LordEntrails
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Clarity in language is important...
DDB and Roll20, as software as a service platforms are all about renting the content. But not all digital formats are so limited.
Folks, Digital does NOT equal PDF. PDFs are one of the absolute worst formats there is for digital products. The don't scale to fit the page or have the text and background colors changed or the font size altered like an epub or other formats do. They are not un-editable like they originally claimed to be. They can't readily be linked to or leveraged with database tools and searching is rudimentary. And that's just the start of their shortcomings.
IMO, the only reason you all want PDFs is because its what you know. There are better options, really.
WotC currently makes every book available in multiple digital formats. Just not PDFsThanks, this is just what I was looking for. But sad that WotC is losing a sales opportunity by not offering the digital material separately. Maybe they'll make 5e stuff available as digital only once 6e is out.
This is why digital formats like Fantasy Grounds and Foundry are so important. You are purchasing them forever. Foundry because you download it to your own computer/server. FG because their license agreement with WotC says so.WOTC has a history of killing their digital platforms and taking all of the products within away. They did this with pretty much everything in 4e and then just recently with Dragon+.
I would never trust them to keep a digital platform up indefinitely. PDFs, however, as long as I care for them, can last the rest of my life.
DDB and Roll20, as software as a service platforms are all about renting the content. But not all digital formats are so limited.
Folks, Digital does NOT equal PDF. PDFs are one of the absolute worst formats there is for digital products. The don't scale to fit the page or have the text and background colors changed or the font size altered like an epub or other formats do. They are not un-editable like they originally claimed to be. They can't readily be linked to or leveraged with database tools and searching is rudimentary. And that's just the start of their shortcomings.
IMO, the only reason you all want PDFs is because its what you know. There are better options, really.