[RPG] Missing Class and Race options in 5th edition SRD

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I just got the Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition SRD from this webpage at Wotc. At first, I found it interesting that several of the sub-races were missing (I assumed something happened with them not being Open Content) but then I found something else: on page 28, there's a reference to three monastic traditions, and only one is actually listed in the text. The same thing seems to be happening in many (if not all) of the other option groups.

Is this an actual error, or is it that not all the options are Open Content per the OGL?

Best Answer

What is open content is defined by what is literally present in the SRD itself. Ergo, yes, these are not open content currently.

Whether this is an oversight and other options were meant to be made open content, or whether the reference to the three monastic traditions is deliberate because they're leaving in references to non-open content, is to be seen.

But in general: content released in the SRD is what defines the content available under the OGL.