Powered by Integrity (PBI) is the optional, approval-based compatibility and brand layer for qualifying works built on the Integrity Engine. CC BY 4.0 gives you the open rules permission; an approved PBI project receives the official compatibility identity and controlled Creator Kit rights.
Plain-language guide. Use this page for orientation. Where a license, Terms & Conditions, Compatibility Standard, or asset permission applies, that governing document controls.
CC BY already gives you
Use of designated IE-SRD Content in your own game.
Adaptation, translation, reformatting, and redistribution of designated IE-SRD Content.
Commercial and noncommercial publication.
Those rights without applying for or using PBI.
PBI adds after approval
The official Powered by Integrity compatibility identity.
Authorized use of the official badge family and Creator Kit.
Approved Integrity Engine compatibility references and presentation standards.
A visible signal that the approved work is represented as meeting the PBI Compatibility Standard and Integrity Clause.
PBI does not grant
Open Almond Studios logos or game-line logos.
Warriors of the Covenant, Legacy of the Remnant, Hall of Faith Hero Deck, or other proprietary game-line IP.
Open Almond Studios publication, co-publication, general endorsement, guarantee, or rights clearance.
Permission to ignore the Terms, Compatibility Standard, Integrity Clause, or Creator Kit rules.
Qualification at a glance
Eight things must still feel like Integrity Engine.
PBI is not a vague “uses some 3d8 ideas” label. A qualifying work must preserve the defined engine identity while remaining free to redesign many default modules and design joints.
Separate production asset
IE Action Symbols Font
The official glyph font has its own asset permission and required credit. It is not part of the IE-SRD CC BY 4.0 grant and it is not included merely because a work qualifies for PBI.
Ordinary meaningful uncertainty is primarily 3d8 + one applicable rating against a Target Number.
Required 02
Four Pillars
Exactly Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength remain the whole-person attribute structure.
Required 03
Graduated TN Outcomes
Failure, Endured Success, Success, Edge Success, and Critical Success remain the ordinary outcome ladder.
Required 04
Pressure & Consequence
Short-term Pressure and a persistent Pillar-tied consequence layer remain meaningful.
Required 05
Convictions
Player-facing commitments remain part of character identity and something play can place under pressure.
Required 06
Integrity-Role Currency
A scarce player-agency meta-currency remains above routine in-fiction resources.
Required 07
Three Trial State Axes
Three persistent positional axes remain meaningful during Trials, even if renamed.
Required 08
Trials
A structured mode remains for sustained consequential resistance beyond ordinary single rolls.
Flexible by design: the sixteen default Skills, Skills at all in a Pillar-Only implementation, the default Action economy, Postures, Conditions, Impact Points, initiative, Growth, opposition construction, equipment structures, and many other modules may be changed or omitted when the required engine identity and rule dependencies remain coherent.
The Integrity Clause
The badge represents more than mechanical compatibility.
Powered by Integrity is optional, but using the badge means the approved work is represented as meeting both the Compatibility Standard and the Integrity Clause. PBI is a curated Open Almond Studios identity, so qualifying works may explore difficult or mature subjects without using the mark to promote exploitation, hatred, cruelty, or deceptive conduct.
No pornography or sexually explicit material presented primarily for sexual stimulation, and no gratuitous sexualized nudity.
No sexual exploitation or sexualization of minors.
No advocacy of hatred, dehumanization, or targeted abuse.
No promotion or glorification of real-world abuse, exploitation, cruelty, trafficking, or comparable serious harm.
No fraudulent claims of Open Almond Studios approval and no deliberate misuse of Open Almond Studios branding intended to deceive, exploit, or materially harm others.
Powered by Integrity badge
See the identity before you apply. Receive the authorized Creator Kit after approval.
The badge variants shown here are raster display previews sourced from private Licensing Assets and served through Open Almond's website for viewing. They are not the production Creator Kit files, and viewing them does not grant permission to use the badge. Approved projects receive authorized production use, the current Creator Kit package, the copy-ready publication notice, and the protected Creator Kit download inside Creator Programs.
These PNG display previews are sourced from private Licensing Assets and exposed only through the website preview route. They are not the production Creator Kit files and do not grant PBI permission; use the Creator Kit supplied through your approved project workspace for production.
How the badge should be used
Know the production rules before you apply.
Maintain the supplied badge proportions and preserve the required clear space.
Choose the supplied light, dark, or monochrome variant appropriate to the background or production method.
Do not redraw, trace, crop, recolor, distort, re-typeset, add effects, or merge the badge into another logo.
Keep the badge legible and visually separate from the creator or publisher identity.
A conventional PBI book, game, supplement, or adventure must display the official badge on the front cover; support products where ordinary front-cover placement is impractical may use a clearly visible alternative placement.
Do not imply that Open Almond Studios published, co-published, generally endorsed, guaranteed, or performed rights clearance for the work.
Raw Creator Kit assets may be passed to contractors or production vendors only as needed for the specific approved work; they may not be redistributed as a standalone asset pack.
What unlocks after approval
Required PBI notice
Know the requirement now. Copy the approved text from your project workspace.
A PBI publication must identify the independent-publication relationship, Integrity Engine™ trademark ownership, and the permitted PBI badge artwork; when designated IE-SRD Content is reproduced or adapted, the separate CC BY 4.0 attribution also applies. The approved application workspace supplies the current copy-ready PBI notice tied to the program versions accepted for that project.
Use only material actually designated under CC BY 4.0, obtain PBI approval before using the compatibility identity or production badge, satisfy the Compatibility Standard and Integrity Clause, use the official Creator Kit files, include the required notices, keep proprietary Open Almond Studios game-line material separate, and clear the third-party rights in your own product.