[roxolotl]

To be honest as someone who's built a dozen dice rolling and dming tools for myself I've recently switched mostly back to paper. There's just something really nice about rolling physical dice on a physical table while flipping through physical books and notes. It's super cumbersome and I don't think there's anything wrong with using digital tools. I play most of my games over a digital tabletop since those I play with aren't near by.

[reactordev]

Yes on the physical dice rolling, no on the tombs and tombs of dead trees to lug around with me. Even just the handbooks are over 1,000 pretty printed shavings of poplar pulp. Having a cardboard paper screen and a small scratch pad and empty character sheets is the most paper I’ll bring.

Physical books feel better because it’s physical. You can touch it, you can smell it, you can read it, and some you can hear (when you open them or turn the pages). This is why we prefer it. However, I reserve those for the shelves at home.

[galagawinkle489]

Referring to books as "dead trees" is such a pathetic thought-terminating cliché.

If you don't want to cart books around that's fine but you can easily play the game with only the basic three (and players just need one).

If you are using a book just for a spell or an item or two you can just photocopy the page.

[reactordev]

Sir, I’m in the middle of a 20 year campaign…