The following Guidelines comprise the "Terms of Use" for this website http://www.aquilar.net. These guidelines are presented as a general rule of thumb on what you can do on this website, what is Free for your use, and what the legal implications are if you plagiarize material or content from this site. If there is any question of legality on any materials on this website, written or art, it will be found here.

All of the content on this website has been created and written by Lord Caric and any editors whose names are presented with the material in question, hereforth known collectively as "aquilar.net". The only exceptions to this is where the AD&D® symbol is used, where materials within the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons realms or that draw directly upon rules and conduct of game play using the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons® system. Any other designations from other materials will be given credit, using the name and the "®" symbol to designate a registered trademark. All materials are copyrighted and protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America, and follow International standards.

Almost all of the Artwork contained on this site is not the property of aquilar.net and has been presented and used from various searches, websites and similar sites. The name of the artist will be presented with the picture where applicable and a link to the artists website. If you happen to recognize work that is copyrighted by an artist, company, or yourself, please contact the Administrator and we will remove the graphic immediately. Any artwork designated to be the work of aquilar.net will have copyright markings inside the image and will be assumed to be the sole property of aquilar.net.

The Realms of Aquilar is in the business of writing literary works to be published and sold as the SOLE PROPERTY of the author. Any excerpts, passages, or chapters presented on any section or page of this website is the copyrighted work of the authors and is presented only to entice our readers to purchase our books. You MAY NOT copy, download, extract, export, or by any other means take into your possession any passage, excerpt or chapter of our novels in any form whatsoever. There will be no exceptions to this notice. If any person, entity or organization is found to be in violation of this notice, we will seek compensation to the fullest extent of the law for copyright infringement and/or plagiarism.

These website terms DO NOT INCLUDE the novels presented in the novels section or any excerpts or passages herein. You are hereby granted an exclusive license to download, copy, link to, or utilize the game system materials presented on this website for your own use, provided you follow the following Acceptable Use Policy:

• You give credit where credit is due! If you use this material, recreate or present it on your website, all we ask is that you let everyone know where the material was taken from, and provide a link where applicable. If we discover that you are using the materials presented to make any sort of profit, or in any scheme to earn money, with the sole exception of banner advertisements on your website and materials sold by you that is in no part ours, we will be immediately forced to prosecute you and your associates on copyright infringement and plagiarism. We do not take these things lightly. This website, the Aquilar Book Series and the role-playing campaign system represent many grueling hours of hard-work, research, testing, and the creative energies and talents of the authors. We created these things to share our vision of a fantasy world to the readers and users of this site for your enjoyment, not as a place to present others with money-making opportunities. We realize that some will try, and some will succeed, and there are occasions where we can do nothing. But we will make every attempt to prosecute if we find that anything has been used here to make a profit off of our work.
  
• You are hereby granted the right to: copy, print, download, utilize, link-to, or save pages and materials from this website for your own use, and for use within your Role-Playing campaign games. You may utilize any of the rules, maps, characters, or systems shown on this website. The rules for making sellable materials from the presented material is governed by the information above.
  
• You agree to not hold aquilar.net accountable for any software problems, issues, loss of data, or any other conceivable problems arising from downloading, copying, printing, saving files, or other form of procurement of files. Any software, files, web pages, graphics, documents, or printable materials are provided "AS IS" with no expressed or implied warranty of any kind. Although we take every measure to provide a safe, clean, and virus-free environment for people to enjoy their experience, there are those that may wish to exploit our website, and could upload viruses or other harmful files to our servers without our knowledge. See "Software" below for more information.

Any software programs provided by our website are meant to be used as tools to enhance your gaming experience, for use with or without the Aquilar Game System or campaign settings. Currently all software available on this site is the work of other programmers not affiliated with aquilar.net and is provided "AS IS", you must download at your own risk. We do not provide any sort of Technical Support, Licensing, or other software support of any kind for any of the programs provided. They are intended for the users sole use, and are not the "intellectual" property of aquilar.net. Software will comprise of any software program, application, or executable file presented for download from this website, as follows:

Use of the Software is governed by the terms of the License Agreement, if any, which accompanies or is included with the Software. The Software is made available for download solely for use by end users according to the License Agreement. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software not in accordance with the License Agreement is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, as opposed by the software creators.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, COPYING OR REPRODUCTION OF THE SOFTWARE TO ANY OTHER SERVER OR LOCATION FOR FURTHER REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED, UNLESS SUCH REPRODUCTION OR REDISTRIBUTION IS EXPRESSLY PERMITTED BY THE LICENSE AGREEMENT ACCOMPANYING SUCH SOFTWARE. AQUILAR.NET HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. AQUILAR.NET DOES NOT MAKE ANY ASSURANCES WITH REGARD TO THE ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS OR OUTPUT THAT DERIVES FROM SUCH USE OF ANY SUCH TOOLS AND UTILITIES. PLEASE RESPECT THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF OTHERS WHEN USING THE SOFTWARE AND UTILITIES MADE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE.

Aquilar.net is not in control of any linked site, with the exception of our Home Site (www.aquilar.net), and Aquilar.net is not responsible for the contents of any linked site. Aquilar.net is not responsible for any web-casting, unsolicited email, or any communication from any third party site. We provide these links only as a convenience, and we do not endorse or imply endorsement, unless noted otherwise.

Aquilar.net respects your privacy above all else and is not inclined to present any personal information from you or about you to any third-party company or website or to any marketing firm or advertising agency. The only information we ask for is a name and email address for our sole use to contact you in regards to your correspondence. Any banner advertisements that we may display are clicked on by the user and takes them to a "Third Party Site" via a hyperlink, which is described above. We do not participate in any sort of SPAM mail or Bulk Email advertising of any kind and you will never receive an unsolicited email from us. If in fact you believe an unsolicited email came from the "aquilar.net" domain, please contact the Administrator immediately with a copy of the offending mail.

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