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<blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 4039023" data-attributes="member: 13107"><p>Sorry, this is a little stream-of-consciousness:</p><p></p><p>I partly agree with your first point (on the creation of unofficial sites with reference material). However, I'm worried that there will be a substantial effort by WotC to prevent any sites that attempt to be comprehensive references.</p><p></p><p>I agree with the rest. I should say that I'm probably biased, because I've gotten a good value from the online SRD. I should also say that I've purchased nearly every D20 supplement that WotC has produced, so I consider that this is a part of what I'm buying.</p><p></p><p>That leads to an interesting (IMO) question, which is how much am I willing to pay for an online reference, and do I consider that I should be getting that in the purchase price of the books. That sounds a lot like the PDF, which is OK, but not a wholly effective replacement for cross-indexed web based information. There is also a a question of a subset of the rules being available only as DDI supplements. (I'm not sure about that, but that's what I'm remembering about how this will work.)</p><p></p><p>What it sounds like I'd want is an extensible "D20 4E Wiki", that would start as a core set of information, available with the purchase of the initial books, and that would have add-ons that I would obtain as I purchased supplements. I'm OK with paying a little extra for that. (So what I'm having the most problem with is being forced to be a DDI member. I'd rather pay up front than have a subscription fee.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tomBitonti, post: 4039023, member: 13107"] Sorry, this is a little stream-of-consciousness: I partly agree with your first point (on the creation of unofficial sites with reference material). However, I'm worried that there will be a substantial effort by WotC to prevent any sites that attempt to be comprehensive references. I agree with the rest. I should say that I'm probably biased, because I've gotten a good value from the online SRD. I should also say that I've purchased nearly every D20 supplement that WotC has produced, so I consider that this is a part of what I'm buying. That leads to an interesting (IMO) question, which is how much am I willing to pay for an online reference, and do I consider that I should be getting that in the purchase price of the books. That sounds a lot like the PDF, which is OK, but not a wholly effective replacement for cross-indexed web based information. There is also a a question of a subset of the rules being available only as DDI supplements. (I'm not sure about that, but that's what I'm remembering about how this will work.) What it sounds like I'd want is an extensible "D20 4E Wiki", that would start as a core set of information, available with the purchase of the initial books, and that would have add-ons that I would obtain as I purchased supplements. I'm OK with paying a little extra for that. (So what I'm having the most problem with is being forced to be a DDI member. I'd rather pay up front than have a subscription fee.) [/QUOTE]
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