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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EtanMoonstar" data-source="post: 4320575" data-attributes="member: 61803">Frankly, while I was initially very excited about the DDI, as time passes (and <a href="http://www.rptools.net" target="_blank">MapTool</a>  keeps on getting better!) I'm starting to suspect that my players and I might not want to pay the subscription fee for it. A lot of it will likely depend on how many guest passes the DM gets with his subscription and how much play time they allow, and also on the pricing scheme on the virtual minis--not sure that I care to have to buy minis MtG-Online style when my current program lets me turn any image I can find into a virtual mini.Frankly, I really think that after showing great promise with the initial announcement, Wizards dropped the ball big time on this.  I've already got a system-neutral (both OS and rpg system) virtual game table, with a lot of power, flexibility, and features (and more being added on a regular basis), that costs me and my players absolutely nothing to use.  It might not have 3-D dungeon tiles and miniatures, but it does have the option that you mentioned to add dice roll macros to miniatures accessible via right-clicking on them (hello 4E powers and skill checks)--and no, it doesn't degenerate into an MMO at all, it just speeds things up a lot so we can get in more fun during a given session.What we've seen so far with the online Dragon and Dungeon (since 4E launched, anyway) has been good, though.  If they have a reasonable subscription rate for just accessing this material, I'll likely subscribe to it.</blockquote>

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