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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6535545" data-attributes="member: 5100">This doesn't really bother me. Sure, I'd take a character creation tool, but 5E is simple enough that I really don't care much. I have no use for a digital table top (but understand distributed groups do). Combat utilities are nice, but, again, not a big deal.I've come to realize that I only care about PDFs for infrequently referenced books and/or "secondary" rule sets that I don't expect to play much. Basically, stuff I don't want to be completely without access to, but don't actually see an opportunity to use. PDFs just suck for random-access rules reference at the table because I'm very context sensitive, visually, so just fanning through a book triggers memories of where specific rules are; I get that's not necessarily normal, though. Similar statement goes for game prep, plus flipping between multiple pages at once -- I haven't found a digital equivalent to a couple scraps of paper. Clearly, YMMV, but I see this as "nice" not "must".These are related, IMO. I really think the 1E rate of product (one hardcover per year, give or take) is appropriate. I strongly feel that having something like Dragon and Dungeon are needed to make up the gap, though. Maybe the times have changed and print periodicals aren't feasible. Here's where I'm okay with PDFs, but I definitely want something more than what's basically a blog. I feel the hurt of no Eberron and no psionics, though I'm more annoyed than frustrated. I am frustrated by Mearls statement that WotC is going to focus creatively on the Realms. That decision is the one that is probably going to kill my interest in 5E -- given the money, I'd like to buy the rights to the Realms, just to take it out of publication. Geez, I hate that setting.This one doesn't move me an iota. I think I bought all of two or three d20 SRD products, and didn't feel like I got my money out of them (to be fair, I didn't get my money out of a number of core WotC books, either). I'm not unsympathetic to getting third-party stuff. It just doesn't factor into my, personal, equation. Beating the drum about it gets a raised eyebrow, from me.</blockquote>

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