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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 1532341" data-attributes="member: 6562">No way! >:^(Your question mildly offends me, because it presumes that the story hour author is the sole producer, and those who read story hours are strictly consumers. In reality, story hour authors get quite a lot of campaign help from the community. The example that stands out in my mind is WizarDru, whose player Zad has a popular story hour, and both have benefited from my input -- WizarDru gained some evil critters and planar prison effects, Zad has an improved prestige class.Have I "paid" for my access to this story hour? What a petty way of injecting divisive labels into a vibrant, thriving community. Once people start to feel that they "deserve compensation" for what they were doing anyway, you introduce bitterness on both sides. Look at the shareware community vs. the free software / open-source software community -- which has more and better stuff? (If you're unfamiliar with either or both, check tucows.com and freshmeat.net -- both sites feature both types.)If you want to get illustrated story hours, impress some artists with how awesome your story hour is -- I've noticed that there are artists just in the Art forum who seem to be looking for something to apply their talents to. Elfwood just might have a few more. Sure, the work will be amature -- but then, so's the story hour. Encourage artists to contribute by verbally "painting" scenes in your story hour, and praising artists who attempt to illustrate them. A notice in the Art forum -- "Artists Desired for Popular Story Hour!" -- couldn't hurt either.Accept contributions -- just like Morrus does for the server -- but for the love of Pelor, don't require payment. -- N</blockquote>

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