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<blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 3472022" data-attributes="member: 7394"><p>I have a suggestion.</p><p></p><p>One of the weaknesses of the monthly printed format is that the material is pretty much fire and forget (unless it happens to get picked up for inclusion in a new book, which is released from WotC on a monthly basis). The material is difficult, of not impossible, to organize and use at the table unless you either want to drag a whole bunch of magazines to the table, or copy it over by hand into your own notes to bring to the table.</p><p></p><p>One of the advantages of making the content available online instead is that you should be free to copy similar material from a number of "issues," organize them as you see fit, and then bring them to the table as a more cohesive unit rather than a scattered assortment of random stuff.</p><p></p><p>If you're concerned about printing, there are plenty of online services available that will print your material out with your choice of paper, colors, and binding. If you so choose, you can now compile your own book of monster ecologies, demonology, magic items, etc. etc. Since I'm guessing that WotC will charge a lot less for the monthly online material than the magazines cost, it really wouldn't be much of an investment to do this compared to what you are making now.</p><p></p><p>Just think of the possibilities of being able to easily distill your own books for your games from the parts of Dragon and/or Dungeon that you like the best. I think that's worthwhile.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darrin Drader, post: 3472022, member: 7394"] I have a suggestion. One of the weaknesses of the monthly printed format is that the material is pretty much fire and forget (unless it happens to get picked up for inclusion in a new book, which is released from WotC on a monthly basis). The material is difficult, of not impossible, to organize and use at the table unless you either want to drag a whole bunch of magazines to the table, or copy it over by hand into your own notes to bring to the table. One of the advantages of making the content available online instead is that you should be free to copy similar material from a number of "issues," organize them as you see fit, and then bring them to the table as a more cohesive unit rather than a scattered assortment of random stuff. If you're concerned about printing, there are plenty of online services available that will print your material out with your choice of paper, colors, and binding. If you so choose, you can now compile your own book of monster ecologies, demonology, magic items, etc. etc. Since I'm guessing that WotC will charge a lot less for the monthly online material than the magazines cost, it really wouldn't be much of an investment to do this compared to what you are making now. Just think of the possibilities of being able to easily distill your own books for your games from the parts of Dragon and/or Dungeon that you like the best. I think that's worthwhile. [/QUOTE]
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