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<blockquote data-quote="aco175" data-source="post: 8061982" data-attributes="member: 27385"><p>I still offer all my adventures as PWYW on DMsGuild. My intent is not to put others out of work or destroy dreams of becoming a RPG writer. I always remembered my time in middle school when nobody could afford modules and think that some kid could get it for free and grow the game. Granted, we made up modules and used our imagination, but some of those games were rather gonzo. </p><p></p><p>Do I think my stuff is awesome and worthy of a publisher calling me wanting to make a campaign book out of it, no. I think it is good enough for a few nights of gaming and then you throw it away. All my items are from my home game where my players were the playtest group and then I make a few changes and hope that I catch most all of the typos and such before posting it. </p><p></p><p>Modules that I may download for free and then use, I go back and pay something for. I do not pay for it if I only looked at it once and never use it. I find some people do not offer a good enough look at the thing in the preview (especially with AL modules) and then it is not useful when I get to look at it more fully. An example may be the Princes of the Apocalypse book where I played the free supplement from Wizards and made a few side adventures for my group, but ended up buying the main book to finish the main adventure. Some of this was that this group was not meeting regularly until the Covid hit and now we are the only group that can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aco175, post: 8061982, member: 27385"] I still offer all my adventures as PWYW on DMsGuild. My intent is not to put others out of work or destroy dreams of becoming a RPG writer. I always remembered my time in middle school when nobody could afford modules and think that some kid could get it for free and grow the game. Granted, we made up modules and used our imagination, but some of those games were rather gonzo. Do I think my stuff is awesome and worthy of a publisher calling me wanting to make a campaign book out of it, no. I think it is good enough for a few nights of gaming and then you throw it away. All my items are from my home game where my players were the playtest group and then I make a few changes and hope that I catch most all of the typos and such before posting it. Modules that I may download for free and then use, I go back and pay something for. I do not pay for it if I only looked at it once and never use it. I find some people do not offer a good enough look at the thing in the preview (especially with AL modules) and then it is not useful when I get to look at it more fully. An example may be the Princes of the Apocalypse book where I played the free supplement from Wizards and made a few side adventures for my group, but ended up buying the main book to finish the main adventure. Some of this was that this group was not meeting regularly until the Covid hit and now we are the only group that can. [/QUOTE]
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