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<blockquote data-quote="Retreater" data-source="post: 8737027" data-attributes="member: 42040">Ok. So maybe you won't have to pay to customize your character's appearances, but where are all the assets going to come from? Programmers will need to be paid to render 3D models and to provide options. Just like D&amp;D Beyond has charged for collectible virtual dice skins. And that's fair if people want to pay for that - but it's just a microtransaction for a skin that doesn't really matter to the game. Just like getting a pink bunny suit in a shooting video game. What I'm more concerned about is if it ties in gameable content behind individual paywalls (which seemed to be hinted at with the physical collectible miniature being shown IRL and also on the game screen. I infer that to say: &quot;Well, you buy a miniature for your in-person game, why not buy the physical token so you can use a black dragon in your VTT game?&quot; I can easily see this being a new revenue stream.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retreater, post: 8737027, member: 42040"] Ok. So [I]maybe [/I]you won't have to pay to customize your character's appearances, but where are all the assets going to come from? Programmers will need to be paid to render 3D models and to provide options. Just like D&D Beyond has charged for collectible virtual dice skins. And that's fair if people want to pay for that - but it's just a microtransaction for a skin that doesn't really matter to the game. Just like getting a pink bunny suit in a shooting video game. What I'm more concerned about is if it ties in gameable content behind individual paywalls (which seemed to be hinted at with the physical collectible miniature being shown IRL and also on the game screen. I infer that to say: "Well, you buy a miniature for your in-person game, why not buy the physical token so you can use a black dragon in your VTT game?" I can easily see this being a new revenue stream. [/QUOTE]

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