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<blockquote data-quote="Kabouter Games" data-source="post: 7710432" data-attributes="member: 6788812">Speaking of not knowing what they're talking about: I said they don't have to be expensive, that D&amp;D 5e is essentially free to play. I also said that every other hobby I can think of is more expensive to start. Then I proved it.&nbsp;Yer durn tootin' it is.There I think you have a point. I own the Pathfinder app on my iPad, which gives me everything. I don't know who actually owns that material. Is it all on my iPad, or on a cloud somewhere and my iPad pulls information into it? I think it's local, because it was a pretty large download and it's all text, no pretty. It cost me all of five bucks and is worth every penny. If it's not local, I'll be irritated if it goes away, because I also own the Pathfinder core rulebooks in PDF form. They're somewhat cross-referenced, but clunky to use. They're full-art, gorgeous. Those are on multiple drives as backup.If Wizards or a licensee came out with a PDF of each of the core rulebooks, cross-referenced with links, I'd buy it and house it on a tablet for easier transport than the books. But I'm not sure I want an app like Beyond either, because I like to download all the data I've paid for. I totally share that concern.Cheers,Bob</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kabouter Games, post: 7710432, member: 6788812"] Speaking of not knowing what they're talking about: I said they don't [I]have [/I]to be expensive, that D&D 5e is essentially free to play. I also said that every other hobby I can think of is [I]more [/I]expensive to start. Then I proved it. Yer durn tootin' it is. There I think you have a point. I own the Pathfinder app on my iPad, which gives me everything. I don't know who actually owns that material. Is it all on my iPad, or on a cloud somewhere and my iPad pulls information into it? I [I]think [/I]it's local, because it was a pretty large download and it's all text, no pretty. It cost me all of five bucks and is worth every penny. If it's [I]not [/I]local, I'll be irritated if it goes away, because I also own the Pathfinder core rulebooks in PDF form. They're somewhat cross-referenced, but clunky to use. They're full-art, gorgeous. Those are on multiple drives as backup. If Wizards or a licensee came out with a PDF of each of the core rulebooks, cross-referenced with links, I'd buy it and house it on a tablet for easier transport than the books. But I'm not sure I want an app like Beyond either, because I like to download all the data I've paid for. I totally share that concern. Cheers, Bob [/QUOTE]

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