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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 4424031" data-attributes="member: 48965">Well Paizo is offering the Beta version for $17 on Amazon...or free on their website after release, so those who just want those tweaks or whatever get them for free or minimal cost.That said, the reality of the hobby is that most of your money is made off corebooks, not supplements and eye candy sells.  I mean in all honesty I can't find fault with Paizo's price point... especially having purchased the 4e books and looking at the font size and amount of whitespace in these books for $35 each.  D&D has one of the highest buy in costs for the complete game throughout the rpg industry... and it's the top seller (not to mention they quickkly canned their plans to offer anyone who purchased the core free PDF's).  I just think you're being a little unrealistic here (did WotC do this when they released 3.5?), almost as if Pathfinder should be treated like a second rate product as opposed to a new game, and going that route does nothing but reinforce that image.And let's be real, unless WotC changes their stance on OGL and GSL products in the same line... Pathfinder the brand will eventually be defined by this rulebook, I wouldn't risk doing it in a cheap version that is the bare minimum and unattractive, or as an online format.</blockquote>