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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 8007857" data-attributes="member: 6879661">Let’s be honest the rpg books (or even more so their pdf copies for companies that release that way like Paizo) are incredibly cheap for the amount of time that goes into using them. I can’t think of a single book I’ve ever owned that’s been referenced as much as my 5e players handbook or 1e Pathfinder rulebook. For a campaign that lasts 18 months and we’ll play 8 hours a month. With five people. Even a luxury hardback Campaign at say £40 costs about 6 pence per hour of play per person. I don’t believe I know any hobbies that cost less than that.The actual written creation part of the hobby is only a fraction of the money I spend on the game including minis, sound effects, patreon’s for maps, dm screens, d&d beyond subscriptions and electronic modules for it. I guarantee someone is making money out of the hobby, it just doesn’t sound like that someone is the writers, which is a real shame.Speaking of Warhammer FRP I’m on the discord servers fro WFRP 4E and some of the writers engage with fans there. Same for Paizo and I feel like it encourages a greater respect as it hammers home that the writers are people, with their own opinions and feelings. It is a real privilege to hear from the designers and writers themselves if they have time to spare it - that always impressed me a lot.I also do believe that some writers have hurt the industry as a whole by taking advantage of the crowdfunding option not being honest... I specifically refer to Fire Mountain Games. Where fan support is harvested for financial resources and then taken advantage of. These individuals hurt writers as a whole as it encourages skepticism and distrust.I suspect the money situation is locked into the industry and I don’t really see how it can be changed unless writers can get better control over the businesses that publish their work. On the other hand I suspect most of us can be a little bit nicer in the forums when we are critiquing what people write.</blockquote>

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