ColonelHardisson
What? Me Worry?
Flaws? Hmmm. I really can't think of any that are substantial. It runs well on my computer. It's searchable. There are bookmarks. The scans are very good.
Is the Dragon Archive CD-ROM any good?
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.blackshirt5
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Thanx for the info y'all.
JeffB
Legend
I love mine too..it's an awesome buy...
I have heard people say that it's very buggy...I had some problems with it on occasion, but the patch cured most of it. The "reader" it uses can be painfully slow on occasion
If you don't want/need to use the integral reader with it's search functions (which is where people seem to have the most bugs/problems), then you can still just read them as a normal PDF file which is what I do unless I am looking for something very specific.
And yep.."What's New w/ Phil & Dixie" converts very well to 3E. Wonder if we'll ever see the "Sex in D&D" feature?
I have heard people say that it's very buggy...I had some problems with it on occasion, but the patch cured most of it. The "reader" it uses can be painfully slow on occasion
If you don't want/need to use the integral reader with it's search functions (which is where people seem to have the most bugs/problems), then you can still just read them as a normal PDF file which is what I do unless I am looking for something very specific.
And yep.."What's New w/ Phil & Dixie" converts very well to 3E. Wonder if we'll ever see the "Sex in D&D" feature?
HellHound
ENnies winner and NOT Scrappy Doo
The only major flaws I've found is that a lot of the ADS have been done in LOW dpi scans, whereas the matieral has been scanned at higher dpi and the text has been OCRd.
And I love the ads too... that's a big thing for my old-timer status.
Like the 1982 ads for MEKTON by R.Talsorian Games.
I WILL NEVER REGRET BUYING THIS SET
If I wasn't a d20 publisher, I would place it as my #1 rated gaming resource. As a publisher, of course, that goes to the SRD instead.
And I love the ads too... that's a big thing for my old-timer status.
Like the 1982 ads for MEKTON by R.Talsorian Games.
I WILL NEVER REGRET BUYING THIS SET
If I wasn't a d20 publisher, I would place it as my #1 rated gaming resource. As a publisher, of course, that goes to the SRD instead.
Crothian
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I don't use it as much as those guys above, but it is a cool thing to just look back through. Sometimes I'll just select an issue at random and read it. I'm not sure I would have paid full price for it, again I just don't use it that often, but it is worth it and I don't regret it.
Lord Zardoz
Explorer
Another happy customer here
I bought the archive mostly for ease of use. I have not used it too much though, but it is certantly a resource worth having on hand.
The only complain I have is that I hate having to read PDF documents on PC. When the text is arranged in collumns and you have to zoom in to be able to read it, its just jarring to have to scroll down, then back up, then down again when reading an article.
As previously noted, while most statistics are going to be absurdly dated, there is still a great deal of simple sound strategic advice.
Example: I can recall an article about using Giants in combat, and it described them as 'eggs weilding large hammers'. Or to put more plainly, they have excellent damage potential, but not much endurance when up against a party of adventurers. This is still largely true when you consider that in a CR approprate encounter, the Giants AC is not nearly as impressive as its attack and damage output.
If you want to use articles, or elements of articles, I reccomend using the search feature to find what you want, then printing the relevant pages.
END COMMUNICATION
I bought the archive mostly for ease of use. I have not used it too much though, but it is certantly a resource worth having on hand.
The only complain I have is that I hate having to read PDF documents on PC. When the text is arranged in collumns and you have to zoom in to be able to read it, its just jarring to have to scroll down, then back up, then down again when reading an article.
As previously noted, while most statistics are going to be absurdly dated, there is still a great deal of simple sound strategic advice.
Example: I can recall an article about using Giants in combat, and it described them as 'eggs weilding large hammers'. Or to put more plainly, they have excellent damage potential, but not much endurance when up against a party of adventurers. This is still largely true when you consider that in a CR approprate encounter, the Giants AC is not nearly as impressive as its attack and damage output.
If you want to use articles, or elements of articles, I reccomend using the search feature to find what you want, then printing the relevant pages.
END COMMUNICATION
Negative Zero
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ok ... colour me clueless, where can you find these? this is the first i'm hearing of them *shrug*
~NegZ
~NegZ
BigFreekinGoblinoid
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Negative Zero said:
Hey NegZ
this came out several years ago, so they probably are not gonna be found in your FLGS. Several are usually available on Ebay and other sources at any given time...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3400106871&category=1252
Negative Zero
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kool, thanks BFG
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