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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grabuto138" data-source="post: 5375778" data-attributes="member: 61053">It is very unlikely that WOTC has character limit to save storage space so I think the minutia about gmail etc. is mostly irrelevant. Best case for WOTC is that every player who uses DDI is paying for an account. This is not likely to happen. Best case for people who expect to get whatever they want for free (ish) is to split one account for the entire playing group. I suspect that WOTC wants to find a sweet spot that accomodates their users but is not so wide open that it encourages sharing. I bet that the 20 character limit is more or less arbitrary. There was a meeting. Some people said "five" some people said "1,000". After the meeting they decided that 20 was a good starting number. I am not making a value judgement here either way. As a DM I like to have my player's characters in the character builder. Then I need characters for one-offs and short-term games. And I have my own characters and test characters. I also keep "archtype" characters so if a player says, "a dwarf ranger using craighammers might be cool" I can say, "start with this and change whatever." I imagine even 100 characters would not be enough. I could probably delete most of them if I had to but I know the first time I am told I have reached the limit I will be annoyed. On the other hand, I am really personally offended by alot of the complaining about expense that I have been reading. It is probably a character flaw on my part, I admit, so please do not take this as an attack. It is just that as hobbies go D&D is pretty cheap. Ever play Warhammer? Try woodworking and buy your first table saw. Tricking out a Honda Civic or restoring a Vespa scooter? Forget about it. Martial arts lessons. Weekly yoga. Model railroading. Recreational drinking and smoking (even if done at home instead of a bar). I just spent $1,000 for medical tests for one of my dogs. Xbox Live account and a Gamefly subscription. Netflix. D&D is pretty much the greatest hobby of them all. For $100 in books and $10 per month you can play forever (less if you go Rules Compedium + DDI). I guess in the perfect world everyone who plays D&D will either buy the books they use or get a DDi subscription. Since this isn't a perfect world expect that WOTC is going to be constantly trying to find a balance between accomodating the customers and discouraging the freeriders.</blockquote>

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