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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 4724481" data-attributes="member: 1288">Just to be clear... No, we don't.We get paid by the word. Period. Any outside research or reading that we have to do is just that--outside.I get paid the same whether I'm writing for core D&D or for Forgotten Realms, and if the former requires I know material from four books, and the latter from twenty-four... Well, it's more cost-effective for me and for WotC to keep me on the former. And there comes a point where the ratio of effort to payment simply makes further research non-viable for the amount of income.If that becomes the case for the bulk of freelancers, Forgotten Realms becomes unsustainable. Now, that specific point of no return differs from freelancer to freelancer, and some begin with a greater knowledge of FR than others. But that doesn't change the fact that, as people move on and new people become writers, the settings that require heavy research beyond a certain point simply cease attracting skilled writers.Is that what happened with FR? I have no idea. But claiming that we "get paid" to keep up with this degree of material is simply false.</blockquote>