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<blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 7710038" data-attributes="member: 7635">So basically...1.) The SRD is Free. That grants you access to all 9 races (though 1 subrace each), all 11 classes (one subclass each), 1 background, 1 feat, a huge selection of monsters from the MM, most of the DMG magic items, and 75% of the spells. 2.) Additional stuff from the core-rulebooks will be separate content packs. You'll probably be able to buy them by class (Fighter's pack; granting access to EK, BM, and PDK), book (PHB pack; all the missing stuff from the PHB) or bundle (Core rules pack; everything from the PHB/DMG/MM). This will live or die by the pricing model, as I'd be willing to spend $5-10 to get the data from a sourcebook (like SCAG or VGtM) but I'm not rebuying the book at $40-50 per pack. 3.) You get a few PC slots, but if you want more (as well as homebrewing entry and other goodies) you'll need to pony up more. Again, price is key: anything more than $5/month is a dealbreaker. I mean, Microsoft will sell me MS Office, a terabyte of storage, and 60 Skype minutes for $8, I sure hope WotC isn't going to charge that much for a character builder. (Although, if you want to give me access to all the features AND all the datasets for $10/month, I'll consider that equal to a Netflix subscription)I'm intrigued (and signed up for beta testing), but the price point is what is really going to determine if this is a must-buy or pass. (Also, remember if there is going to be a mobile app to make for both Android AND Apple; don't put us Android users on the &quot;wait months later&quot; plan)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Remathilis, post: 7710038, member: 7635"] So basically... 1.) The SRD is Free. That grants you access to all 9 races (though 1 subrace each), all 11 classes (one subclass each), 1 background, 1 feat, a huge selection of monsters from the MM, most of the DMG magic items, and 75% of the spells. 2.) Additional stuff from the core-rulebooks will be separate content packs. You'll probably be able to buy them by class (Fighter's pack; granting access to EK, BM, and PDK), book (PHB pack; all the missing stuff from the PHB) or bundle (Core rules pack; everything from the PHB/DMG/MM). This will live or die by the pricing model, as I'd be willing to spend $5-10 to get the data from a sourcebook (like SCAG or VGtM) but I'm not rebuying the book at $40-50 per pack. 3.) You get a few PC slots, but if you want more (as well as homebrewing entry and other goodies) you'll need to pony up more. Again, price is key: anything more than $5/month is a dealbreaker. I mean, Microsoft will sell me MS Office, a terabyte of storage, and 60 Skype minutes for $8, I sure hope WotC isn't going to charge that much for a character builder. (Although, if you want to give me access to all the features AND all the datasets for $10/month, I'll consider that equal to a Netflix subscription) I'm intrigued (and signed up for beta testing), but the price point is what is really going to determine if this is a must-buy or pass. (Also, remember if there is going to be a mobile app to make for both Android AND Apple; don't put us Android users on the "wait months later" plan) [/QUOTE]

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