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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 6118880" data-attributes="member: 150">In my experience, the iPad is a better, more natural experience at the game table. It feels a lot more like a print resource -- I can lay it down, flip through it, etc.  I don't DM with a screen, and have gotten used to not having anything between myself and the players (I'm also short).  The laptop screen feels a lot like a DM screen.  I like that effect even less when the players have laptops up as well.  iPads and other tablets don't have those problems. The downside of the iPad is the lack of direct access to the Wizards tools -- character builder, especially.  You can access your characters through a handful of character sheet apps -- compendium apps, etc.  But to actually build characters you're going to need a computer -- but you don't need that at the table. There are a ton of other apps -- I'm a huge fan of Evernote, for example, for all kinds of notes, etc.  Our group has switched to the playtest, and the thing I miss most about 4th edition is the digital tools.  I know it's not reasonable to expect that there would be digital tools while the ruleset is in such flux, but it's a drag. Especially now that we have become so used to/dependent upon those tools.  Bottom line, I'd recommend the iPad because it will make the biggest change to the way you access and consume content -- but just don't expect that you'll be able to use just -- you're still going to need your desktop for character building, etc. -rg</blockquote>

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