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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 4369392" data-attributes="member: 5100">I've even got a tablet PC.  I really thought that'd make a difference -- actually, it does, just not enough.The final proof was the erm... pre-release 4e PDFs.  Since I couldn't find a dead tree version of the books for weeks (even the local stores had nothing), I tried reading those to learn the rules.  It kinda worked, but it was really, really, really frustrating flipping between stuff like the leveling table and the class info.  Frustrating to the point I said, "screw it, I really don't need to learn this right now," and let it go until Amazon finally shipped.Like I said before, if the linking was absolutely top notch, that'd be a completely different story.  I have a couple of bonus PDFs that I got as freebies with the print version and they have not just the chapters bookmarked, but a twistable tree of the sub-sections.  Do that, add a hyperlinked index and index of charts and tables (like the 3.5 DMG, but linked) and we're talking.  If they added inline links for things like the skills listed for each class, recommended powers, etc. it might convince me to pay $25 for the PDF.  Heck, it might convince me to go paperless, at that point.  I do like the image of having my whole library on my tablet.  A lot.But, D&D books are reference materials.  If I can't thumb through them and quickly look stuff up, they don't serve their primary purpose.  Come on, put the money saved on print costs to some use.</blockquote>

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