PDF of the srd......and work involved

Could you tell us more of what you have in mind? I guess I'm a wee bit lost here. You just want a PDF of the SRD? One big file or multiple little ones?

What would you add to it? What are we talking about exactly?

Because to make a PDF of the different parts of the SRD would be insanely easy. However, if you're making it easier for new users, that would take a little bit more work.
 

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One thing I'd really like, either as PDF or as HTML, would be to have the SRD thoroughly hyperlinked. I mean hyperlinked to the point where each weapon in the weapon table has a link to the description of the weapon, the description links back, and any footnotes in the table are linked as well. Also, every time a spell or other special ability is mentioned, it should link to the description of that ability. In the spell descriptions, any keywords that have specific game meaning (like "(object)" in the save line, or "(D)" in the duration line) should be linked to the definition of that keyword. It would also be great if the summon monster/nature's ally lists of summonable thingies linked to the stats for the monster (idea: include those, complete with templates, in the SRD as well - they're done on the web somewhere).

Oh, and another thing: abandon the troublesome table layout of those monsters that combine multiple monsters under one heading. What I mean with this is that the current SRD does something like this for demons:
Code:
[COLOR=silver]
             Dretch (Tanar'ri)                 Quasit
             Small Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)    Tiny Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)
Hit Dice:    2d8 (9 hp)                        3d8 (13 hp)
Initiative:  +0                                +3 (Dex)
Speed:       20 ft                             20 ft, fly 50 ft (perfect)[/COLOR]
(I hope the formatting came out right in that one)

Instead, it should look like this (the same as most monsters):
Dretch (Tanar'ri)
Small Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)
Hit Dice: 2d8 (9 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 20 ft

Quasit
Tiny Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)
Hit Dice: 3d8 (13 hp)
Initiative: +3 (Dex)
Speed: 20 ft, fly 50 ft (perfect)

Of course, this is just my opinion on what the most useful version would look like... I'm not the one doing the work, but something like this would be kjempegrejt, as our Western neighbours say.
 

Ok, let's pretend that someone is going to do this, we need some basics...

Layout:
1.) How many columns? Two or three?
2.) What font do you folks want the SRD in? Different font for the headers?
3.) What should the fontsize be?
4.) How much space between the lines? How much space between the letters? How much space between the words? How much space between the columns? How much space between the top/bottom/sides of the columns and the top/bottom/sides of the pages?
5.) Where should the page numbers go? Sides/top/bottom/other?

We also need two versions, one in A4 for us Europeans, and one for those Americans ;-)

How about the legal aspect of the 'unreleased' material (the material that's op the OGF website, but not on the WotC site)? Can we 'publish' it allready?

Anyone else got anymore 'bright' ideas?
 

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