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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AncientSpirits" data-source="post: 3970358" data-attributes="member: 55778">Yeah, you raise a good point: who knows?! How many DM's collect books, and how many will hesitate?! Although we don't know, I suspect it will be more than a few hundred DMs. If the poll numbers are any hint (yeah right!), perhaps as many as 30% of DMs will hesitate. Each of those could take away 4-6 players with them, resulting in a big wave of delayed (or even no) purchases of 4E. Of course, the poll is likely not representative.I wonder if people are a little more comfortable ordering 3rd-party stuff in these recent days. Many D&D players were introduced to Paizo via Dragon and Dungeon Magazines. Before Paizo, I was WotC only. When Dragon ended, I took Pathfinder. At a con I picked up Monte Cook's Complete Book of Eldritch Might and liked it too. Now I've picked up some on-sale Green Ronin books (I barely knew who they were before) and just subscribed to Kobold Quarterly. Anyway, point is: I'm a different kind of customer than I was six months ago, thanks to the whole shakeup with Dragon. I become an RPG customer rather than a WotC customer. I wonder how many other DMs have had this recent experience? (Poll anyone?)Personally, I look forward to getting my hands on 4E. But I really hesitate to switch right away. If there are 3rd-party products early on, then yes, I will likely buy the books (assuming I like them) and encourage my players to do so. Otherwise... maybe 2009 when Eberron comes out!</blockquote>

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