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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 4675265" data-attributes="member: 13107">I've seen it before, but don't have the numbers onhand, but, won't the power cards be a bit pricy?  Something like $10 or $12 for the power cards for one class (plus some blank cards), something like 60-80 cards?That would seem to be a major source of additional revenue.  If a player buys a PHB for $30 and a set of cards for $10 (and that is for just one class) that is a 33% increase in revenue.If one player buys a PHB and another, and his three friends who were used to just borrowing his book, then the sales go from $30 to $70.  (But, the other friends may buy their own PHB, so the % is back to 33% again.)On the other hand, if just one buys a PHB and the other buy one card deck each, that would reduce the sales from $120 to $60.These are all fuzzy numbers, but this is with just one set of cards, and there are lots of classes to account for.  I'd say that the cards are expected to be a major revenue source.To address two earlier comments in the discussion, my understanding is that lending a book is perfectly alright (and that there is a specific legal principle involved), so the idea of your friends borrowing your book is 100% legitimate.Also, I am wondering, too, if I made my own power cards with a rephrasing of the rules of the powers, that is, not using the design of the WotC cards, and not using the WotC exact text, but using text that conveys the rules sense of the powers, that that is allowed as a transformative work.  I posted on this before, but haven't seen any direct replies.I do imagine that the WotC cards will be well crafted, and easy to use.  On that basis, I can find some support for the WotC product.  But, I have a hard time with it because of the difference in the cost, and ease in making ones own cards, and the price charged.  I did post on this once before (and got a direct response from Mr. Rouse, who disagreed that the cards were expensive), but i still am a bit uneasy with the price being listed.Thx!TomB</blockquote>

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