RPGNow pdf quality for old DnD modules?

[danbuter]

Just curious if anyone knows what quality the modules offered at RPGNow are. I'm thinking of getting stuff like In Search of the Unknown, etc. Thanks!

 

[Crothian]

I found it hit and miss. None were unusuble that I got, but some were bit blurry

 

[IronWolf]

The copy of Temple of Elemental Evil I have from there is certainly readable and of good quality. It is the only old school mod I have from there.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Hit and miss for me as well. The scans can be a little fuzzy from time to time and a bit off center, but by no means unusuable as Crothian said.

Kane

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

I can confirm the "hit or miss" aspects of them. Some are good, somr are blurry and faint, but still readable.

 

[francisca]

Very spotty. Frankly, I'd rather have a complete, good condition used module in print than most of these pdfs.

 

[Staffan]

The first batches of PDFs they made (most of the Forgotten Realms things, plus Dark Sun, Dragonlance, and Al-Qadim) are excellent quality. A bunch of FR PDFs can also be found for free at http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads, take a look at those to see the quality. These PDFs are basically remade from scratch, taking the OCRed text and putting it through layout to make a file that looks pretty much exactly like the original book.

However, doing that takes a lot of time, so someone decided to use a faster process. That's why later things are basically scanned images, IIRC with OCRed text "behind" the pictures, so you can still search them.

 

[tetsujin28]

I've found them to be just fine, and I'd certainly rather pay $5 than $25+ for some OOP title I might never end up using.

 

[rogueattorney]

Spotty.

Be sure to read the comments of others who've downloaded the product, as some are incomplete. B2 Keep on the Borderlands was missing the wilderness and keep maps. GAZ7 The Northern Reaches was missing the all the maps. And so on.

R.A.

 

[Pyrex]

Crypt of Lyzandred the Mad is missing the scans of the insides of the cover pages; which happens to be where the maps are.