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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 3803748" data-attributes="member: 48965">I think the SRD should be released with 4th ed. or close to it.  I seriously doubt it will hurt sales.  There are those who willl buy the books no matter what...Those who won't buy the books no matter what...and those in the middle.  I find myself as one of those in the middle.  I bought 3.0, adventures and splat books...then upgraded(reluctantly and a little angrily) to 3.5 even though there was a SRD.  I feel apprehensive at best about 4.0 because of the 3.0 to 3.5 three-year debacle (among other things).  I would rather look at the SRD and make an informed decision on whether I want to go with this edition or not.  Some might claim that's what reviews are for, but I know the hype as well as personal feelings, about everything from D&D to WotC as a business, will bias most of these.If the game is as great as they think it will be(and has been hyped to be) then I say the SRD won't hurt them.  They should have a game people want to buy and support.  I mean there are illegal copies of almost every book WotC has made and I don't think this has significantly harmed their sales...at least not of the corebooks.</blockquote>