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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Monte At Home" data-source="post: 1000854" data-attributes="member: 1335">It's not my intention that AU would compete with 3.5. Here's why:1. It's ridiculous. Based on my sales expectations and what I expect 3.5 to do, it will sell about 1/10 or so of what just one of the books (probably the PH) will sell. That's not competition. Not really.2. Arcana Unearthed, like every other Malhavoc product, and like every d20 product--although AU is technically not d20--relies on D&D in some way. And, like it or not, 3.5 is now D&D. The whole point of the OGL is for small publishers (like me) to put out books that support D&D, and thus increase D&D sales. We all know that. So even if I came up with some magical product that made everyone buy it and not 3.5, I'd only be shooting myself in the foot in the long run.If you've only got 30 bucks to spend in July on a game product, I'd expect you'd probably buy 3.5 (actually, you're hosed because you can't buy 3.5 for $30, but that's another issue). It would be unrealistic for me to think otherwise, and perhaps counterproductive in the long term as well. That's why I've said previously that it's both fortunate and unfortunate that AU is coming out at the same time as 3.5. Fortunate, because everyone's already sort of geared up for change. Unfortunate, because gaming dollars are going to be stretched thin.</blockquote>