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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 4338413" data-attributes="member: 158">However, it's not nearly as useful as, say, a properly OCR'ed PDF file, which is what the original plan was before it had to be scrapped. I'd pay a significant amount (though not above half the paper book price) for a searchable PDF of any given book, because it would be invaluable in my game play and planning - moreso for the planning, but still useful at a table for many players. On the other hand, a database of race/feat/skill/power tables is not nearly as useful as if, say, I wanted to look up what blinded does on a moment's notice, or I wanted to read the entire text of order of actions in a combat round in order to clear up a rules point that my players and I were screwing up.Given the quality of the recent Dragon and Dungeon previews, DDI would still give me some money's worth, but that D&amp;D compendium without significant additions I find VERY subpar right now, and the sad part is that no one can make up a tool that can pick up the slack without a small fear of getting sued by WotC. Heck, until that fan site policy comes out, every single character sheet, character generator, house rule, and crib sheet on ENWorld right now is possibly litigious. I wouldn't normally worry (heck, I didn't worry when years ago WotC asked us to remove those module conversions, despite the gloom and doom of some people) but the language of the released GSL even leaves that with a &quot;wait and see&quot; attitude from me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 4338413, member: 158"] However, it's not nearly as useful as, say, a properly OCR'ed PDF file, which is what the original plan was before it had to be scrapped. I'd pay a significant amount (though not above half the paper book price) for a searchable PDF of any given book, because it would be invaluable in my game play and planning - moreso for the planning, but still useful at a table for many players. On the other hand, a database of race/feat/skill/power tables is not nearly as useful as if, say, I wanted to look up what blinded does on a moment's notice, or I wanted to read the entire text of order of actions in a combat round in order to clear up a rules point that my players and I were screwing up. Given the quality of the recent Dragon and Dungeon previews, DDI would still give me some money's worth, but that D&D compendium without significant additions I find VERY subpar right now, and the sad part is that no one can make up a tool that can pick up the slack without a small fear of getting sued by WotC. Heck, until that fan site policy comes out, [U]every single character sheet, character generator, house rule, and crib sheet on ENWorld right now is possibly litigious.[/U] I wouldn't normally worry (heck, I didn't worry when years ago WotC asked us to remove those module conversions, despite the gloom and doom of some people) but the language of the released GSL even leaves that with a "wait and see" attitude from me. [/QUOTE]

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