File:Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures 2.jpg

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(This is intended as a replacement for Image:Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures.jpg. This version has less glare from the flash as well as includes several more stereotypical D&D creatures: the dragon and the beholder.)

A set of nine miniature figures from the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game photographed on top of a Chessex brand Battlemat. They illustrate the diversity of creatures in Dungeons & Dragons and the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game.

On the far left is identified on the base as an "Otyugh" (figure 27 out of 72 in the "Giants of Legend" (GoL) set). On the far right is a "Beholder" (32/60, Deathknell set). The back row left is a "Huge Red Dragon" (71/72, GoL). The large humanoid figure in the back right is a "Cloud Giant," (62/72, GoL). The remaining creatures, from left to right, are "Inspiring Marshall" (18/72, GoL), "Warmage" (7/72, GoL), "Kobold Champion" (37/60 Aberrations set), "Bugbear Footpad" (42/72 GoL), and a "Yuan-ti Abomination" (59/60, Aberrations).

I took the photograph myself and am the sole copyright holder. I hereby license it under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license. I also license it under the GNU Free Documentation License. I also license it under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.

(I'm also the owner of the battlemat and figures, but I don't think that matters.)

Licensing[edit]

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To be clear, the licensing above is for the photograph itself, which I do hold the copyright to. However, a claim could be made that Wikipedia also needs copyright permission from the copyright holders of items within the photograph. I don't think it's important, but just in case:

Fair use for Dungeons & Dragons[edit]

The Chessex battlemat is just a grid, and is only a small sample. I can see no claim of copyright from Chessex. The figures themselves are copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. These are, on this article, fair use as they 1. illustrate game pieces (these are specifically intended to be used as game pieces in Dungeons & Dragons and the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game.); 2. Have no reasonable impact on the market value of the figures (a 2-d image can not replicate the value of the original 3-d works).

Fair use for Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game[edit]

The Chessex battlemat is just a grid, and is only a small sample. I can see no claim of copyright from Chessex. The figures themselves are copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. These are, on this article, fair use as they 1. illustrate game pieces (these are specifically intended to be used as game pieces in Dungeons & Dragons and the Dungeons & Dragons Miniatures Game.); 2. Have no reasonable impact on the market value of the figures (a 2-d image can not replicate the value of the original 3-d works).