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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 6243989" data-attributes="member: 158"><p>Two years ago, I still would have said I preferred book to PDF -- but now, several things have changed:</p><p></p><p>1) I have an iPad;</p><p>2) The older I get, the more painful it is to lift a collection of 60 pounds of books;</p><p>3) Pathfinder PDFs are 10 bucks, compared to 30 to 40 for the books, meaning I can buy 4 books for the price of 1.</p><p>4) With PDF, I get instant gratification and can download the book the same day it's released.</p><p></p><p>Having an iPad, and prepping my game notes on the same device, makes it a LOT easier to run games than lugging around a bunch of 250+ page books. Plus, the quality of the Retina display means I can view it full page and not have to zoom in to read it --I can page through as easily as with a paper book. Though I never would have thought it two years ago, rarely do I buy a paper book any more.</p><p></p><p>Now, Dice, I still roll actual dice, because I've tried a ton of dice roll apps, and nothing beats the feel of seeing an actual natural 20 come up when it's your turn. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Henry, post: 6243989, member: 158"] Two years ago, I still would have said I preferred book to PDF -- but now, several things have changed: 1) I have an iPad; 2) The older I get, the more painful it is to lift a collection of 60 pounds of books; 3) Pathfinder PDFs are 10 bucks, compared to 30 to 40 for the books, meaning I can buy 4 books for the price of 1. 4) With PDF, I get instant gratification and can download the book the same day it's released. Having an iPad, and prepping my game notes on the same device, makes it a LOT easier to run games than lugging around a bunch of 250+ page books. Plus, the quality of the Retina display means I can view it full page and not have to zoom in to read it --I can page through as easily as with a paper book. Though I never would have thought it two years ago, rarely do I buy a paper book any more. Now, Dice, I still roll actual dice, because I've tried a ton of dice roll apps, and nothing beats the feel of seeing an actual natural 20 come up when it's your turn. :D [/QUOTE]
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