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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 7755157" data-attributes="member: 59082">The "cash grab" thing is based on a rather cynical and, I think, mistaken interpretation of what is going on. Look at it this way:1) WotC knows people want Eberron, so Keith Baker put something together.2) They want the feedback of fans via playtest and to fine-tune various aspects of the rules, but also want to get something out there for people to use and enjoy, so they "early released" the book via PDF. You pay $20 now and will get every updated version.3) Once the rules are fine-tuned, they'll edit, errata, and polish up Wayfinder's and add a POD option.4) Presumably depending upon the popularity of Wayfinder's, they may also put together a proper campaign setting book, complete with maps and coverage of other continents.If you're like me and don't run Eberron but like setting books, you wait until the POD and/or possible setting book. If you run Eberron, you get access to rules now and then can decide later on if you want a hard-copy via POD.I don't see how anyone loses in this context, except those who expect everything they want now. The $20 is for the current and final copy of the PDF. So you're actually getting early access to the rough draft of a future product, which is kind of nice. You could also wait to spend that $20 for the finalized PDF and/or the POD option. The people who are upset seem to fall into two camps: 1) those who think Wayfinder's should be free because it is essentially a beta; and 2) those who are disappointed they're not getting a full setting book now. To the first group (1), I'd say, just wait for the final product and you're no worse off! Or if you know you'll want it, shell out the $20 now and you get something now and the final product. To the second group (2) I say, well you didn't know you were getting anything, so why are you upset? It is like when I surprise my kids that we're going to get ice cream, and they are disappointed they only get one scoop rather than two.Enjoy your one scoop - you didn't even know you were getting it. If you're good, you might get two scoops later on. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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