nephew
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - OGC Only - no review required
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 10/12/2003
Point-of-Contact: Mike Bennigh
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 11/01/2004
Point-of-Contact: Benjamin Durbin
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 07/03/2007
Point-of-Contact: Julie Ann Dawson
Permissioned Titles - Neiyar: Land of Heaven and the Abys
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 29/04/2007
Bastion Press - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY
Point-of-Contact: Jim Butler
Permissioned Titles - Oathbound Titles
THIS PRODUCT RANGE HAS NOW MOVED TO ?
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 18/10/2004
Permissioned Titles - Fairies
THIS PRODUCT RANGE HAS NOW MOVED TO Dragon Wing
Permission Type - OGC Only - no review required
Date Confirmed - 18/10/2004
Permissioned Titles - All Other Titles
THIS PRODUCT RANGE HAS NOW MOVED TO Dragon Wing
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 18/10/2004
Point-of-Contact: Jonathan Thompson
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 02/05/2003
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 02/08/2005
Point-of-Contact: Michael Todd
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 02/07/2006
Point-of-Contact: Johnathan Wright - calaanATgmaiDOTcom
Permissioned Titles - Mecha vs Kaiju
Permission Type - OGC Only (Waiting for permission for title) - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 15/05/2007
Point-of-Contact: Dave Mattingly
Permissioned Titles - True20 Adventure Roleplaying: Lux Aeternum, Lux Aeternum: Expanded Setting Guide
Permission Type - OGC only (PI:Title included) - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 27/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: John Alger
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 12/12/2005
Point-of-Contact: Justin Jacobson
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 01/08/2006
Citizen Games - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY
Point-of-Contact: Mike (Michael J. Eckert) is a former owner of Citizen Games, LLC which had to close its doors in 2004, like so many others in the d20 after-boom. Source: OgreCave.com
Permissioned Titles - Sidewinder
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 24/11/2003
Point-of-Contact: Patrick Kapera
Permissioned Titles - Spycraft 2
Permission Type - Limited - PCGen declined to complete this set
Date Confirmed - 18/12/2006
Dark Portal Games
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - UNKNOWN
Point-of-Contact: Chris Flipse
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Can only be hosted on Athas.org website due to licensing with WoTC
Date Confirmed - 28/02/2007
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 24/10/2004
Point-of-Contact: Steve Creech
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - UNKNOWN
Point-of-Contact: Jeremy Smith
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - OGC Only - no review required
Date Confirmed - 17/03/2007
Point-of-Contact: M Jason Parent
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 19/10/2005
Fan Community Council - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 23/10/2003
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 07/09/2007
Firefly Games - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY
Point-of-Contact: see Ronin Arts
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - UNKNOWN
Gallantry Productions - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY
Point-of-Contact: David Gallant
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 11/03/2006
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - Borrowed Time
Permission Type -
Date Confirmed -
Point-of-Contact: Joseph Goodman
Permissioned Titles - Dungeon Crawl Classics #25, #27, and #28
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 11/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Chris Pramas
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Limited - PCGen declined to offer these sets
Date Confirmed - 01/07/2007
Guardians of Order - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - OGC Only - No Review Required
Date Confirmed - 20/12/2003
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - UNKNOWN
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - Kindoms of Kalamar
Permission Type - Denied - Due to licensing issues with WoTC
Date Confirmed - 15/05/2006
Point-of-Contact: Ari Marmell
Permissioned Titles - Priest of the Celestial Spheres, Iconic Bestiary: Classics of Fantasy, Desert Heroes, Arctic Heroes, Planar Magic, Planar Treasures
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 07/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Sue Cook
Permissioned Titles - Arcana Unearthed line
Permission Type - Denied - Not taking on any new licensees at this time
Date Confirmed - 16/04/2007
Permissioned Titles - All other titles except Ptolus titles
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 16/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Matthew Sprange
Permissioned Titles - All licensed Properties of theirs (Babylon-5, Conan, etc)
Permission Type - Denied - Various licensing issues
Date Confirmed - 17/03/2004
Permissioned Titles - All Non-licensed Properties of theirs and all OGC material
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 27/08/2004
MonkeyGod Enterprises - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY
Point-of-Contact: MonkeyGod Enterprises (MGE) was one of the pioneers of 3rd-party d20 publishing under the OGL. From the start, MGE concentrated on releasing adventures that were both challenging and entertaining, providing hours of fun for fantasy gamers everywhere. MGE later entered the sourcebook arena with various titles, including two highly-acclaimed books. Sadly, MGE had to close operations in 2004, ceasing all publication of d20 products. On the plus side, the company reinvented itself, emerging as the award-winning (Games Magazine Game of the Year 2005) Face 2 Face Games. SOURCE: monkeygodpresents,html
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 04/11/2003
Mystic Eye Games - NO LONGER AN ACTIVE COMPANY, see Ronin Arts
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - UNKNOWN
Mythic Dream Studios - Believe the company has closed. Could not find any proof.
Point-of-Contact: Chad?
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 25/01/2006
Point-of-Contact: Clark Peterson
Permissioned Titles - Creature Collection (1, 2 and Revised), Relics and Rituals (See SSS/White Wolf)
Permissioned Titles - All Others (not including products or content created under other licenses)
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 16/05/2007
Point-of-Contact: Brett Brooks
Permissioned Titles - XCrawl
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 13/05/2004
Point-of-Contact: Henry Lopez
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 05/11/2004
Permissioned Titles - True20 Adventure Roleplaying: Caliphate Nights, Tales of the Caliphate Nights, Forged in Magic, Magic of Arcanis
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 29/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Derek Becker
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 24/05/2005
Point-of-Contact: Simon Lucas
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 09/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Nathan Letsinger
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 15/04/2005
Point-of-Contact: David Jarvis
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 14/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Philip Reed
Permissioned Titles -
Permission Type -
Date Confirmed -
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - Living Greyhawk
Permission Type - Denied - Due to licensing with WoTC
Date Confirmed - 16/12/2003
Point-of-Contact: Chris Davis
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 04/05/2003
Point-of-Contact: Giltonio Santos
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 08/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Raoni Cananeia Monteiro
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 09/06/2007
Point-of-Contact: Kosala Ubayasekara
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 16/02/2006
Point-of-Contact: Ian Johnston
Permissioned Titles - Book of Templates Deluxe
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 06/04/2007
Sleeping Imperium - NO LONGER PRODUCING D20 PRODUCTS
&Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 15/12/2003
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 24/03/2004
Point-of-Contact: Spencer Cooley
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 23/12/2003
Point-of-Contact: Needed
Permissioned Title - Scarred Lands
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 17/03/2004
Permissioned Title - Relics and Rituals
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 17/03/2004
Point-of-Contact: Fraser Ronald
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required - as long as PCGen is a free product
Date Confirmed - 09/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: JD Wiker
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 29/03/2006
Point-of-Contact: The Le
Permissioned Titles - Unorthodox Barbarians, Unorthodox Fighters, Unorthodox Monks, Unorthodox Rangers
Permission Type - Full Permission - Publisher Review Required
Date Confirmed - 09/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Chuck Rice
Permissioned Titles - All
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 02/04/2007
Point-of-Contact: Rich Redman
Permissioned Titles - Anything not SRD, MSRD, RSRD or OGC
Permission Type - Denied - WoTC not giving out licenses at this stage
Date Confirmed - 12/03/2007
Permissioned Titles - SRD, MSRD, RSRD and all OGC (e.g. Most of UA)
Permission Type - Full Permission - no review required
Date Confirmed - 12/03/2007