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<blockquote data-quote="Mgrancey" data-source="post: 6656583" data-attributes="member: 6701642">No offense but TANSTAAFL! Its free with advertising and limitations or pay (additionally $1 more than FG a month and $10/year more to just out and out buy a permanent license to FG) to avoid advertising and additional features.Good for encouraging people, but $40 is not a super high starting cost. Especially with the new subscription which is $4/month.Again, check facts it is $40 for GM/Player license, but it is a one time purchase. I would remind everyone that most games for PC/Console are more. Most RPG books run the same cost, so FG costs as much as 1 RPG book. Yes there are limited list of RPGs that come already with it, but when you buy a rules set you also get all the basic content for it. As far as DnD 5e goes you don't need the Class Packs or the Bestiary to be able to play it in FG, it just makes it a lot easier on players and gms for them to have it. Also my 5e books were $50, FG has them for $45; just looked it up Princes of the Apocalypse is $50 according to Wizards $33 at Amazon and $35 at FG's store. I find that the price keeps going up and isn't consistent. First Super High (Ultimate License $150 allows unlimited unlicensed players into that GMs campaigns), then an incorrect $44, and now its $60? As far as the servers go, HAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!! As far as I understand it the only people who need the FG servers are the unlicensed users to get into the Ultimate GM's campaigns. Normal GM and Player licensees don't need the servers, and Ultimate reverts to standard.I think a good way to boil it down to the basics is that Roll20 targets Players and FG targets for GMs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mgrancey, post: 6656583, member: 6701642"] No offense but TANSTAAFL! Its free with advertising and limitations or pay (additionally $1 more than FG a month and $10/year more to just out and out buy a permanent license to FG) to avoid advertising and additional features. Good for encouraging people, but $40 is not a [B]super high[/B] starting cost. Especially with the new subscription which is $4/month. Again, check facts it is $40 for GM/Player license, but it is a one time purchase. I would remind everyone that most games for PC/Console are more. Most RPG books run the same cost, so FG costs as much as 1 RPG book. Yes there are limited list of RPGs that come already with it, but when you buy a rules set you also get all the basic content for it. As far as DnD 5e goes you don't need the Class Packs or the Bestiary to be able to play it in FG, it just makes it a lot easier on players and gms for them to have it. Also my 5e books were $50, FG has them for $45; just looked it up Princes of the Apocalypse is $50 according to Wizards $33 at Amazon and $35 at FG's store. I find that the price keeps going up and isn't consistent. First Super High (Ultimate License $150 allows unlimited unlicensed players into that GMs campaigns), then an incorrect $44, and now its $60? As far as the servers go, HAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!! As far as I understand it the only people who need the FG servers are the unlicensed users to get into the Ultimate GM's campaigns. Normal GM and Player licensees don't need the servers, and Ultimate reverts to standard. I think a good way to boil it down to the basics is that Roll20 targets Players and FG targets for GMs. [/QUOTE]

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