UngeheuerLich
Legend
Exactly; non combat utility powers should be class specific rituals that are cheap and fast. Bard rituals were on the right track.
Dragon 398: Rituals Index
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Why is this behind the paywall?
It doesn't include the rules for the rituals, it's just an index; you'll still need to either buy the books or subscribe to DDI to make use of it, right?
(And since I'm not a DDI subscriber, but do own a big 'ol stack of books that I occasionally go scouring through for rituals, I'm pissed. Guess I'll make my own index, with blackjack and hookers...)
It doesn't include the rules for the rituals, it's just an index; you'll still need to either buy the books or subscribe to DDI to make use of it, right?
(And since I'm not a DDI subscriber, but do own a big 'ol stack of books that I occasionally go scouring through for rituals, I'm pissed. Guess I'll make my own index, with blackjack and hookers...)
This.
What would they have lost by making it free? Give it the widest possible distribution and it might move product. It could get some people off the fence on a purchase. It couldn't hurt.
Lalato
Adventurer
So let's say that Dragon was still being printed and sold in stores. If they had published this in Dragon, would you have bought an issue just to get this?
If the answer is yes, get a one month subscription to DDI and you can download it and a bunch of other stuff while you're at it. Surely there is $10 worth of stuff you can download in DDI to make it worthwhile.
If the answer is no, then I'm sorry to tell you this, but go and compile your own list. That might be a bit harsh, but this is exactly the kind of stuff I expect to see with my DDI subscription.
--sam
If the answer is yes, get a one month subscription to DDI and you can download it and a bunch of other stuff while you're at it. Surely there is $10 worth of stuff you can download in DDI to make it worthwhile.
If the answer is no, then I'm sorry to tell you this, but go and compile your own list. That might be a bit harsh, but this is exactly the kind of stuff I expect to see with my DDI subscription.
--sam
Dannager
First Post
You're pissed because you would have to pay for the fruit of someone else's efforts? Really?
Ask yourself this: are the hours of work that would be necessary on your part to compile your own index of all of the printed rituals worth the $10 it takes to subscribe for one month and get everything ever printed in the online magazines?
eamon
Explorer
Do you expect wizards to operate as a charity? Really? Then don't expect the same of their clients either. It's entirely reasonable to ask for as much as you can get, for as little as you can - in fact, that's kind of the point of a market...
On the topic of indexes; without them it's hard to use rituals - so it's not unreasonable to bundle an index with the rituals. In fact, that's something I look at before buying a rule-book: am I ever going to find what I want in it? A good index is critical to the usability of rule-book. D&DI serves as one, but assuming you find 10$/month too much for an index (I do), then you've gotta look for an alternative. Asmor.com has handy indexes for many things, but not rituals, so far.
Echohawk
Shirokinukatsukami fan
Here I must point out that the online Compendium provides a perfectly serviceable index of rituals at no charge. Just select "Rituals" at the top, click on "Search", and you will get a list of all published rituals, along with the source for each. Yes, if you want to view the text of each ritual, you will need to be a DDI subscriber, but you don't need to be a paying subscriber to use the Compendium as an index.
eamon
Explorer
For rituals that might even work, but not very well - I tried that for other things, for a while, but the lack of page numbers makes it unworkable. By contast, asmor's scripts do include page numbers. Back when the compendium was new, I used one of wizard's suggestion forms to ask they add page numbers to the results list, but that feature was not included. I don't think non-D&DI customers are really considered in the compendium's design.
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