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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 8861582" data-attributes="member: 6796661">D&amp;D Beyond I think only exacerbates this for those who prefer their D&amp;D in print. I find that heavy use of DDB makes you engage in the rules less by source book. The more useful grouping combine material from multiple books into one place.&nbsp; E.g., spells, classes, monsters, magic items, etc. It is very convenient. Also, DDB allows you to buy, say, just the monsters, class options, magic items from an adventure or supplement without buying the entire work. Kinda like buying a song rather than an entire album...or buying a subscription and tending to search by songs, often ignoring the albums. You can pull up a source book in DDB, but then it because as inconvenient as (perhaps more inconvenient than) using the print version. sWhat I find telling is how inconvenient pulling up certain rules in DDB can be for specific rules like cover, conditions, stealth, magic line of sight, cover, object AC/hardness/HP, etc. Simply searching tends to bring up a tone of material with the specific rule you are looking for not among the top results. The search options and performance has improved a bit over time, but the natural language approach to rules in 5e make it difficult for keyword searches to be precise when looking up rules. It really highlights how poorly organized much of the core rule books are. At least with physical books I can use sticky tabs.&nbsp; The PHP and DM should come with a few quick reference pages that could be used as DM screens. This would be especially powerful in DDB, but would be awfully helpful in the print books as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 8861582, member: 6796661"] D&D Beyond I think only exacerbates this for those who prefer their D&D in print. I find that heavy use of DDB makes you engage in the rules less by source book. The more useful grouping combine material from multiple books into one place. E.g., spells, classes, monsters, magic items, etc. It is very convenient. Also, DDB allows you to buy, say, just the monsters, class options, magic items from an adventure or supplement without buying the entire work. Kinda like buying a song rather than an entire album...or buying a subscription and tending to search by songs, often ignoring the albums. You can pull up a source book in DDB, but then it because as inconvenient as (perhaps more inconvenient than) using the print version. s What I find telling is how inconvenient pulling up certain rules in DDB can be for specific rules like cover, conditions, stealth, magic line of sight, cover, object AC/hardness/HP, etc. Simply searching tends to bring up a tone of material with the specific rule you are looking for not among the top results. The search options and performance has improved a bit over time, but the natural language approach to rules in 5e make it difficult for keyword searches to be precise when looking up rules. It really highlights how poorly organized much of the core rule books are. At least with physical books I can use sticky tabs. The PHP and DM should come with a few quick reference pages that could be used as DM screens. This would be especially powerful in DDB, but would be awfully helpful in the print books as well. [/QUOTE]

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