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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pming" data-source="post: 7697647" data-attributes="member: 45197">Hiya!  Like many others...depends on the game. Pretty much the only time the Tablets come out is when we're trying out a new game where I (the GM 99/100) have the physical copies of the book(s), and the players only picked up the PDF's. One player that does get distracted by his iphone (he uses that over a tablet) by playing some turn based video game on it or something...well, if I notice him, I specifically address his character by name for something. Like, oh, "Suddenly, Bearkiller notices s huge shadow moving down the mammoth cave, directly towards him..." If I don't get a reply in a few seconds, I continue "...right. The umber hulk lumbers of to Bearkiller and lays into him, intent on his next meal! (rolls dice; auto hit, however...I mean, Bearkiller isn't doing anything except stareing down at his feet)". After the damage is dealt, I address the player..."Zoltan? Hey, ZOLTAN! Yeah...Bearkiller just took 34 points of damage from the umber hulk in front of him...oh, and make a save, please..." ><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> It usually only takes one incident in any given session for him to put it away for the rest of the game.Other than that...before the game? Knock yourself out. But once we start playing, luckily, my players put their electronic distraction devices away...most of the time...Me? I don't have a cell phone, so I never have the problem. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I also almost never use my tablet. I just prefer to take my time with more tactile objects like pencils, dice, and paper. I guess I'm just old...and lovin' it! At the end of a multi-month or year campaign...I have a bunch of cool physical stuff to show for it and look back fondly on years down the road. Players that kept all their "characters and notes and stuff" in digital format? Nope...they typically have nothing because they've upgraded their phone or whatever. Sucks to be them I guess. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />^_^Paul L. Ming</blockquote>

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