Does 4e Still Have Legal PDFs At All?

[SiderisAnon]

My group this week decided to get into 4e. If we purchase a copy of the hardbound book, can we still then purchase a PDF copy of the book at a reduced or free level? I know WoTC pulled their RPGNow PDFs, but have they removed all PDFs?

Our local gaming shop didn't know the answer and I can't find anything doing searches on the WoTC site.

Anyone know?

I am not trying to start a flame war or open up the discussion on PDFs, so please just don't.

 

[Alzrius]

There is currently no way to legally acquire PDFs of WotC's books, whether 4E or earlier.

The closest thing you can get is to purchase a subscription to Dungeons & Dragons Insider, which has a database of the various mechanics from the books. PDFs, however, are not legally available.

 

[SiderisAnon]

This may be a stupid question, but I haven't really been paying attention to 4th Edition until recently.

There was at one point a way to legally acquire the PDF versions of the various books; right? You used to be able to get them, but then they were pulled when WoTC pulled the PDFs for prior editions?

 

[Alzrius]

There was at one point a way to legally acquire the PDF versions of the various books; right? You used to be able to get them, but then they were pulled when WoTC pulled the PDFs for prior editions?

Yes; up until the beginning of April, the PDFs were being legally sold. They stopped on April 7th.

 

[Crothian]

There was at one point a way to legally acquire the PDF versions of the various books; right? You used to be able to get them, but then they were pulled when WoTC pulled the PDFs for prior editions?

Correct. Wizards did have PDFs of their books for sale but they choose to stop selling PDF copies of everything they had.

 

[Voadam]

There is currently no way to legally acquire PDFs of WotC's books, whether 4E or earlier.

The closest thing you can get is to purchase a subscription to Dungeons & Dragons Insider, which has a database of the various mechanics from the books. PDFs, however, are not legally available.

DDI still provides pdfs of the 4e dragon and dungeon issues.

WotC also has a few 4e pdfs on their website, a quickstart rule book, Keep on the Shadowfell, and I think two adventures from free game day. They have a page with a couple dozen older edition (basic, 1e, and 2e) pdfs as well in their old edition downloads archive.