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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yongi" data-source="post: 494002" data-attributes="member: 1429">Digital Life & the SRDI suppose I probably should have mentioned that I do, in fact, have a laptop that I use at the table when I DM.  As it turns out, I haven't actually cracked any of the core books since I started working this way.  I feel that this colors the question quite a bit, which is why I left it out originally - but then again, it is valid information relating to the question, so "bad yongi!" on that.My main concern here (the why I'm asking y'all) is that the core books have some crucial data (not ideas, I've got those aplenty) that I'll wind up wishing I had.Now, the concept of having the books in hand (or at least, capable of being in hand) is a strong reason not to sell them off - I may be all swanky and digital, but I do still love the feel of a book in my hands.  So that's part of the battle I'm fighting with myself - book lover/pack rat vs. streamlined mondern dude.Of course, I still have all my original AD&D books buried in the closet along with a "white box" set of the old little brown books and my Basic/Expert books.  So it's not like the three 3E books are the source of my problem, really.I guess the bottom line is that I'm trying to figure out just what critical things are missing from the SRD.  But critical is a subjective term and what's critical to me is different from what's critical to all of you folks individually.I'm still undecided, and I know that I'll just have to make a decision myself at some point, but I thought it couldn't hurt to get some advice from the EnWorld crowd.  Thanks again to all who've put in their 2 cents, and I'm still listening if anyone else wants to add anything.-y-</blockquote>

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