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<blockquote data-quote="satori01" data-source="post: 1126787" data-attributes="member: 7859">This is a repost from an earlier thread, but I find it germaine to this discussion:&nbsp;I really dont think there is any price gouging on the PDF version, despite claims made on this board. The PDF bundle is $18 for over 200 pages of crounchy goodness roughly breaking down to 11 cents a page.Alas because PDFs are virtual pages, transmited over an internet medium, I think people underestimate how dense the AU download is.The AU PDFs are basicaly there to allow people to buy the most portable aspects of the game, new races, classes and spells.The bundle is a good value, the cheapest I have seen the hardbound AU for is $22 online at Barnes and Nobles, this of course does not include shipping.Having the three components of the AU PDF bundle be available ala carte is not &quot;gouging&quot; but instead allows a person to buy only what they think they are going to use.If you just want combat classes, buy the Sword PDF.If you just want the AU spell classes w/o the AU spells,(easiest way is have the classes be spontaneous casters exactly like sorcerers and using the charts provided) then buy the Staff PDF.If you want just the spells from AU then buy only the Grimoire PDF.Monte wasnt trying to &quot;gouge&quot; people or force sales of unneeded elements, quite the opposite.To offer some price comparisons:The 1986 Queen of the Spiders,(the consolidated version of G1-3,D1-2, D3 and Q1) was $15 1986 dollars for 128 pages.That Translates into $24.47 in 2002 dollar terms or around 18cents a page.Older Modules were even worse for price per page, The Lost Caverns of Tsjocanth was around $8 dollars for 32 pages in 1982.Today that would be $14.26 for 2002 dollars or about 44 cents a page.<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/report.php?p=1099367" target="_blank">Report Post</a> | IP: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/postings.php?do=getip&amp;p=1099367" target="_blank">Logged</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="satori01, post: 1126787, member: 7859"] This is a repost from an earlier thread, but I find it germaine to this discussion: I really dont think there is any price gouging on the PDF version, despite claims made on this board. The PDF bundle is $18 for over 200 pages of crounchy goodness roughly breaking down to 11 cents a page. Alas because PDFs are virtual pages, transmited over an internet medium, I think people underestimate how dense the AU download is. The AU PDFs are basicaly there to allow people to buy the most portable aspects of the game, new races, classes and spells. The bundle is a good value, the cheapest I have seen the hardbound AU for is $22 online at Barnes and Nobles, this of course does not include shipping. Having the three components of the AU PDF bundle be available ala carte is not "gouging" but instead allows a person to buy only what they think they are going to use. If you just want combat classes, buy the Sword PDF. If you just want the AU spell classes w/o the AU spells,(easiest way is have the classes be spontaneous casters exactly like sorcerers and using the charts provided) then buy the Staff PDF. If you want just the spells from AU then buy only the Grimoire PDF. Monte wasnt trying to "gouge" people or force sales of unneeded elements, quite the opposite. To offer some price comparisons: The 1986 Queen of the Spiders,(the consolidated version of G1-3,D1-2, D3 and Q1) was $15 1986 dollars for 128 pages. That Translates into $24.47 in 2002 dollar terms or around 18cents a page. Older Modules were even worse for price per page, The Lost Caverns of Tsjocanth was around $8 dollars for 32 pages in 1982. Today that would be $14.26 for 2002 dollars or about 44 cents a page. [url="http://www.enworld.org/forums/report.php?p=1099367"]Report Post[/url] | IP: [url="http://www.enworld.org/forums/postings.php?do=getip&p=1099367"]Logged[/url] [/QUOTE]

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