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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4752026" data-attributes="member: 19675">You could call me a neo-Luddite when it comes to mixing RPGs and tech- I may use my PDA to store campaign info or PC designs (or even use it as my character sheet for active play), but I'm not using my computer or pdfs at the table.  That said, I don't see any way around the fact that computer aided RPG play is increasing and inevitable.Personally, I don't see D&D as getting killed by tech so much as being transformed by it.  As computers get faster and more gaming material becomes available in interactive electronic forms, I can easily see people playing actual D&D (not some MMORPG based on the game) via telepresence at a virtual, immersive 3-D gaming table (with all buildings and other environmental factors fully rendered) at some point in time, with the DM controlling which resources are available via an "active/inactive" resource checklist, HRs built into the game, and the machines handling all of the math so that you might be able to play in real time...with buddies dispersed all over the world.It probably won't happen in my lifetime, or at least not at my table, but I think that's probably inevitable.But even so, I don't see even that killing the face-to-face gaming table.</blockquote>