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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6948109" data-attributes="member: 5100"><p>All your critiques of hard cover books are valid. They're still the best thing available for sale, right now.</p><p></p><p>I love using a wiki for my campaign and would probably use one if I started a new home brew setting. Either that, or OneNote, which can function as a wiki. I don't think I'd want to do an actual wiki for a purchased product, though. I don't want a requirement for having internet connection, reliance on hosting, etc. Digital is great, when I have the power to upgrade, migrate, etc. on my own. Otherwise, it's a companion for a print product. Even though I'm a web developer, I've had a really hard time changing gears on this one.</p><p></p><p>Now, what might get me on board would be a hybrid wiki: Something a bit more integrated than a hot-linked PDF and something with higher production value than most wikis. I have to be able to use it on multiple form factors (PC/laptop, tablet, phone) and also print out the occasional page, for reference, without it looking like garbage. Let me tweak entries so that I can reflect when the PCs topple King Whatshisface or I decide what actually caused the Day of Mourning. But, I want to be able to reset the state of the documentation for a reboot or whatever. Also, if supplemental "books" are published, they should integrate with the original body of work, cleanly, including hyperlinks added to existing pages.</p><p></p><p>Tall order, but I'd buy one for Eberron, unless it was stupid pricey (which it might be). I'd be very likely to buy one for Greyhawk and Ravenloft, too. Other worlds are a crap shoot, if I'm honest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 6948109, member: 5100"] All your critiques of hard cover books are valid. They're still the best thing available for sale, right now. I love using a wiki for my campaign and would probably use one if I started a new home brew setting. Either that, or OneNote, which can function as a wiki. I don't think I'd want to do an actual wiki for a purchased product, though. I don't want a requirement for having internet connection, reliance on hosting, etc. Digital is great, when I have the power to upgrade, migrate, etc. on my own. Otherwise, it's a companion for a print product. Even though I'm a web developer, I've had a really hard time changing gears on this one. Now, what might get me on board would be a hybrid wiki: Something a bit more integrated than a hot-linked PDF and something with higher production value than most wikis. I have to be able to use it on multiple form factors (PC/laptop, tablet, phone) and also print out the occasional page, for reference, without it looking like garbage. Let me tweak entries so that I can reflect when the PCs topple King Whatshisface or I decide what actually caused the Day of Mourning. But, I want to be able to reset the state of the documentation for a reboot or whatever. Also, if supplemental "books" are published, they should integrate with the original body of work, cleanly, including hyperlinks added to existing pages. Tall order, but I'd buy one for Eberron, unless it was stupid pricey (which it might be). I'd be very likely to buy one for Greyhawk and Ravenloft, too. Other worlds are a crap shoot, if I'm honest. [/QUOTE]
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