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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FinalSonicX" data-source="post: 5690140" data-attributes="member: 63787">Excellent list, I agree with many of your points. While I prefer 3.5/PF to 4e, I think there were some good things that could be learned from 4e moving forward.As for apps and technology, I don't prohibit my players from using them so long as they aren't rude (it's mostly texting and cell phones that cause problems because a few people I play with lose focus very easily if they aren't presently engaged with something). However, I definitely do not use my laptop when gaming because I prefer to have space on the table. I would probably be much more strict about the use of tech if more of my players used laptops and ended up cluttering the table but thankfully they do not.I think tablets are going to end up being the best technological aid for gaming in the future because it takes up much less space, it isn't as intrinsically distracting as a phone, and it's nice and mobile (it's almost equivalent to a book).I use tech for prep mostly, but my biggest issues with apps and electronic aids is that they often do not support homebrew content, which is like 95% of my material. Thus, I do not benefit. It's faster and easier just to scribble things down on a notebook. The inflexibility of apps and such needs to be remedied and tablets need to be light, fast, and just as good as a pencil and paper before I will adopt a full technological approach (even then, books have a certain charm).I will never accept a subscription model for content, especially if I do not own a physical copy. I especially hate what I hear and see from 4e errata and updates, I want my books to be usable forever and errata only when truly necessary. Unfortunately I got into Dragon and Dungeon way too late and they were cancelled shortly after I was considering subscribing. I wish they would bring back those magazines, I bought some off ebay from the 80s and 90s and they were amazing. That's subscription content I can get behind.Otherwise, I expect to pay once for content. If they want recurring revenue from me, come out with cool settings, modules, and campaigns. I love that stuff.</blockquote>

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