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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 9763717" data-attributes="member: 6804070"><p>Because PDF is a horrible format? Because it actually doesn't have much of an actual standard and can be done and formatted in so many ways that it's not reliably re-usable? Sure, everyone can print to PDF and sell it. But it doesn't mean it's done well or the same way the next person does it. And yes, it is the most wide-spread and accessible, but it's still a bad choice for every other reason.</p><p></p><p>But, you're playing online... So you are beholden to someone's internet connection. Actually, you are beholden to <em>every </em>player's internet connection. And if you then host it somewhere else you are beholden to their internet connection as well. So more ways for problems to occur (though if they have reliable service it might lower the risk than if the GM hosts it). And if someone else hosts it, you are beholden to their software configuration, it's out of your control. And every player is beholden to their own computer hardware. Look at all the limits to Roll20 because of its use of a web browser that has more performance restrictions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 9763717, member: 6804070"] Because PDF is a horrible format? Because it actually doesn't have much of an actual standard and can be done and formatted in so many ways that it's not reliably re-usable? Sure, everyone can print to PDF and sell it. But it doesn't mean it's done well or the same way the next person does it. And yes, it is the most wide-spread and accessible, but it's still a bad choice for every other reason. But, you're playing online... So you are beholden to someone's internet connection. Actually, you are beholden to [I]every [/I]player's internet connection. And if you then host it somewhere else you are beholden to their internet connection as well. So more ways for problems to occur (though if they have reliable service it might lower the risk than if the GM hosts it). And if someone else hosts it, you are beholden to their software configuration, it's out of your control. And every player is beholden to their own computer hardware. Look at all the limits to Roll20 because of its use of a web browser that has more performance restrictions. [/QUOTE]
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