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<blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 7648001" data-attributes="member: 725"><p>There's a very good reason why I said 'I think'.</p><p></p><p>There was a very active second hand 2E network after 3E released, the 2E pdfs being available for cheap also helped a lot. I know that there was a large 3E market after 4E hit, I sold a buttload of 3E books I had multiples of. 3.5E PHBs are actually pretty expensive these days, even the DMG and MM are more expensive then their 4E counter parts. But there are no new books being printed, no one stocks the core books anymore because the last ones sold out years ago, and even worse there are no pdfs available (legally). Sure we have the 3.5E SRD, but we also have the Pathfinder SRD, whose core books are readily available and even the pdfs are very cheap at $10 each. I would even go as far as to say that the 3.5E DM material is reasonably compatible with Pathfinder, hell as a DM I wouldn't want all those classes/feats/spells in my 3.5E game (I certainly wouldn't miss them in my potential Pathfinder game).</p><p></p><p>So if cost was an issue, folks can 'upgrade' to Pathfinder for free through their SRD and for very little if they buy only the PDFs. I don't belief this mythical 3.5E group is as large as folks think it is, sure a lot of books are trade in the 2nd hand channels, but a lot of those are for collectors who want to complete their D&D collections. Just like what happened with 2E.</p><p></p><p>Do I belief that the 3.5E crowd was large before Pathfinder was released? Yes I do, but not anymore. A lot of those folks that were still playing 3.5E or actually started playing it kept hitting one serious problem, no PHBs, and printed copyshop copies just weren't all that acceptable. When I started showing folks my Pathfinder core rulebook and told them about it they were interested (as interested as you can be after you just spend $100-$300 on 3.5E books ;-).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cergorach, post: 7648001, member: 725"] There's a very good reason why I said 'I think'. There was a very active second hand 2E network after 3E released, the 2E pdfs being available for cheap also helped a lot. I know that there was a large 3E market after 4E hit, I sold a buttload of 3E books I had multiples of. 3.5E PHBs are actually pretty expensive these days, even the DMG and MM are more expensive then their 4E counter parts. But there are no new books being printed, no one stocks the core books anymore because the last ones sold out years ago, and even worse there are no pdfs available (legally). Sure we have the 3.5E SRD, but we also have the Pathfinder SRD, whose core books are readily available and even the pdfs are very cheap at $10 each. I would even go as far as to say that the 3.5E DM material is reasonably compatible with Pathfinder, hell as a DM I wouldn't want all those classes/feats/spells in my 3.5E game (I certainly wouldn't miss them in my potential Pathfinder game). So if cost was an issue, folks can 'upgrade' to Pathfinder for free through their SRD and for very little if they buy only the PDFs. I don't belief this mythical 3.5E group is as large as folks think it is, sure a lot of books are trade in the 2nd hand channels, but a lot of those are for collectors who want to complete their D&D collections. Just like what happened with 2E. Do I belief that the 3.5E crowd was large before Pathfinder was released? Yes I do, but not anymore. A lot of those folks that were still playing 3.5E or actually started playing it kept hitting one serious problem, no PHBs, and printed copyshop copies just weren't all that acceptable. When I started showing folks my Pathfinder core rulebook and told them about it they were interested (as interested as you can be after you just spend $100-$300 on 3.5E books ;-). [/QUOTE]
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