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Current D&D Products in PDF form

Posted by Zonk on from the legal-pdfs-mean-designers-can-eat dept.

sckeener writes "The latest Wizards of the Coast D&D product Frostburn has also been release as a PDF. There are also older D&D products in PDF format at RPGNow. The current products are being tested at Drivethrurpg.com with the catch being Adobe DRM locks on the PDFs."

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  1. Adobe DRM locks? by iCEBaLM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone know Dmitry Sklyarov's number?

  2. Re:Overprice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    wow. you are a nerd god.

  3. Re:Hmmm... by qengho · · Score: 4, Funny


    now if only I played RPGs, I could carry the books on my Palm, yay!

    Heh. I used to run my dungeons in a FileMaker Pro database on a borrowed PowerBook Duo. I built the worlds on my Quadra 700 and transferred it to the Duo via floppy disk (the owner had a dock). The most fun was coming up with sound effects to deal with game events: chimes for treasure, screams for player deaths, howls for monster deaths and a soundbite of Letterman saying "You babies!" for player complaints.

  4. Re:Overprice by darthtrevino · · Score: 2, Funny
    But you know...no matter if it's PDF on a flash card or a pack full of books:

    You're still living in your parents' basement saving up to get the Star Trek:TNG series in the DVD-Borg-Cube edition. And nobody really cares which third level spells your Paladin half-elf pulled on that hot chick at the bar.

  5. Gaming V2.0 by MagicDude · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dungeon Master: You enter a dark room. You hear breathing coming from the far corner. The cleric lights a torch. You encounter - A BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!!! You have initiative, what do you do??

    Warrior - I bash the screen with my fist.

    Rogue - I sneak around back and unplug it.

    Wizard - I cast Bigby's Typing Hands to press Ctrl-Alt-Del

    Cleric - I cast a curse on Bill Gates

    Sorceress - I summon Tech Support

    1. Re:Gaming V2.0 by servognome · · Score: 5, Funny

      Warrior - I bash the screen with my fist.
      Warrior, you fail your saving throw and take 6D6 electrical damage
      Rogue - I sneak around back and unplug it
      Rogue, you fail your electronics skill check and end up unplugging the desk lamp. You are now hidden in shadows
      Wizard - I cast Bigby's Typing Hands to press Ctrl-Alt-Del
      Wizard, You fail your arcane skill check and are unable to interpret the glyphs on the keyboard. Your spell hits 3 random keys, with no apparent effect.
      Cleric - I cast a curse on Bill Gates
      Cleric, Bill Gates resists your spell. He stares at you quizziclly, smirks, and says "Wise adventurer, answer me this question; where do you want to go today?"
      Sorceress - I summon Tech Support
      Sorceress, Tech support speaks to you in a foreign language. You are unable to communicate with him.

      --
      D6 63 0D 70 89 81 BB 8E 7B 7C 5F 5D 54 EA AB 73
  6. Reading books on computer monitor is BAD!!! by Stormwatch · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got ATLAS SHRUGGED from some p2p service and read all of it on my screen. Over eight fuckin hundred pages. An awesome book, sure, but my eyes hurt for a whole week after I finished!

    --
    Circumcision is child abuse.
  7. Re:Overprice by Babbster · · Score: 2, Funny
    Maybe, maybe. But I still haven't done a blog entry about the cool new Star Wars DVD, so you're one nerd point up on me there.

    Now, let's get back to doing something productive, like playing City of Heroes. :D