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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9713634" data-attributes="member: 7635">I will state that having a principled stance against non-physical/non-ownership of media is not a fault. I have a friend who will not use self-checkouts out of principle because that's what they believe in. So, no shame if that is your stance.But my issue is you keep gesturing at some magical third way. Let's take a concrete example and extrapolate. I've previously linked to the Mortuary from Planescape; a bunch of cut info from the Planescape box set focusing on the Hearld's of Dust headquarters and originally creatred due to the module starting you in it. Its roughly 40 pages, It features a detailed description of the place and features a half-dozen monsters (including Factol Skall). What would it take to get this to print?Well, we could wait for WotC to make a follow-up for Planescape and put that info in that. It was released in 2023, so as of this moment, we would still be waiting for it to be put in another book. Considering the info in useful for the module in the box set, I wager getting added info years later would be too-little, too late. Maybe they could bundle it and publish it as a 40 page softcover. I have no idea what the going rate for that is. Paizo seems to sell AP chapters for $24.00 per part, but that was for old Starfinder stuff. So lets say that's the going rate. 40 pages: $24. (Nevermind that Forge of the Artificer is a 112 page hardback for $30). Do you think the Mortuary would sell as a stand-alone product next to the Adventures of the Multiverse (already a $84 product)? What about POD? Well, checking DMs Guild, I found a 16 page module (The Haunt, a best seller) has a softcover premium edition thats $14.00. 16 pages. 100 pages books were going for $30, 200 page books up to $74.00 POD is expensive. Its got a long lead time. WotC has a quite a few PODs there, but I can't imagine they get a lot of sales on them. If I'm missing some fourth way to get the Mortuary in print, please enlighten me. But I don't think it's worth much more than the $10 I spent on it for Beyond. I'd easily have passed on it if I had to buy it for $20 or more.</blockquote>

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