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Short answer: They aren't. Longer answer: The compatible material that does appear is based on Open Content sources. We've got some material which was *inspired* by closed-content material, but the inspiration was as far as that goes -- original systems were designed. That said, I would...

It will be available through traditional distribution in November. Amazon should be able to get it. We're offering a flat-rate for shipping, domestic OR international, with the pre-order, though -- it's one of the benefits of placing a pre-order.

With the pre-order period ending at 11:59 pm this Sunday night (August 9th), our last preview gives us a look at Anir, a dwarven artificer. Anir Male dwarf artificer 8 NG Medium humanoid (dwarf) Init +1; Senses Perception +9, Darkvision DEFENSE AC 15, touch 11, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +1...

"They may take our vortex grenades.... but they will never take.... ...OUR FREEDOM!!!!"

We'll be blatantly ripping off taking a page from Paizo's playbook -- the PDF will sell for $9.99

I would expect nothing from WOTC on this, for a couple of reasons: 1) Their move did *nothing* to prevent PDFs of their products from showing up on various pirate sites. Copies still appear, but they're scanned instead of purchased PDFs, and take a few days longer to appear -- but that's...

You are correct, sir. Not because such examples don't exist, but because I don't reward unreasonable demands, no matter how loud or persistent. I won't provide my birth certificate, either. Congratulations. You have Won Teh Interwebs. You can pick up your trophy on the way out.

With all due respect, now you're not only claiming that you're somehow entitled to the information, but you also want somebody to sit you down and explain market economics, positioning strategy, the law of supply and demand, and a step-by-step explanation of how production, solicitation and...

Sorry that I haven't kept this updated -- I've been having a helluva time connecting to ENWorld. Here's our latest preview: Orsini the Warlock! Orsini Male human warlock 8 CN Medium humanoid (human) Init +5; Senses Perception +7 DEFENSE AC 16, 12 touch , 15 flat-footed (+4 armor, +1 Dex, +1...

Sorry that I'm a bit behind on answering questions -- I haven't been able to connect reliably to ENWorld in quite a while. On to the responses: The warlock is a new class, but one that does feature at-will magical powers, including a blast option. They are compatible -- Hot Pursuit, updated...

Yes -- sorry about that. I've been posting the previews to the Paizo board. I keep meaning to post them here, but I've been getting slow loading times on ENWorld fairly regularly. For those interested, the third preview was just posted, which I'll copy here: The Tome of Secrets, now...

...and his statements about Print-On-Demand ship times and discounts. ...and his statements regarding inflation of paperbacks, where he compared apples (mass market paperbacks) to oranges (trade paperbacks), which he is now claiming is immaterial because the content is identical -- so I guess...

I'd like to dispel at least one misconception that I've seen repeated a few times in this discussion: the whole "PDF as Loss Leader" thing. PDFs, regardless of price, are no more a "loss leader" for the print version of a game product than an iTunes download, vinyl or cassette album is a...

No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying that when you speak from a position of authority, you bear the responsibility of that authority. Really, that's not a radical concept. To use an exaggerated example to show you what I mean: Opinions regarding medicine coming from, say, a...

...which means, I suppose, that you're ignoring the factual errors that have been pointed out, over and over again, both here and on his blog entry. I'm not talking opinions -- he's welcome to those. I'm talking about verifiable *fact* (such as his incorrect view of the state of POD...

Because this industry has a long-standing problem of people, many of them well-intentioned, holding forth in public without much in the way of real knowledge... and forum readers believing them, because they're 'insiders'. This can actually have a knock-on effect -- a bit like a run on a...

At this point, it may be beating a dead horse to continue to point out errors within the original blog post -- but here's another: "Now, if he goes with print on demand, he has no worries about inventory (well, mostly… even with print-on-demand you need to keep a little inventory, as gamers...

You really shouldn't. He's talking from the point of view of a publisher, not as somebody who edited articles for two defunct magazines, one magazine from a related industry, and a website.

Nope -- doesn't make sense even if you assume that. Most authors never see much in the way of royalties -- often the novels don't "pay out" the advance. The average advance in SF/Fantasy field is $5K. 5 cents a word on a 256-page rulebook (say 500 words per page, for a total of 128,000...

I'm not even going to try to be nice and say that he's got some good points, or that the article is well-written, etc. It's nothing more than a rant from a publisher looking for reasons as to why his product line, comprised of largely text-only material for a niche-of-a-niche-of-a-niche...