Hi!
I have a couple of questions related to Paizo's sale:
- Is there a known end date for it (like the publishers that are having sales until December, 31st)?
- Specifically talking about the Shackled City Adventure Path, is the book subject to the termination of the d20 license? That is, will Paizo be able to sell it after December, 31st? I'd really like to buy it (specially at the discounted price!) but I fear I won't be able to do so until January.
Thanks in advance for the answers!
Chief Technical Officer
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We haven't set an end date for our Gamer Stimulus Package sale, but it will run *at least* through the end of January.
All of Paizo's D&D products were produced under a specific license with Wizards of the Coast, not the standard d20 license. That license gives us the rights to sell existing inventory as long as we have stock.
By the way, I'm personally still looking for any confirmation from Wizards that the d20 license is really ending; as far as I've seen, the only evidence that exists is a third-party interview with Scott Rouse back in February in which he said that they would be announcing the end of the license in June and it would conclude at the end of the year... but—despite the fact that several companies are acting as though it came to pass—I don't believe Wizards has ever officially made such an announcement, in June or since. (It's irrelevant to Paizo, as we never produced anything under the standard d20 license, but I'm awfully curious.)
Thank you, Vic, for the information. It's good to know that I'll have some more time to get my hands on SCAP. And I'm really glad that Paizo's products aren't under the d20 license. :)
All of Paizo's D&D products were produced under a specific license with Wizards of the Coast, not the standard d20 license. That license gives us the rights to sell existing inventory as long as we have stock.
Stickyish question... do PDFs count as In Stock? There are a couple or few Dragon Mags I've been wanting to grab in PDF I haven't yet.
And now I'm the happy owner of this beautiful book! :)
We have an ongoing ability to sell the Dragon and Dungeon PDFs we created.
Why does that not include Dragons past #345? I was going and try to assemble the Demonomicon :(
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If I recall correctly, they had not created those PDFs yet when WotC discontinued the partnership. Due to the wording, they could not make anything new using the Dungeon/Dragon material. Which irritates me to no end not having a Savage Tide and Age of Worms hardcover to go with my Shackled City. *shakes fist*
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Another issue in making PDFs is that our license wouldn't allow us to make a PDF of a Dragon or Dungeon issue until after one year had passed from the release date. Thus the whole last year of Dragon and Dungeon could never be made into PDFs since we lost the license before the 12 month period was up. Which would include Savage Tide.
-Lisa
Another issue in making PDFs is that our license wouldn't allow us to make a PDF of a Dragon or Dungeon issue until after one year had passed from the release date. Thus the whole last year of Dragon and Dungeon could never be made into PDFs since we lost the license before the 12 month period was up. Which would include Savage Tide.
-Lisa
Would that include Age of Worms..?
(Bought RotRL at my faviorite gamestore and the players and I (the DM) are having a blast!)GRU
Which irritates me to no end not having a Savage Tide and Age of Worms hardcover to go with my Shackled City. *shakes fist*
Yeah, I think that this is ridiculous. I mean, you have a potential product that lots of people really want but because of some legal crap we will never be able to see this made. Sad..
Age of Worms is available in PDF form and almost all of the back issues are still available in print form also.
-Lisa
Well, there are four issues that aren't available (or haven't been for quite a while, at least since I've been watching for the full series), which is what keeps me from ordering the AP. :(