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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 3464965" data-attributes="member: 3586">1.  Fully-tagged PDFs and fully-linked HTML files that can be downloaded to my hard drive for local storage - I'm not gonna pay you to provide content that can be withdrawn or withheld at your whim, let alone the whim of the power or telecomm grids' stability.Hmm. No comment2.  Maps that are able to be printed out in 1" = 5' scale.  This is the one problem with the "new" encounter format and is already evident.  The battlemaps in the adventures are worthless and they won't post scaled maps online.I'd be happier if they did maps you could make with the dungeon tiles.3.  No mandatory advertisements.  Your publishing costs just got cut (at least by half) since you have no printing costs - no paper, no inks, etc.  I'm not paying to see online advertisements (and I use adblockers anyway).Sounds reasonable.4.  New content every month.  I'm not gonna pay for sporadic updates to a website.In truth, their support for Magic got much better after the Duelist went away. Four articles by both Mark Rosewater and Aaron Forsythe (or whoever is head developer) a month is much better than what was before.The Magic website gets a lot of content on a daily basis. It's really good. I hope that D&D gets similar support.5.  No java-based, web-only tools.  I'm not storing a character on your server.  I'm not using your dice-roller.  I'm not using any of your content "online" at my gaming table.Hmm. If you can download it and use it offline, I'm fine with java-based webtools, like their warband generator for DDM. (Seriously, to get cross-platform compatability, you need java-based programs).Somehow, I don't think that any of the above are going to be part of WotC's intent.Wouldn't be so sure.My plans:1.  I'll still buy WotC print products (if they don't suck).Pretty much how we've been doing. Some Wizards products suck, some don't. (Same as Paizo, really).2.  I've no intention of paying for an online tool or content unless it is DRM/restriction-free and I can save it to my hard drive, print out relevant parts, etc.Sounds good. I note that the 3e pdfs they're selling through drivethrurpg are now watermarked and restriction-free.3.  For my Forgotten Realms fix, I'll go to Candlekeep.Fair enough.4.  Hopefully, WotC will just bleed and bleed until they have to sell the D&D brand or risk it becoming worth less than what they paid for it.There are so many places they could sell it to that would be worse. I certainly don't want to see paizo die, but I'm not sure that they won't also get caught in the backlash of hate.  How many of the contributors to Dungeon and Dragon will refuse to supply content to WotC?Only the incredibly stupid ones.</blockquote>

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