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Please. DDB isn't charging for books on top of a subscription fee which gives access to that content. The subscription fee gives you early access to tools and the ability to share your purchases with your group.

I can understand how that would be objectionable, and I don't disagree with you. The best you can do is go in understanding that DDB really IS a service, and archive that content the best you can in preparation for the inevitable suspension of that service. Really, you are just spreading...

Yes, unfortunately it does. I work in IT, for a small municipality, but the concepts are the same. You can't just continue to use old software infrastructure as it not only causes security issues, but compatibility issues as well. The amount of resources needed to keep something like the Insider...

Yes, especially in regards to distribution, which through the Dungeon Masters Guild would cause a portion of their profit to go to One Book Shelf. That being said, having worked in marketing (and the publication that went with that) most of that cost has already been incurred with the...

I agree with you on this. I think, just as I and others have said, they simply prefer to bolster the potential value of their licensees by not providing the PDF format.

Would I buy a 5E FRCS? Yes! Do I think that would be a good choice for WotC to make rather than publishing, say, a completely new setting book that people can point to and say, "Now THAT is 5th Edition D&D."? No.

So. . . Would it be nice if WOTC sold PDFs of their titles and allowed D&D Beyond to stand against that PDF medium with it’s own merits? Of course! But I don’t fault WOTC for deciding against that to create a stronger environment for their licenses to operate in. Such is life. Unfettered...

That's just what they want you to think! :D The Aboleths in the Monster Manual are only the weakest of their kind, the minions if you will.

Yup. My money is on the aboleths.

Rolemaster might very well be the system for you. Word of warning: the onus on the GM to know the rules is much greater than, say, 5E, Pathfinder, or PF2.

I think Paizo (or WOTC) could do it on more of a print to order and then print-on-demand type of structure after the initial run of the issue. I think the problem is more that magazine publishers haven’t changed how they do things in a long time, much like book publishers.

I still think this is the best way that Paizo can diversify easily. Work with WotC to produce a physical DUNGEON and DRAGON again. I'd buy into that at once.

You aren't wrong. I haven't seen a single 3PP product that was both 5E AND PF2 yet. That's more what I'm getting at. It seems 3PP don't see it to be worth the effort, which may mean that Paizo's number two spot in the market might fade away beneath them. I like PF2. The table I am playing at is...

I'm sure it has already been said, but it is telling that 3PP are not jumping on the PF2 wagon. Some are continuing to produce projects for PF1 or they are discontinuing Pathfinder support altogether.

EN World has been my home for 11 years (Started a new account when I had to change e-mails) and I have never really found a need to go anywhere else. I'm a D&D guy through and through, and even when the WotC boards were still around I liked EN World much better. The moderators here do a great...

My eyes thank you, Morrus.

You need to take a step back and not think about yourself, and how this thread affects you, but what actions you took that drove your friend to post about it in the first place. Here is part of the problem in my mind. Yes, it is collectively everyone's group, but the power of creativity (and...

I guess it depends where you look. Since EN World seems to be a pretty 5E dominated board these days, it doesn't surprise me that it isn't talked about much or praised much here. On the other hand, I can say that Pathfinder 2E has gotten mixed initial reviews, especially from people who just...

Great to see Pathfinder 2E on there, it is really a great game!

Ah, OK, that wasn’t quite clear to me in your initial post. You still need a Lead Designer to guide the game forward and ensure internal consistency.