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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6369628" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>From the front page:</p><p></p><p></p><p>I like what Paizo does personally, where you can download the normal book or a "lite" PDF with a simpler less heavy background that is much faster to load. Options are the way to go so the person on the desktop can choose lots of art while the person using the tablet can go simpler. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Which is crap as they likely serve two different needs. </p><p>Don't tell your audience what they want, give them what they want. If they want DungeonScape, they'll buy freakin' DungonScape. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Which could be solved by crediting anyone who buys the PDF with the content for the DS tools. As it should be anyway. </p><p>The problem being that because WotC doesn't handle any money it means arranging cordination between DnDClassics.com and WotC and Trapdoor Tech. But that's a limited time problem as it only affects people in the few month window before DS releases but after PDFs would have been released, and after that it should become less problematic. </p><p></p><p></p><p>With the ascension of tablets, PDFs are more right for 5e than any previous edition. Yeah, in five years PDFs might not be the best choice, but they're making the game for the needs of people right now, not five years down the line.</p><p> </p><p>And, regardless, there will be PDFs, so why not make money from them? </p><p></p><p>Really, it sounds like DungeonScape is being positioned as a reference app as much as Character Builder. With searchable rules like the Compendium. </p><p>Okay, that could be handy. I make great use out of the Pathfinder app I have (although I need a new one since it stopped updating. PM me if you have a recommendation.) But I still make heavy use of PDFs, especially when browsing or writing. </p><p></p><p>Apps are also problematic. As I mentioned above, I'm stuck with a dead Pathfinder app because the person behind it walked away. If/when my device goes the app will likely go with it. While I could lose access to new copies of the PDFs if the source site went down, all my gaming PDFs are either backed-up on optical media and/or stored on DropBox. And DropBox syncs with my iPad's PDF reader, so transferring files is effortless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6369628, member: 37579"] From the front page: I like what Paizo does personally, where you can download the normal book or a "lite" PDF with a simpler less heavy background that is much faster to load. Options are the way to go so the person on the desktop can choose lots of art while the person using the tablet can go simpler. Which is crap as they likely serve two different needs. Don't tell your audience what they want, give them what they want. If they want DungeonScape, they'll buy freakin' DungonScape. Which could be solved by crediting anyone who buys the PDF with the content for the DS tools. As it should be anyway. The problem being that because WotC doesn't handle any money it means arranging cordination between DnDClassics.com and WotC and Trapdoor Tech. But that's a limited time problem as it only affects people in the few month window before DS releases but after PDFs would have been released, and after that it should become less problematic. With the ascension of tablets, PDFs are more right for 5e than any previous edition. Yeah, in five years PDFs might not be the best choice, but they're making the game for the needs of people right now, not five years down the line. And, regardless, there will be PDFs, so why not make money from them? Really, it sounds like DungeonScape is being positioned as a reference app as much as Character Builder. With searchable rules like the Compendium. Okay, that could be handy. I make great use out of the Pathfinder app I have (although I need a new one since it stopped updating. PM me if you have a recommendation.) But I still make heavy use of PDFs, especially when browsing or writing. Apps are also problematic. As I mentioned above, I'm stuck with a dead Pathfinder app because the person behind it walked away. If/when my device goes the app will likely go with it. While I could lose access to new copies of the PDFs if the source site went down, all my gaming PDFs are either backed-up on optical media and/or stored on DropBox. And DropBox syncs with my iPad's PDF reader, so transferring files is effortless. [/QUOTE]
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