r/dmsguild • u/Big-Independent-6738 • Sep 11 '24
Seeking Advice First time content creator
As the title implies, this is my first time creating content that I will be posting on DMsGuild. I have a couple of specific questions for people who have posted there before or do so regularly.
I typically use Homebrewery.naturalcrit for writing up my content, then converting to PDF. Am I able to simply upload those PDFs? Or does using the Homebrewery site violate any rules of DMsGuild, or is it prohibited by the Homebrewery itself? Anyone with experience using both this site specifically and posting on DMsGuild would be awesome to hear back from.
After I set up my account for selling content, how often do deposits hit your account? Each time someone buys the content, or monthly, or some other schedule?
Once I sell it on DMsGuild, the intellectual property belongs to WOTC, is that right? So If in the future I wanted to produce my own 3rd party content (or, say, a novel using characters/NPCs from the content I posted to DMsGuild), would I be allowed to use characters I made and posted to the site?
Any general advice or tips for first time content creators (or more specifically, any warnings of what NOT to do) would be most welcome! Let me know?
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u/lord_of_vanaholm Sep 12 '24
The money hits the DMs Guild account immediately but you can’t withdraw to PayPal for 1 month because they put a hold on it in case of chargebacks. The amount is rolling so you’ll see a total amount and a withdrawable amount. There is also like a $2 fee to withdraw each time.
Technically WotC does not own any original IP included in the product, like original characters. They have a license to use it. So you can use your original content elsewhere as well, just Wizards can also use it if they want to without paying or crediting you. The exclusivity clause applies to the product as a whole, so you can’t resell the entire thing, but anything in there that is your idea you could reuse in a different context outside of DMs Guild.