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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5246448" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>For older editions, they make it possible for people to get older products that they couldn't afford as kids but can now as an employed adult - without requring a new and probably too expensive print run for the publisher.</p><p></p><p>Cut and paste. I can crib out the stats for a creature in the Pathfinder Bestiary and modify it for my game. Most of the stat block work is done.</p><p></p><p>Putting the PDFs on the iPad makes it a lot easier to tote plenty of sources around without breaking a back lugging the milk crate full of heavy paper.</p><p></p><p>A well-done PDF, like the Pathfinder Core book, has links so when an spell-like ability is referenced, I can use the link to go right to the spell description. It rocks.</p><p></p><p>With a PDF adventures, I can run adventures off a screen without breaking the binding of my print editions if the adventure takes a fairly long time to complete.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Though, really, aside from the copy and pasting, it's the introduction of the iPad that is finally making most of these really attractive to me. I'm not fond of reading off a computer (plus, I like the portability of the books). The iPad really <strong>does</strong> make this a whole lot better - and I've only been consulting a friend's iPad. I don't have my own yet (though that's only a matter of time).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="billd91, post: 5246448, member: 3400"] For older editions, they make it possible for people to get older products that they couldn't afford as kids but can now as an employed adult - without requring a new and probably too expensive print run for the publisher. Cut and paste. I can crib out the stats for a creature in the Pathfinder Bestiary and modify it for my game. Most of the stat block work is done. Putting the PDFs on the iPad makes it a lot easier to tote plenty of sources around without breaking a back lugging the milk crate full of heavy paper. A well-done PDF, like the Pathfinder Core book, has links so when an spell-like ability is referenced, I can use the link to go right to the spell description. It rocks. With a PDF adventures, I can run adventures off a screen without breaking the binding of my print editions if the adventure takes a fairly long time to complete. EDIT: Though, really, aside from the copy and pasting, it's the introduction of the iPad that is finally making most of these really attractive to me. I'm not fond of reading off a computer (plus, I like the portability of the books). The iPad really [b]does[/b] make this a whole lot better - and I've only been consulting a friend's iPad. I don't have my own yet (though that's only a matter of time). [/QUOTE]
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