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Originally Posted by meek75
This is obviously a personal choice, but I think the choice depends on several variables. I am getting ready for my first PF game in years. We are starting Kingmaker in two weeks. There is no reason to think Kingmaker will be in the CM, so this doesn't really effect me right now. However, I will admit that the price points are high enough to make me really pause and consider what I will be paying for on the CM. I tend to enter things in RW as I am playing the game. So, I enter the info for a few sessions at a time usually. This does take some time, but it also allows me to organize as I see fit and I gain valuable familiarity with the material via entering it. I was expecting the cost to be roughly equal to what a PDF runs me (that may not have been reasonable, but true nevertheless), so this is a bit of a shock. Honestly, some of this depends how they break it up. If I can spend $25 every couple of months to get the materiel I need, I can see doing it. If I have to buy the whole AP in one chunk for $100+ I might not. Short sighted of me? Perhaps, but the monthly budget only has so much in it for RPG stuff. Also, we don't yet know what cloud service will cost. So, that $25 a month might end up being nearly twice that. Regardless of how reasonable the prices are, I am only willing to pay so much.
I kind of hope that they will produce some original content that is system neutral. I have high hopes for the player created content that is coming down the pike. Give me a great story that is well organized and I can add the mechanical bits. If I can pick up a solid RW module for under $15 I would certainly do it.
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I share your approach. I'm far more interested in player created content than affical packages. Just give me a well-defined tavernkeeper to drop in when I short on time and need one and let me build my world and adventures for myself.
But for the folks who use modules a lot, this sucks, quite honestly. And no, I don't think this is LWD's fault. They probably shaved down their own profits as much as possible, but still...
As you say, one has only so much in his/her monthly budget for leisure stuff and I do have other costly hobbies (PC Games, skiing, going out drinking, and so forth), so I can't spent all of it for this. I already just sank nearly 100$ for HeroLab Licenses - it improved my performance at the game table, but I don't like to think about how many beers and pizzas that would have bought me.
Also, the image packs are also a bit pricy. I know artist want to live too, but 5 bucks for 10-15 images? If I'm really in a hurry, okay. But if you use it only for private games, there's sites like deviantart and artstation where you can find awesome stuff to use.
So, yeah, I'll keep creating my own adventures or filling in and adapting old things from my collection of Dungeon magazines. And if the community creates some nice things, I'll happily throw a little coin in their direction.