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<blockquote data-quote="mhacdebhandia" data-source="post: 3716947" data-attributes="member: 18832">Nope. It seems to me like you're willfully misinterpreting what you read, to be honest.If you want to use the virtual game table, you must be online. (Obviously.)If you want a character creator automatically populated with options from the books you own, you must be online.If you want extra material that didn't make it into the book, you must be online.If you want a PDF copy of your purchases, you must be online.The fact that they are offering a range of online supplements to enhance your D&amp;D game does not mean that you won't get full enjoyment out of the game if you never browse to <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd" target="_blank">www.wizards.com/dnd</a> ever again in your life.Their analogy of a DVD with special features is a really good one. You buy the DVD to watch the movie - and you can do that without ever looking at the &quot;Making Of&quot; features, checking out the stills galleries, or listening to the audio commentaries. Is the movie lessened by the existence of extra, optional material and information you never use? No.In fact, Fourth Edition is better than a DVD in this respect, because you pay for the cost of adding a second disc with all those special features when you buy the disc whether you want them or not. When was the last time you bought a major film on a bare-bones release, you know? I don't see them on the shelves here in Australia and I sure didn't see them on my frequent trips to America over the last few years.But with Fourth Edition, you are buying &quot;just the movie on a single disc&quot; - they're not making you pay for the commentaries and &quot;Making Of&quot; features unless you really want them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mhacdebhandia, post: 3716947, member: 18832"] Nope. It seems to me like you're willfully misinterpreting what you read, to be honest. If you want to use the virtual game table, you must be online. (Obviously.) If you want a character creator automatically populated with options from the books you own, you must be online. If you want extra material that didn't make it into the book, you must be online. If you want a PDF copy of your purchases, you must be online. The fact that they are offering a range of online supplements to enhance your [i]D&D[/i] game does not mean that you won't get full enjoyment out of the game if you never browse to [url]www.wizards.com/dnd[/url] ever again in your life. Their analogy of a DVD with special features is a really good one. You buy the DVD to watch the movie - and you can do that without [b]ever[/b] looking at the "Making Of" features, checking out the stills galleries, or listening to the audio commentaries. Is the movie lessened by the existence of extra, optional material and information you never use? No. In fact, Fourth Edition is [b]better[/b] than a DVD in this respect, because you pay for the cost of adding a second disc with all those special features when you buy the disc whether you want them or not. When was the last time you bought a major film on a bare-bones release, you know? I don't see them on the shelves here in Australia and I sure didn't see them on my frequent trips to America over the last few years. But with Fourth Edition, you are buying "just the movie on a single disc" - they're not making you pay for the commentaries and "Making Of" features unless you really want them. [/QUOTE]

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