Commercial Licensing
Commercial Application
Receiving compensation in exchange for your product counts as commercial use and requires a Forgotten Adventures commercial license.
The current public process splits applicants into a flat-fee path and a royalties path, then routes them through an approval step before any product can be published.
Flat-Fee license
For creators with gross earnings attributable to TTRPGs of $12,000 or less in the previous 12 months.
Royalties license
For creators above the $12,000 threshold and for crowdfunded projects that need a different commercial structure.
Approval required
Submitting the form does not automatically grant a license. The current process includes a short meeting and payment setup before approval.
Make the licensing decision simple before anyone fills the form.
The first job of this page is clarity: what counts as commercial use, which license model applies, and what creators must not do before approval.
Who needs this
Anyone earning money from a project that uses Forgotten Adventures assets, tokens or battlemaps should be routed here first.
What the current form asks for
The public application collects real identity, alias, email, Discord handle, selling platforms and a description of the planned content.
Key warning
Do not let users miss the restriction: no commercial products should be published until the license has been approved.
Approval Flow
Turn the current text-heavy process into a guided application sequence.
Based on the current page, applicants should read the agreement, pick their license path, submit the form, book the short meeting, then wait for approval and payment setup before publishing.
Application fields: name, alias, email, Discord, selling platforms, project description
Use this section like a process board, not a legal wall
Read Terms
Choose License
Submit Form
Schedule Meeting
Payment Setup
Approval
Step 1: Read the agreement
Eligibility / restrictions / revenue thresholds
Step 2: Submit the form
Identity / platforms / project description
Step 3: Approval meeting
Short call / questions / payment setup
What the application needs to communicate clearly.
Use these cards to keep the practical questions visible, so creators do not need to decode the process from a long document.
License paths
Present the flat-fee and royalties routes as distinct options with visible thresholds and examples.
Platforms
Reflect the platforms shown on the current form: Patreon, Roll20, ForgeVTT, DriveThruRPG, DMsGuild, custom website and other stores.
After submission
Explain that approval includes a quick meeting and PayPal setup unless a different arrangement is agreed upon.
Publish only after approval