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Originally Posted by knifie_sp00nie  You can also search the text of a PDF for that one article you read a few years ago but can't remember the issue number of. |
Keep in mind that you still have to search *each and every* PDF. In 5 years time, that will be 60 PDFs for Dragon Magazine alone. Double that if the new magic item you're looking for actually appeared in Dungeon Magazine.
But they are supposed to put that into the rules compendium. So we will see how that goes.
Here are some reasons why I prefer printed over online:
1) In the 20 years that I have subscribed to the magazines I have read them in all kinds of places (sofa, chair, bathroom, before bedtime, on the bus, at a friends) but never, not once, have I read them at the computer.
2) The computer is in fact the least comfortable place for me to read my magazines.
3) With printed, twice a month, I got a pleasant surprise in my mailbox. It was a ray of sunshine in my otherwise dreary life. Even when the magazine content was bad, it still made my day better. I really, really miss that.
4) Online content doesn't come to me. I have to go to the
WOTC website (assuming its up), enter my password, find the article/issue in question, and finally download it. None of this is paticularly onerous, but it is a far cry from a ray of sunshine.
Point number 4 is the real killer for me. I have realized over the past 10 months (has it been that long?) that I am not interested in hunting down material I have already paid for.
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