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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 6238446" data-attributes="member: 4441">That's very interesting to me.  I remember a few times for tests in school where I could have told you the approximate page in the book the information was, the layout of the page, and precisely where the information was located on that page... but I couldn't tell you the information itself.  Funny how the brain works!Like many here, I prefer a physical book for reading through and learning.  Touching the book and learning the layout, the art, the tables, it helps me remember much better.  I can find information in the PHB, DMG, etc, without looking at the numbers because while I may or may not have the page number memorized, I know by the amount of pages/surrounding artwork, where the info is.  I could fiddle around for five minutes in a PDF, trying to guess the page number and flipping through the thumbnails, but I could find the information in approximately ten seconds with the book physically in my hands.I find reading PDFs for long periods to be harder on my eyes, and I remember less after reading them.  Print it out, and it sticks in my mind better.Again, like many here I do very much appreciate PDFs for referencing things on the fly, particularly if I'm DMing so I don't have to crowd my space with ten or twenty books.  I would have loved to have PDFs of all my WoTC 3.0/3.5 books, because I do have the "stack of books" problem every time I DM.  I also appreciate PDFs for making player handouts, particularly for convention play so you don't end up have to share your book with a group of 4-6 people.</blockquote>

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