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<blockquote data-quote="SSquirrel" data-source="post: 1405539" data-attributes="member: 5202">Oddly enough, WOTC answered questions when 3E was coming out both here on enworld and in various interviews where they were asked the same kind of things &quot;What about people who refuse to buy your books and just print out the SRD?&quot; &quot;How can you make money if no one buys the books?&quot; etc.&nbsp; They basically responded with a &quot;well we can't do anything about that really and it IS perfectly legal, however, we feel that most people will still buy the books as they are more convenient, have more information (as not everything in the books is OGC), etc blah blah&quot; (not a real quote).&nbsp; So they realize the issue and part of the price of WOTC books has non-sales from the hardcore freebie only folks figured in.&nbsp; How many people does everyone in here HONESTLY know who refuses to buy the core books and just uses the SRD material?&nbsp; I know a few who just utilize some pdfs folks made of the changes from 3 to 3.5 and refuse to repurchase the core books for a higher price than they bought them originally.&nbsp; This of course seems reasonable to me as you have teh basic book, just some of the things changed in it.The SRD doesn't have any Bigby or Mordenkainen spells.&nbsp; No mentions of Greyhawk or its gods.&nbsp; That material is not OGC, it is WOTC copyrights.&nbsp; So really you ARE missing out if you strictly utilize SRD only material, but it DOES make for a good quick reference, which is how most folks I know utilize it.&nbsp; It's the easy way for people to answer &quot;what is the spell progression for a 7th level wizard?&quot; when they're at work and have net access.&nbsp; Heh.Hagen</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SSquirrel, post: 1405539, member: 5202"] Oddly enough, WOTC answered questions when 3E was coming out both here on enworld and in various interviews where they were asked the same kind of things "What about people who refuse to buy your books and just print out the SRD?" "How can you make money if no one buys the books?" etc. They basically responded with a "well we can't do anything about that really and it IS perfectly legal, however, we feel that most people will still buy the books as they are more convenient, have more information (as not everything in the books is OGC), etc blah blah" (not a real quote). So they realize the issue and part of the price of WOTC books has non-sales from the hardcore freebie only folks figured in. How many people does everyone in here HONESTLY know who refuses to buy the core books and just uses the SRD material? I know a few who just utilize some pdfs folks made of the changes from 3 to 3.5 and refuse to repurchase the core books for a higher price than they bought them originally. This of course seems reasonable to me as you have teh basic book, just some of the things changed in it. The SRD doesn't have any Bigby or Mordenkainen spells. No mentions of Greyhawk or its gods. That material is not OGC, it is WOTC copyrights. So really you ARE missing out if you strictly utilize SRD only material, but it DOES make for a good quick reference, which is how most folks I know utilize it. It's the easy way for people to answer "what is the spell progression for a 7th level wizard?" when they're at work and have net access. Heh. Hagen [/QUOTE]

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