Terms of Service

Monsterbrew (the "Service") is operated by Aaron Staes, a sole trader registered in Belgium, referred to as "we" in these terms.

• Address: Gooik, Belgium
• Enterprise number: 0742.876.379
• VAT number: BE 0742.876.379

You can reach us at:

• [email protected] for these terms, Premium, payments, and moderation decisions.
• [email protected] to report illegal content, as described in Section 8.
• [email protected] for your personal data, as described in the privacy policy.

By using the Service you agree to these terms. When you create an account, you accept them again at sign-in. If you do not agree with them, do not use the Service.

Monsterbrew is a free statblock builder for fifth-edition tabletop roleplaying games. It is local-first: your creatures and items are stored in your browser, and the editor, library, and export features work without an account and without payment. An account is optional and adds syncing. An optional paid plan, Premium, removes the limit on synced records, as described in Section 4.

The code, design, and branding of the Service belong to us. We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service under these terms.

We work to keep the Service available, but we cannot guarantee that it will be available at all times or free of interruptions. We may change the Service, or the limits of the free plan, for valid reasons, such as technical, legal, security, or cost reasons. If a change affects you more than in a minor way, we will tell you at least 30 days in advance by email or on the site, unless an urgent security or legal reason prevents it. If we lower the free sync limit, records that are already synced keep syncing. Changes that affect Premium are covered in Section 4.

Accounts are created by signing in with Discord. To create an account, you must be at least 13 years old, and old enough to use Discord in your country. If you are under 18, you need the permission of a parent or guardian. You are responsible for activity that takes place under your account.

We may suspend or terminate an account that is used in violation of these terms, as described in Section 8.

Premium is an optional subscription. Free accounts can sync a limited number of creatures and items, as shown on the pricing page. Premium removes that limit and syncs every record you save automatically. Nothing that works in your browser requires Premium. You must be at least 18, or the age of majority where you live if that is higher, to buy Premium.

Premium is billed monthly or yearly in US dollars. The pricing page shows the price before tax. Checkout shows the full amount, including VAT or any other local tax, before you pay. The subscription renews automatically at the end of each period, at the then-current price, until you cancel. We will tell you at least 30 days before a price change takes effect, and you can cancel before the new price applies.

You can cancel at any time from your account page. Premium then stays active until the end of the period you have paid for and does not renew.

If we change Premium in a way that affects you more than in a minor way, for example by reducing what it includes, we will tell you at least 30 days in advance. You may then end your subscription free of charge within 30 days of our notice or of the change, whichever is later, and we refund the unused part of your current period.

When Premium ends, nothing is deleted. Records that are already synced keep syncing. New records stay in your browser until you are back under the free limit.

Premium is sold through Stripe's Managed Payments service, with Sold through Link, LLC, a Stripe affiliate, acting as merchant of record. It processes your payment, charges any applicable tax, and sends your receipts. Your purchase is also governed by the Sold through Link Terms.

If you are a consumer in the European Union, you may cancel your purchase within 14 days of receiving access to Premium, as set out in those terms. Refunds for payment problems, or where Premium was not provided as described, are handled under the Sold through Link refund policy. We issue the refunds described in Sections 4 and 11 ourselves. Apart from that, and except as described in Sections 4 and 11, payments are not refundable, and cancelling does not refund the rest of the current period. Nothing in this section limits your rights under mandatory consumer law.

For any question about Premium or a payment, contact [email protected]. Link support can also handle payment and refund requests directly.

The creatures and other content you create remain your property. We claim no ownership over anything you create, import, or export.

When you sync content to your account, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, store, format, transmit, and display that content, solely to the extent needed to operate the Service, for example to sync it between your devices, render it, and export it. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies that remain in our database backups until they expire, as described in the privacy policy.

You may not use the Service to store or share content that infringes intellectual property rights, is unlawful, or is abusive, hateful, or harassing. You are responsible for the content you import into the Service, including content obtained from third-party sources.

You may not scrape the Service, access it through automated means at a volume a person could not produce, abuse the API, or otherwise interfere with its operation.

Anyone, with or without an account, can report content on the Service that they believe is illegal, including content that infringes copyright, by email to [email protected]. Please include:

• Where the content is, such as its URL.
• Why you believe it is illegal.
• Your name and email address.
• A statement that you believe, in good faith, that your report is accurate and complete.

We confirm that we received your report, review it diligently and objectively, and tell you what we decided. This address is also our single point of contact under Articles 11 and 12 of the Digital Services Act, for authorities and for users. You can write to us in English or Dutch.

We may block or remove content, or suspend or terminate an account, where content or conduct is illegal or violates Section 7 or these terms otherwise. We apply these restrictions diligently, objectively, and proportionately. Moderation decisions are made by a person. We do not use automated tools to moderate content.

Where we block or remove your content or restrict your account, we state the reasons to you. You may appeal a moderation decision by email to [email protected]; we will review the decision and respond.

The SRD monsters in the library are reproduced from the System Reference Document 5.2.1 by Wizards of the Coast LLC under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License; the full attribution is on the licenses page. If you publish content built on the SRD outside the Service, that licence requires you to credit the SRD and to indicate the changes you made.

Content you import from other sources, such as published books, remains subject to the rights of its owners. Monsterbrew is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or specifically approved by Wizards of the Coast LLC.

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties beyond those the law requires. This does not affect your statutory rights regarding the conformity of digital services, including Premium.

Content stored only in your browser is under your control alone: it is your responsibility to back it up, using the export features the Service provides, and we are not able to recover it for you.

To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for the loss of content stored only in your browser. For the free features, including synced content, our total liability is limited to €50. For Premium, our liability is limited to the greater of €100 and the amount you paid for Premium in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for intent or gross negligence, or any other liability that cannot be excluded under mandatory law, including Belgian consumer law.

You may stop using the Service at any time and delete your account from the account settings. Deleting your account cancels any active Premium subscription, so you are not charged again. Premium ends immediately and the current period is not refunded, without prejudice to your right of withdrawal described in Section 5.

We may terminate the agreement as described in Section 8. We may also discontinue the Service, or Premium, for a valid reason as described in Section 2. We will then tell account holders at least 30 days in advance, and you will be able to export your synced content before it is removed. If we discontinue Premium, or terminate your account for a reason other than a breach of these terms, we refund the unused part of your current period.

The consequences of account deletion for your data, including what is removed from our servers and what remains in your browser, are described in the privacy policy.

We may update these terms for valid reasons, such as changes to the Service, the law, or security needs. We will tell account holders about material changes by email at least 30 days before they take effect, unless a change is needed sooner for legal or security reasons. If you do not agree with a change, you can delete your account before it takes effect. Changes to Premium are covered in Section 4. The current version is always available on this page, together with its revision date.

These terms are governed by Belgian law. If you are a consumer in the European Union, you additionally keep the protection of the mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence.

Disputes are subject to the courts of the judicial district of Brussels, Belgium. If you are a consumer, this does not affect your right to bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence, and we can only bring proceedings against you there.

If you are a consumer and we cannot resolve a complaint together, you can turn to the Belgian Consumer Mediation Service.

These terms, together with the privacy policy and, for Premium, the Sold through Link Terms, form the entire agreement between you and us about the Service. If any provision of these terms is found invalid, the rest remain in effect. If we do not enforce a provision, we do not waive our right to enforce it later.

We may transfer this agreement to someone who takes over the Service, provided that your rights under it are not reduced. We will tell you in advance, and you may delete your account if you do not agree.