I don't know about SR4, but for DnD, just get yourself an iTouch/iPhone and http://iplay4e.appspot.com/characters/ You'll have all your characters with you, not to mention the ability to roll all the dice you'd ever need to!!!

ah, but see, I'd need an iphone / itouch. I'm still rocking it with my 2004 era ipod shuffle, so...

I figured since you were wanting a kindle for gaming books, you could splurge the rest of the way and make the rest of your gaming needs fully portable:)

Ah, I already have a Kindle Christmas present

i wonder if SR sized pdfs would be readable on this...
http://www.liliputing.com/tag/skytone-alpha-680

With a 7.1" 800 x 480 resolution display, you certainly wouldn't be able to fit a full page on it. Also, as the liliputing article indicates, the $250 price point seems remarkably inconsistent with the rest of the industry. For that price, I can get a Dell Mini 9 with an 8.9" display at 1024 x 600 running Ubuntu.

Hey, think if we started photocopying their books we could get them to stop selling the hardcopies as well?

nezumi,

That was great! :cookie:

Very classy there Nezumi. *golf clap*

Do WOTC want to loose money?

How I mine fish? WotC wants to protect its IP. It's as simple as that. A point that I came across today is that there was a lot of DnD material, including material from Dragon & Dungeon on Scribd.com - that might add into things too. From (other) people's browsings, it's sort of had its intended effect; what material is out there for say, Arcane Power is half-assed and obviously photoshopped.

Anyhoo, WotC has stepped up to the plate and offered the Quickstart Rules, H1 (Keep on the Shadowfell) and their Character Generator for free on their website. For those of you who actually give a damn.

Thank you, thank you. I'm here all night.

sadly, said dell do not have a rotateable screen.

sure, holding a netbook like a actual book may work, but as its still only one screen (vs "two" in a physical book), its a whole lot of waste for for a small loss of comfort and portability...

Hi, my name is Floyd, and I am a Ludite.

Right now, I am reading this forum of a hardcopy from a dot-matrix printer, and have a baboon type my response. I am the father of two children, read: money vaccuums, mostly inept at most computer related operations, and have gremlins at a rating of at least 2. It is a 50-50 chance as to whether any computer system actually has me in it, including governmet data bases.

I am the last person who should support PDF books, but I do. And I also support dead tree books, although I would prefer chopped up, recycled Ayn Rand novels for paper stock. But when it come right down to playing a pnp game at a table, all I use is books made of p (paper not pencils).

I have tried using a laptop, but the page not fitting the screen is a problem. Also, I can jump pages fast by hand, and don't have to make the baboon type what I want. The laptop is clunky, and I have to be more careful with it. I left "Sprawl Sites" next to an open window during a spring shower and was able to save it. I have faired less lucky with electronics and water. I possess fantastic ham fists, which is why I have the monkey typing. I need one of those dialing wands for fat fingers. This rules out anything smaller than box of matches.

The PDF's I own I printed out, then shelved when I bought the manufactured copy of the book. I don't know who I speak for, other than myself, but I fear the loss of books (and book stores since I can't navigate Amazon.com and Pay-pal doesn't know who I am, again).

I tried to use e-ware at my table and I am terrible at it, and the cost to switch and over come my handicaps makes it not worth it. I am not bashing PDF's. I am begging: Please don't take away books.

As ebook readers go, I prefer this and its relatives.

Electronic paper is easy on the eyes, now if only it weren't so damned expensive.