D&D 5E I Love D&D Next, But ...

[ChainSawHobbit]

D&D Next is, to me, the one edition to rule them all. So far, it blows its predecessors out of the water, and has an uncanny knack for agreeing with me and coming up with things that I wish I had thought of.

Unfortunately, it really isn't practical for me to play it unless it is available in PDF format, or something very similar. I hate lugging around books. I hate using books. They have no search feature. I bring my Andriod tablet, and sometimes also my laptop, to tabletop RPG sessions. Both are loaded with PDFs, and they are all I need.

To be honest, because I love the game so much, I would probably buy physical copies of the books if there were no PDFs. The frequency of which I would play it - and the level to which I would recommend it to people - is a different matter.

Blood & Treasure is looking VERY nice. I don't like it as much as I like D&D Next, but its available in PDF format, and at a reasonable price. If there is some sort of buggy subscription-based digital content that runs on Silverlight, or no digital content at all, I might just go play Blood & Treasure.

Please Wizards: I really want to like and play D&D Next. I implore you not to screw up the digital content like you did with D&D Insider. That was quite pathetic. Keep up the good work, and sell PDFs!

 

[timASW]

D&D Next is, to me, the one edition to rule them all. So far, it blows its predecessors out of the water, and has an uncanny knack for agreeing with me and coming up with things that I wish I had thought of.

Unfortunately, it really isn't practical for me to play it unless it is available in PDF format, or something very similar. I hate lugging around books. I hate using books. They have no search feature. I bring my Andriod tablet, and sometimes also my laptop, to tabletop RPG sessions. Both are loaded with PDFs, and they are all I need.

To be honest, because I love the game so much, I would probably buy physical copies of the books if there were no PDFs. The frequency of which I would play it - and the level to which I would recommend it to people - is a different matter.

Blood & Treasure is looking VERY nice. I don't like it as much as I like D&D Next, but its available in PDF format, and at a reasonable price. If there is some sort of buggy subscription-based digital content that runs on Silverlight, or no digital content at all, I might just go play Blood & Treasure.

Please Wizards: I really want to like and play D&D Next. I implore you not to screw up the digital content like you did with D&D Insider. That was quite pathetic. Keep up the good work, and sell PDFs!

Hell yes, I hate lugging around hardbound books and would buy PDF's instead in a heartbeat.

 

[GX.Sigma]

Good news: They are selling RPG books in electronic format again, starting next year.

 

[Shemeska]

Good news: They are selling RPG books in electronic format again, starting next year.

Though they've yet to define what that is precisely, be it pdf or some sort of flash viewer that doesn't allow local saving (which is sort of what I'm expecting).

I happily applaud bringing the TSR/WotC back catalog to the audience once again after pulling everything down the past few years and not providing a legal route to obtain access, but if it's not pdf (or something similar that I can save on my machine rather than renting remote access) it's probably a nonstarter for a lot of folks.

 

[ChainSawHobbit]

Though they've yet to define what that is precisely, be it pdf or some sort of flash viewer that doesn't allow local saving (which is sort of what I'm expecting).

I happily applaud bringing the TSR/WotC back catalog to the audience once again after pulling everything down the past few years and not providing a legal route to obtain access, but if it's not pdf (or something similar that I can save on my machine rather than renting remote access) it's probably a nonstarter for a lot of folks.

If they do this, I will break something. I want PDFs.

 

[Jack99]

Though they've yet to define what that is precisely, be it pdf or some sort of flash viewer that doesn't allow local saving (which is sort of what I'm expecting).

I happily applaud bringing the TSR/WotC back catalog to the audience once again after pulling everything down the past few years and not providing a legal route to obtain access, but if it's not pdf (or something similar that I can save on my machine rather than renting remote access) it's probably a nonstarter for a lot of folks.

Flashviewer would mean no tablets. That makes no sense unless you believe they are complete morons.

 

[Stormonu]

PDF or Bust.

Back on topic....

Unfortunately, I don't feel that the Playtest is speaking to me or my playstyle. I think at this point, I'd be far happier pulling out either my B/X books, 2E or Pathfinder and just playing that straight. The playtest has a lot of ground and options to cover before it would entice me enough to buy into it.

 

[Sigdel]

I see promise in the playtest but the first round left my group flat. I think we will give it another go once it gets more substance.

 

[DEFCON 1]

PDF or Bust.

Back on topic....

Unfortunately, I don't feel that the Playtest is speaking to me or my playstyle. I think at this point, I'd be far happier pulling out either my B/X books, 2E or Pathfinder and just playing that straight. The playtest has a lot of ground and options to cover before it would entice me enough to buy into it.

If it's really 'PDF or bust'... and if D&DN DOES get released on PDF... would you actually still put it aside for your B/X or 2E books that AREN'T PDF?

Decisions, decision...

 

[Scribble]

My guess is kindle or nook or both. Hopefully they're not so dumb as to only do like the Apple store or something.