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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 8068960" data-attributes="member: 944">I've written published RPG material and countless reviews back in the D20 days. Its far easier than making a good map and far more people have the talent. This is why there are hundreds of publishers of 5E material and why back when the D20 print book fad ended there were so many I could and did  buy books from my FLGS literally "cheaper by the inch." even with the higher barrier of entry.Now JMO here for most people publishing a game world or game system is just vanity. Odds are no one outside your group if even there cares about your world and your   rules are no better than what is out there.There are exceptions, people like Tal Dorei because of Matt Mercer's well earned fame and I personally think WOIN is a rather good system  as is Castles and Crusades but on the whole? Nah. It doesn't matter.As I noted way back, there is little money in game writing or increasingly do to tech these days media. Heck its trickled down to writers and bands as well, Kindle Unlimited is poor for authors and without touring many bands  probably won't make it. Royalties are bad for many right now and it may not be possible to live or at least live well  on patronage. This means a kind of hobbyist economy with a tiny handful of professionals.As for our little hobby, this means basically nothing. Other than the Halcyon days before the internet, its always been this wayLet me quote Stephan Michael Sechi creator of Talilanta, all of whose books are free and legal to DL now at <a href="http://talislanta.com/" target="_blank">Talislanta | Still No Elves!</a>Even the lower costs, this means less money.As Mr Sechi noted, its still cool to do and this hobbyist effort willkeep our pipeline full even if mostly have other jobs.</blockquote>

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