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<blockquote data-quote="mseds99" data-source="post: 332750" data-attributes="member: 5306">my$0.02I'm the DM in a Forgotten realms campaign.&nbsp; Beside the three core rule books and the FRCS, I don't need anything else.&nbsp; Look at this sight for instance.&nbsp; There is a variety of new monsters thought up daily by some very smart people, prestige classes that are critiqued by a variety of players and anything else that i need.&nbsp; Why would I pay for it?&nbsp; I think the access to free and interesting material is undercutting the demand.&nbsp; The truth is, I probably won't buy another d20 again.&nbsp; Heck, <a href="http://www.Montecook.com," target="_blank">www.Montecook.com,</a> has given me the arch enemy for my campaign,&nbsp; a free pdf demon he posted.&nbsp; it was exactly what i needed.&nbsp; I find everything needed on sights already.My players, however, do buy a FEW (very few) other books, but they seem to buy only WOTC stuff.&nbsp; They're not in the on-line community, so they basicaly associate D&amp;D and WOTC as the same thing.&nbsp; Everything else is a wannabe to them.&nbsp; I know that's depressing to some third party publishers and I sympathise.&nbsp; But you asked for the truth.&nbsp; Basicaly, in most of the minds of the players that I've seen, they want to play the game, not PAY for the game.&nbsp; They buy the occasional book that interests them (one has Epic level, another has manual of the Planes), but if they're going to spring for it, it's going to be a &quot;real D&amp;D book&quot; not some knock-off (third party are knock-offs to them).&nbsp; I personally don't agree with this, but to each their own.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mseds99, post: 332750, member: 5306"] [b]my$0.02[/b] I'm the DM in a Forgotten realms campaign. Beside the three core rule books and the FRCS, I don't need anything else. Look at this sight for instance. There is a variety of new monsters thought up daily by some very smart people, prestige classes that are critiqued by a variety of players and anything else that i need. Why would I pay for it? I think the access to free and interesting material is undercutting the demand. The truth is, I probably won't buy another d20 again. Heck, [url]www.Montecook.com,[/url] has given me the arch enemy for my campaign, a free pdf demon he posted. it was exactly what i needed. I find everything needed on sights already. My players, however, do buy a FEW (very few) other books, but they seem to buy only WOTC stuff. They're not in the on-line community, so they basicaly associate D&D and WOTC as the same thing. Everything else is a wannabe to them. I know that's depressing to some third party publishers and I sympathise. But you asked for the truth. Basicaly, in most of the minds of the players that I've seen, they want to play the game, not PAY for the game. They buy the occasional book that interests them (one has Epic level, another has manual of the Planes), but if they're going to spring for it, it's going to be a "real D&D book" not some knock-off (third party are knock-offs to them). I personally don't agree with this, but to each their own. [/QUOTE]

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