Matrix Sorcica
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This is a 2-hour adventure. But my point was that I find the price high compared to other offerings. Of course, if the eleven pages or so of content is pure gold, it's a bargain. We still don't know if it's quality, though.
It's almost like WotC wants to pay it's author's a decent wage for a week of work:
???To be fair, they already paid their authors a decent wage for an entirely different purpose. They're requisitioning previously paid materials here for additional revenue.
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But authors of current AL adventures are only paid via royalties.
It can be.Wow. Really? I did not know that. That's terrible.
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So it's guaranteed sales.
I think WotC is trying to separate themselves a little from the Adventurer's League, since it's operated/ managed by Baldman Games more than them. So Baldman Games would have to pay, and that might be beyond them.If the sales are guaranteed, WotC can afford to pay for them.
Prior to 4e, it was all volunteers. And many organised play programs still use volunteers. The adventurer writers get nothing. They're not even doing it for exposure...Again, not that I'm a candidate for such things, but royalties only based on how well WotC markets your work is exploitative. I'm trying to imagine how that management meeting went.
CCC's I think can be a little different. For instance I think (stress the "i think" bit, i'm not positive) Baldman Games pays something upfront and then shares royalties. But they are the publisher on the DMSGuild.