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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ced1106" data-source="post: 472518" data-attributes="member: 7551">Washu's First Law of Technology: The first use of a technology will be to duplicate an already existing one.Washu's Second Law of Technology: The first mistake of a technology will be to duplicate an already existing one.I'd like to separate PDF products into two ends of a spectrum: Those that attempt to emulate existing books, and those which take advantage of electronic technology. Us consumers <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(:" title="Smile    (:"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname="(:" /> had a discussion about PDFs, and the consensus was that a) we don't like printing out books (surprise), but b) we **would** like reference sheets, worksheets, and terrain we can use -- multipel times -- to prepare games. For example, I'm currently reviewing some GM game aids, which are pregenerated NPCs. In preparing for an adventure, I would rather have the one or two NPCs I selected, rather than bringing the entire book. It would have been much better had the book been in electronic format, with one page per character. I could then print out only the NPCs I wanted and bring them to the game. Likewise, battlemaps are great PDF game aids. Instead of storing a stack of different-shaped cardstock, I can just print out what battlemaps I'll be using for the adventure, mark them up during play, and have the option of throwing them away later.Cedric.aka. Washu! ^O^</blockquote>

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