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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 3707115" data-attributes="member: 40961">I think its problematic.&nbsp; It implies that the only way a character option will work on DI is if you have purchased it from WOTC.&nbsp; I see two problems there.&nbsp; First, my old college gaming club purchased books each year which were owned by the organization.&nbsp; This will basically end that practice, or else people who play games through the gaming club won't be able to use all of the options in the DI.Second, it implies that homebrew material will be unusable through the DI.&nbsp; This is NOT COOL.&nbsp; Lets say the DI is cool enough that I decide to buy into it and run a campaign on it.&nbsp; That's great and all, but I WILL be homebrewing material in my campaign.&nbsp; Maybe the homebrew material will be character class abilities, maybe it will be gear, definitely it will include monsters.&nbsp; If homebrew is allowed, nothing stops a player from entering in an official character class manually through the homebrew entry system.&nbsp; If including activation codes in the books implies that WOTC will be otherwise stopping players from using official material on the DI without paying for it, I don't see how they will be able to do that without making homebrewing on the DI very difficult.&nbsp; The same tools that allow homebrew allow piracy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 3707115, member: 40961"] I think its problematic. It implies that the only way a character option will work on DI is if you have purchased it from WOTC. I see two problems there. First, my old college gaming club purchased books each year which were owned by the organization. This will basically end that practice, or else people who play games through the gaming club won't be able to use all of the options in the DI. Second, it implies that homebrew material will be unusable through the DI. This is NOT COOL. Lets say the DI is cool enough that I decide to buy into it and run a campaign on it. That's great and all, but I WILL be homebrewing material in my campaign. Maybe the homebrew material will be character class abilities, maybe it will be gear, definitely it will include monsters. If homebrew is allowed, nothing stops a player from entering in an official character class manually through the homebrew entry system. If including activation codes in the books implies that WOTC will be otherwise stopping players from using official material on the DI without paying for it, I don't see how they will be able to do that without making homebrewing on the DI very difficult. The same tools that allow homebrew allow piracy. [/QUOTE]

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