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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 4747118" data-attributes="member: 17551">From almost a decade of watching both the indie-rpg scene and the old school D&D scene, I can say that people with little to no prospect of earning a dime from their work still put together extraordinarily high quality stuff and then offer it to the public at prices ranging from free to very cheap.I, for one, have never noticed any real correlation between the price I pay for an rpg product and its quality or usability, and could be perfectly happy using nothing but products distributed (legally) for free on the Internet.  (Over the last half year, I've probably gotten more enjoyment out of the completely free Encounter Critical than any other gaming product on my shelf.)Given the amount of free (and legal) product on the Internet and the huge load of used product - some older collectables aside, the vast majority of which is available for much less than retail price - available from resalers all over, from a strictly economic standpoint, there is no reason whatsoever for a consumer to be buying new product as MSRP or even Amazon discounted prices.  The argument that one needs to keep new product coming out to continue to find players is a strange one to me, as it seems to me that if that is your reason for buying new rpg products, your money could be much better spent organizing and promoting gaming clubs, conventions, and the like.</blockquote>