Traveling Heroes!

Question: If I'm going to start a Scion campaign, am I allowed/given permission to use material produced by you? AKA: NPC/PCs. And also some of their bio taken from the stories?

Sure. If you're starting a game and want to use some of our characters as NPCs or even PCs, feel free; we love them and we don't see why you shouldn't get to enjoy them, too. We like sharing, and if your game wants to feature Marcus James as an antagonist or Jay Ortiz as a Guide or whatever else you come up with, that's fine by us. They'll probably become basically different characters in your game, of course, as they interact with different people and situations, but that's fine; stealing things and making them your own is a time-honored tradition in mythology the world over.

If you have a site for your game, though, a link back to us is always nice (if you don't have one, don't sweat it). And while we absolutely don't mind you using our characters and their stories for games you're playing, they're still our intellectual property, so don't go trying to make money off them or selling them to others as your own. As far as the fiction goes, feel free to share and read around and use as much of it for game background as you want, but please don't reprint it on your website without permission (link to it here instead). And, of course, don't go telling anyone else you wrote it - I'll cry.

Other than that, though, have fun. I've already heard one Storyteller this week pitch an awesome game idea involving someone in our inactive PC section (but I can't tell in case his players are around!), and personally I'd love to hear if other people use our characters and how that turns out. John, looming over my shoulder, says he would love to hear about your ideas for using our characters ahead of time and would be happy to offer help with them if you need it.

But of course, don't ever, ever be afraid to just design your own new characters. Feel free to use ours any time, but don't forget that you might come up with something just as awesome on your own!