Welcome to Talesmith Tavern, your digital sanctuary dedicated to enriching the tabletop role-playing game (RPG) community. Our platform offers an array of services designed to inspire, create, and facilitate immersive role-playing experiences. Accessing, browsing, or using the services provided by Talesmith Tavern signifies your agreement to be bound by these comprehensive Terms, which incorporate by reference our Privacy and Cookie Policies. Talesmith Tavern is operated from Melbourne, Australia, serving a global community of RPG enthusiasts. By accessing or using our services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”).
Your engagement with Talesmith Tavern, through direct use, browsing, or other interactions, constitutes an acknowledgment and agreement to these Terms. These Terms govern your access to and use of our services, including any content, functionality, and services offered. We periodically update these Terms to reflect changes in our services, legal regulations, or operational needs. We recommend reviewing these Terms regularly. Continued use of Talesmith Tavern after such changes have been notified will constitute your consent to those changes.
“Talesmith Tavern” refers to the website and services provided at https://talesmithtavern.com, with the administration of the website conducted in Melbourne, Australia.
“User” refers to any individual who accesses or uses the Talesmith Tavern website and services.
“Content” includes, but is not limited to, text, documents, data, articles, images, photographs, graphics, software, applications, video recordings, audio recordings, sounds, designs, features, and other materials that are available on the website.
“Subscription” denotes a paid arrangement by which a User gains access to Talesmith Tavern’s premium content under predefined conditions.
“Data Protection Laws” refer to any applicable law relating to the processing, privacy, and use of Personal Data, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679, the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”).
Access to certain features and content of Talesmith Tavern requires registration and the creation of an account. As a Subscriber, you gain privileged access to our extensive content library designed for enhancing your RPG experiences. Specific terms related to subscriptions, including fees, payment methods, and access rights, are detailed on our website. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account details and for all activities that occur under your account.
Talesmith Tavern is firmly committed to protecting the privacy of our community members. Our Privacy Policy, aligned with the GDPR, COPPA, APPs, and other applicable data protection laws, elucidates our practices concerning the collection, use, maintenance, protection, and disclosure of your personal and sensitive information. It describes the rights you have regarding your personal information and how you can access, manage, and control it.
Talesmith Tavern does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, you must not provide us with your personal information and may only use our services under the supervision of a parent or guardian.
By submitting content to Talesmith Tavern, users grant us a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such content (in whole or part) and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed. You waive any rights you may have regarding your content being altered or manipulated in any way that may be objectionable to you. Talesmith Tavern reserves the right to use any content submitted by users for any purpose at our discretion. You retain ownership of your content but agree that Talesmith Tavern can use it as described without compensation to you.
Talesmith Tavern collects limited, anonymous gameplay-related data to improve its tools and provide community-wide insights into how tabletop roleplaying games are played.
When you use certain tools on the site — such as calculators, build comparison tools, or similar utilities — we may record anonymised data such as: Class selections and level distributions, build combinations and configuration patterns, and aggregate usage counts and trend timing.
This data is collected without recording any personally identifying information. We do not associate this data with: Names, Email Addresses, IP addressed, User accounts (Except in the case of the build comparison watchlist as required to provide that feature), or Device identifiers.
All such data is stored and analysed in aggregate form only and is used to: Identify trends in character builds and gameplay meta, Improve existing tools and develop new features, and Provide anonymised insights to users (e.g. popularity trends, comparisons, and recommendations).
This anonymous data cannot be used to identify individual users.
Talesmith Tavern advocates for a respectful, engaging, and inclusive community. We have zero tolerance for abusive language, harassment, discrimination, or any form of harmful behavior. We reserve the right to moderate content, terminate accounts, or take appropriate legal action against individuals who violate our community standards.
Our platform may include or offer third-party content, including but not limited to game mechanics, lore, and narratives, under specific licenses or agreements, such as the Open Game License (OGL) by Wizards of the Coast. Users are obliged to respect these third-party copyrights and utilise such content in compliance with the stipulated licenses or agreements.
We use cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience, analyse site usage, and support our services. Your use of Talesmith Tavern constitutes acceptance of our Cookie Policy. Users in regions requiring explicit consent for cookies will be prompted accordingly.
Talesmith Tavern encourages the resolution of disputes through direct communication and negotiation. Should a dispute arise that cannot be resolved internally, and leads to legal proceedings, such proceedings will be governed by the laws of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. This clause does not waive your rights provided by the consumer protection laws of your country of residence.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Talesmith Tavern, its affiliates, officers, employees, agents, suppliers, and licencors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, punitive damages, or losses, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses resulting from (A) your access to, use of, or inability to access or use the services; (B) any conduct or content of any third party on the services, including without limitation, any defamatory, offensive, or illegal conduct of other users or third parties; (C) any content obtained from the services; or (D) unauthorised access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content. Our liability for damages shall, in any case, be limited to the amount paid by you to Talesmith Tavern for the subscription in the twelve months prior to the claim of liability, except as required by applicable law.
Talesmith Tavern reserves the right to terminate or suspend your account and bar access to the services immediately, without prior notice or liability, under our sole discretion, for any reason whatsoever and without limitation, including but not limited to a breach of the Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the services will cease immediately. If you wish to terminate your account, you may simply discontinue using the services.
All original content published on Talesmith Tavern is owned by us or used with permission. This includes, but is not limited to, text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the site. The content on Talesmith Tavern is provided for information and entertainment purposes only, without any implied license granted for commercial use without express written permission from us.
Talesmith Tavern welcomes feedback, comments, and suggestions for improvements to the services (“Feedback”). You acknowledge and expressly agree that any contribution of Feedback does not and will not give or grant you any right, title, or interest in the services or in any such Feedback. All Feedback becomes the sole and exclusive property of Talesmith Tavern, and Talesmith Tavern may use and disclose Feedback in any manner and for any purpose whatsoever without further notice or compensation to you and without retention by you of any proprietary or other right or claim.
These Terms shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not be considered a waiver of those rights. If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in effect.
Talesmith Tavern reserves the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. If a revision is material, we will provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion. By continuing to access or use our services after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use the services.
For questions about these Terms or our practices, please contact us via the contact page on this website.
These Terms, including any legal notices and disclaimers contained on Talesmith Tavern, constitute the entire agreement between Talesmith Tavern and you in relation to your use of the services. These Terms supersede all prior agreements and understandings regarding the same.