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<blockquote data-quote="LordEntrails" data-source="post: 9767763" data-attributes="member: 6804070"><p>Not if it is self hosted, because now all the files are on my computer. So they can never be taken away from me. And if the company goes out of business, I still have everything I bought, and more importantly, everything I've created. And if they do something I don't like, then I don't update. Or since FG has a mostly open architecture I can just create a ruleset or extension to get the behavior I want.</p><p></p><p>Sorry, but I don't think most RPG books are beautiful. And I don't read them to enjoy the art, I read them to learn, reference and spark my imagination. And I can carry 10,000 different RPG books on my laptop and use them all while I travel on a plane. I wouldn't carry more than couple hard copies just to go a few blocks over to a friends house.</p><p></p><p>So I'm good giving up printed artwork (that really doesn't have to be any less tunning when rendered on a high resolution screen) for the vast number of benefits a digital format provides.</p><p></p><p>But, you do you, since you have different priorities than I do.</p><p></p><p>Yes, but I don't think people fall into any one category and are "stuck" there. I've played at all 3 levels with my preferred VTT (FG). Their are benefits to me to playing at category 3, but I have played at 1 and right now running a game that uses a custom ruleset that that's only partially at level 2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordEntrails, post: 9767763, member: 6804070"] Not if it is self hosted, because now all the files are on my computer. So they can never be taken away from me. And if the company goes out of business, I still have everything I bought, and more importantly, everything I've created. And if they do something I don't like, then I don't update. Or since FG has a mostly open architecture I can just create a ruleset or extension to get the behavior I want. Sorry, but I don't think most RPG books are beautiful. And I don't read them to enjoy the art, I read them to learn, reference and spark my imagination. And I can carry 10,000 different RPG books on my laptop and use them all while I travel on a plane. I wouldn't carry more than couple hard copies just to go a few blocks over to a friends house. So I'm good giving up printed artwork (that really doesn't have to be any less tunning when rendered on a high resolution screen) for the vast number of benefits a digital format provides. But, you do you, since you have different priorities than I do. Yes, but I don't think people fall into any one category and are "stuck" there. I've played at all 3 levels with my preferred VTT (FG). Their are benefits to me to playing at category 3, but I have played at 1 and right now running a game that uses a custom ruleset that that's only partially at level 2. [/QUOTE]
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