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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 6227823" data-attributes="member: 9213">Huh. I see that my experiences are kind of different than most peoples here as I have an aversion to carrying multiple hardcover books with me to the game that I run.  Depending on the encounters that I know that I'm going to get to during that session, I'll usually just print out the monster page from the Bestiary for use. Even if I were still running from home I'd want to do that rather than keeping the book open in front of me as I run the encounter as for me that's just a sloppy way to work. It's easier for me to organize and sort a few sheets of paper in front of me than it is to move around a 246 pg hardcover book. I'd also rather have the print out in front of me in case I need to write on the monster sheet, HP changes, status effects and all that. I don't want to write or markup my books. I'm running Curse of the Crimson Throne, which is a 3.5 adventure but i'm converting things to Pathfinder as I go. For standard monsters that aren't changed / modified I just print out as is from the Bestiary. For NPC's or monsters with Class levels and abilities? I make the changes in Hero Lab and print that out for use. Anything that I know that is going to get reused during the course of the adventure gets saved in a binder/folder anything else gets tossed into the garbage bin. When I have to look up something very quickly during a game or even on the way home on the train or wherever I use the PFRPG RD app on my phone or ipad. For me it's definitely quicker and more convenient than grabbing the book, looking up the index, opening to the page. Especially with the indexes in the books being a little less than complete. I'm usually able to find things quicker than my players are when they reference the books. And two of my players are using the same app to find things as well. When I want to read the Bestiaries? I'm usually at home so I just pull 'em off of the shelf. But usually I'm using them as reference books, because for the most part that's what they are. When I'm travelling to my games I usually travel light and without Hardcover books. At the MOST I'll go to my session with the PF Core book. But most of the time I'm going with just printed materials, my iPad (which has almost all of the books that I need on it and more), my iphone and on some occasions my laptop. With just my laptop and my ipad are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay lighter and easier to travel with than the mountain of hardcovers I'd have to travel with. I know that there are those of you who have an aversion to technology but it's done nothing but make my life easier in terms of running games.</blockquote>

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