Getting started
Your first two weeks of extended SRD literacy
A calm path into longer open-rules explainers and cleaner documentation habits.
Day one
Veteran readers still invent 'extended SRD' editions that do not exist. Revisit skepticism on purpose.
Pick a scope
Separate literacy questions from legal certainty. Never treat this desk as an official edition.
Teach the table
One-page citation checklist. Repeat questions get ink—then still verify primary terms.
After session one
Guides for documentation; Glossary for literacy terms; Resources for primary doors. Then verify.
Readable stacks and clear links beat pretty PDFs with broken cites.
Separate literacy questions from legal certainty. Never treat this desk as an official edition.
Separate literacy questions from legal certainty. Never treat this desk as an official edition.
Leave room for careful questions. Extended literacy improves when people admit uncertainty.
One primary SRD and one attribution walkthrough beat a folder of anonymous extended mirrors.
Related desks in this neighborhood
Use SRD crate/fast/epics siblings for shorter paths; stay here for longer explainers.
Keep notes short enough to reread before a session. Long wikis that nobody opens are not preparation; they are archaeology.
When in doubt, run the smaller scenario, teach one procedure well, and leave room for player ideas that were not in your outline.