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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6672043" data-attributes="member: 37579">Hahahahahaha!!!100 manhours of freelance game design does NOT earn anyone $5000.Heck, WotC, arguable the best place for a RPG game designer to work, only pays <a href="http://www.glassdoor.ca/Salary/Wizards-of-the-Coast-Salaries-E4718.htm" target="_blank">$1300/week</a>. And Paizo pays half that. If you're starting out in the industry, do not even expect to make money.$15,000 to pay for books is very doable for Sasquatch Games. They're also known designers with a reputation in the industry who wanted to make a professional high quality book. They can get $15k. Heck, even Necromancer Games can reliably get $15,00, and Goodman Games pulled $25k for 5e adventures. But how much do you think I'd get if I started a Kickstarter to do so? If I wanted to start publishing 5e, do you think I could hit $15,000? Or even $5,000? Heck, raising $500 might be a stretch, and I'm somewhat known here on ENWorld, the WotC community, Twitter, and could probably swing a couple podcast appearances to plug.That's the catch. The cost is incredibly prohibitive for new companies interested in publishing. They can't just jump right in, earn a reputation, get a few products under their belt while gaining experience on making a high quality product. Instead, they have to go for a Kickstarter or sink money in a HUGE gamble. Heck, I've <a href="http://5.drivethrurpg.com/product/131097/Jester-Davids-HowTo-Guide-to-Fantasy-Worldbuilding" target="_blank">published</a> an RPG-related book. I don't even want to think about how many hours I spent writing, re-writing, editing, and planning that book. If I'd sunk $500 for legal fees before releasing that book... I'd still be in the hole over $200. This is also assuming any profit is sought. The OGL also works for blogs, forums, e-zines, fan publications, and the like. Who the heck wants to spend a thousand dollars before hosting their campaign's website or their homebrew world on a free wordpres blog?</blockquote>

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