Perram's page

After seeing Sean K. Reynolds' recent facebook update where he showed his most commonly referenced books (Sean K Reynolds | Facebook) I was surprised that he marked each of them on their bottoms!

And then I remembered that I hadn't marked ANY of my Pathfinder RPG books.

I used to write my name in the inside cover of each of my RPG books with a black marker.

I never, however, used a highlighter or such inside the book.

Do you guys mark your books and / or highlight them?

Congratulations! You all are awesome, and have probably done the most awesome thing you could do. Until you do it again. :)

Thats pretty cool, but i was kinda hoping to find just a sheet to track my spells the room on the char sheet isnt enough for the way i write.

But thanks for the help anyway.

I'm a big fan of Happy Camper's character sheets for that kinda stuff, they have a lot of neat fields, including many different ways to record your spells known.

http://pathfinderdb.com/character-sheets/static-character-sheets/948-happy- campers-pathfinder-character-sheets

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Look forward to your feedback!

LMPjr007 wrote:

Severed Ronin wrote:

Has anyone bought this product? I'm looking to see how it compares to Perram's Spellbook? My goal is to print these off and have them laminated so I basically have a 'Spellbook Deck' of cards. Compare them to Power Cards if you want. I don't care.

Actually Perram supplies LPJ Design with the raw text data to make the cards while we handle the design directly in house.

and Perram gets his data from the Spell DB on d20pfsrd.com ...

This. Perram's Spellbook would not be possible without the hard work Mike has done to create the Spell DB. I try to point that out every time I promote my project, and on its site (http://www.theGM.org)

I would also like to say for the record that while LPJ Designs uses my site (which uses Mike's Data from d20pfsrd.com), I am in no way connected to this product or partnered with LPJ Designs.

Goblin football league?

Goblin PFS Faction?

I love the new minis but:

I think you guys need a better camera set up to take pictures of them. The one you are using is turning them yellowish and loosing a lot of the detail...

I've already got a copy of the original printing, but I wanted to just say that I'm glad that there is another chance for more Pathfinder gamers to get this awesome book!

I bought up a bunch of the boxes at a discount, and began making character folios for my players. Here is the first one I finished. This is such a great idea, you totally deserve awesome praise for it.

*) My Character Folio Cover Image

*) My big box of boxes

I also think there should be a minis game to go with it. I understand that it may make things a bit more difficult, but the DDM minis game was a great added value to the DDM minis themselves. It let me 'use' my minis, especially the more oddball ones more regularly.

Most importantly, it allowed me to come up with neat encounter ideas and see how different creatures would work together and work against each other in a fight.

Updated it slightly to make the table in the back more readable.

Sent it to Pol Mordreth.

This is so ridiculously awesome!

Why do I have a feeling no matter what is coming it is going to make my wallet hurt more?

Hehe...

Hey all, I painted four Sinspawn and thought I would share. Not the best paint jobs in the world, nope, but I like the creepy guys.

Inspired by Paizo's own paint day, me and my friends decided to meet after work twice a month to paint minis together. I'll be painting a LOT of the pathfinder minis for my Pathfinder games.

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/1678/20110830grouppaint.jpg

Vic Wertz wrote:

(It's The Shattered Star, not Shatterstar.)

Thank you.

The Shattered Star = AP that Paizo is doing.

Shatterstar = a character that's much more interesting the farther he gets from Rob Liefield ;-)

*Embarassed Face Hold*

Well you guys, you really did it. :)

The Spellbook has gotten so popular I had to increase the hosting package to hold it!

Sorry for the outages today because of it, but things should now be working fine. Let me know if there are any more problems.

Mazra wrote:

The next set will be in support of the fifth anniversary of Rise of the Runelords; and will likely see monsters unique to that AP.

Later, Mazra

Well, that's a huge bummer. To begin, Rise of the Runelords is D&D 3.5, not Pathfinder. Why waste time creating minis for an old AP (and one based on 3.5 rules, not the updated Pathfinder rules)? Why not focus on the APs that are coming out now?

And I'd much prefer to pay by the mini. Yes, some cost more to produce than others. Well, then have the pay scale reflect that. I'd much prefer to pay for the ones I need than buy a brick or booster pack that contains a bunch of minis that have nothing to do with the adventure I'm running.

I'm guessing that if Paizo ends up producing minis I want that I'll be buying them second hand--i.e. the money will not go to Paizo. Paizo's loss.

Rise of the Runelords will be getting a re-release as a collector's edition all in one volume, updated to PFRPG rules. This is to celebrate Pathfinder's 5th anniversary and the minis are supporting that release.

Also, Shatterstar, the AP releasing next GenCon will be a sequal to RotRL and I imagine the minis will also be very useful to support that AP as well.

Sort of a 2 birds with one stone release.

My hero!

I have all of the card printed from all of the earlier hardbacks.

Just need the sleeves for the spells. (expensive)

Oh neat! That is more spells than even I've printed out myself. :) Do you think you could take some pics? I would love to have some 'See it in action' shots on my website if you wouldn't mind.

Also: Protector Sleeves or the 9-card sheets? I'm trying to think of some new ways to organize 'em myself. :)

I'm super glad you enjoy using them!

Perram’s Spellbook is a FREE web application that will allow you to create customized spell card decks for your Pathfinder Role Playing Game characters and NPCs! With a few clicks, you can have any spells you wish printed for any core Pathfinder class, customize the size of the card, its color, and exactly which cards you need. You can even create custom cards for spells not in the Spellbook’s database from any sourcebook, even of your own creation!

What's New?
(8/21/2011)

Database Update - Thanks again for Mike's hard work! We've got the following books in the spell cards now:
Pathfinder Role Playing Game: Ultimate Combat
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Rival Guide
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Seas Magic
Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Pathfinder Society Field Guide
Pathfinder Player's Companion: Faiths of Balance
Pathfinder Player's Companion: Goblin's of Golarion

Magus & Anti-Paladin - These two classes are now available with spell cards!
Custom Cards Updated! - Custom Cards now support all card sizes and selectable backgrounds!

You can access Perram's Spellbook for FREE (No strings attached, for now and always!) at http://www.theGM.org/

And as always, I'm always looking for new suggestions and feature requests. I want to make this the best tool I can for you all.

TriOmegaZero wrote:

Lisa Stevens is a Time Lord.

I thought the Doctor was the last?

-Lisa

It all makes so much sense now...

Lisa IS the Doctor!

If the map packs were to include the PDF files, I would subscribe to the Map Pack line in an instant.

To show I'm serious, gonna go ahead and buy one of the PDFs. :)

Perram’s Spellbook is the completely free Custom Spell Card generator for the Pathfinder Role Playing Game, and now it’s gotten even better with the addition of the spells from Ultimate Magic as well as spells from Book of the Damned Vol. 2 – Lords of Chaos, and Faiths of Purity!

Thanks again Mike for the database that makes this possible!

Note that the Magus isn’t available just yet, but expect him to show up very soon!

In addition, I’ve also added a larger font size to the Large Format Cards at users request, making the cards easier to read for some users.

As always I’m always looking for feedback and suggestions for the spellbook, so please, let me know!

You can access Perram’s Spellbook at http://www.theGM.org/

Hello!

One of my players is playing a Rogue that is rather religious... at least as religious as you can get following Cayden Cailean. He is /very/ CG and pretty much a typical swashbuckling hero type.

He's wanted to show this in some statistical way on his character, but at the same time, he is still very much a rogue and doesn't want to be a cleric. He also knows that 'dipping' into full caster classes isn't usually very satisfying.

What options are there for this character? I know there was the Prestige Class for Cayden in the early APs that I have access to, but... what else is out there?

Really just playing so far, but seems the biz.

S.

No, its just simply an embarrassment.

As a real monster tool? It's pointless. The few 'features' you have access to do not help you.

Is it supposed to just be a library for the VTT until its up to snuff? Then don't release it until you release access to the VTT. Because it doesn't matter.

They shouldn't have released this at all. They should have kept working on it. In this case something is worse than nothing, as is usually the case in releasing software too early.

WotC needs to quit making the same mistakes with their software and DDI over and over and over again... *Sigh...*

WANT!!!!!!!!!

What he said.

Xabulba wrote:

I want some of that BAR TREK and Zom-B-Gone. How do I get it?

Only BAR TREK is available for free.

Perram, I've added Bar Trek to your sidecart.

Woot, awesome! Didn't know you guys carried these. I'm gonna buy another bar or two as well now that I know.

Want to be more than just squeaky clean? I have a small stack of free product to give away from Geeky Clean.

The Rules (such as they are):
1.) First come, first serve - please let me know how many you would like.
2.) You pay shipping.

The product - BAR TREK!
"Need that Klingon stink to cling off? Showers can become scarce in between the hot alien babes and judo-chopping the next Romulan. You, my friend need Bar Trek! This unique black soap shimmers like stars when wet, and leaves you feeling fresh all the way from Delta Quadrant to Uranus! Bar Trek, it's only logical!

Scented with a subtle Acai Berry and Satin fragrance

Bar weighs roughly 5 oz and contains a black d20."

Once you've made your claim and let me know how many you would like, I will add it to a pending order (please specify which one) or a future subscription shipment. Again - you will pay for shipping on this item.

It has a very clean inoffensive citrusy smell, for those that don't know what acai berries smell like. :)

Could totally use a bar. :) This sounds neat!

Edit: Uhm, if one is available, you could just add it in with my next subscription shipment.

Perram,

Is it possible to have the option of using different fonts? I know I'm pushing things here, but what the hell...

I really really want to... but its unlikely to happen soon. I would have to recode the whole thing in JavaScript to pull it off. Right now its pure PHP.

@PeteZero - I'll look into it! I only have that book as a physical book, not a PDF... so... likely would have enter it by hand. For now I would just create the spells in the custom generator.

Sorry all that this weekends updates didn't happen. RL hit me kinda hard. I'll try and get them up as soon as possible.

I don't have a major objection to the idea at all, to be honest. These seem relatively minor, so eh...

But what I think would make these a bit better would be if they at the least cost in game resources. If these were simply "Unlockables" for PFS.

If, say, instead of two boons, you gave us two traits, or two feats that tied in really well with the novels. Or just access to thematic magic items.

This would make them appeal to me for Non-PFS games, too! Maybe one of my characters in my home games has some similar concepts to a novel character, and being able to take a thematic feat would help that!

Even though the boons are minor, they don't cost anything. This means that in a relatively minor way... my character is slightly more powerful than a player without because I got 'free' bonuses.

Mothman wrote:

I do have a question; if I play PFS only as pbp or online games, how do I show my GM a copy of the book to sign the chronicle sheet?

Proof of life photo uploaded to your GM?

Or a screenshot of it open with the water mark if you have the pdf.

I have a bit of an issue with a player. He does not want to share the information that is on his character sheet. I have repeatedly asked him to post it, email it, or leave it with me.

I feel, as a GM, I am limited in making encounters because I do not know what to throw at the group. Last session, the party blew through everything I tossed at them. It wasn't much fun in my eyes.

Two questions:

First, do you require your players to share their character sheets? I do not feel I am out of line. I am not asking for the information to find ways to kill him. I just want to make the game a bit more challenging without a total party kill.

Second, what is the best way to approach this individual? Bare in mind, he told me nearly 2 months ago that he would copy the character, and now he does not return my phone calls.

Frustrated...

This is a real simple issue, honestly, though I'm sure you think it more complicated than it has to be because you are personally involved.

But the GM gets to see the character sheet at any time he wants to, period.

The game rules are pretty explicit about this, and many GMs even keep copies of the player's characters if not the original sheets.

I would be kind, but firm on this issue. Ask him why he doesn't want to show you the sheet, and try to ease any legitimate worries... but make him understand that this is not a negotiable issue.

If he's unable to play by the rules of the game, he shouldn't be allowed to play.

Mage Evolving wrote:

Orc t!%# wrote:

Thanks for you work, Perram! The idea of using index cards to print the spells on is interesting, but I've never done something like that before. Would I need to go to a Kinkos to get this done?

I use the printer at work they have an index card feeder. The particularly nice thing about using index cards is that not only do you know what the spell does but you also get to sort through your available spells and remove them when you finish casting them.

And use them to deliver nasty paper cuts if you are grappled.

This would apply to any spell cards at all: I also find them really useful for keeping track of buffs when they are cast. Just lay the spell out on the battle mat when you cast it, maybe put a dice on it or counters to keep track of the rounds left on the buff it it will expire in combat, and you can't forget its there easily and everyone knows what it does!

I too like Perrams spell cards. One question I have is how do I increase the font size of the output. These old tired eyes are having problems, even at 4 cards per page...

-- david
Papa.DRB

wraithstrike wrote:

Mage Evolving wrote:

http://www.thegm.org/perramsSpellbook.php

I print out these spell cards on index cards. really helpful.

I was about to mention this one. At the least I can create a link though.

linkified

I'll add an extra large font set this weekend.

Thanks for the idea!

Mage Evolving wrote:

http://www.thegm.org/perramsSpellbook.php

I print out these spell cards on index cards. really helpful.

I was about to mention this one. At the least I can create a link though.

linkified

Thanks for the recommendation, guys.

Yup, my program will create spell cards in just about any size you'd like, with choices for colors and background images! Index cards are my favorite, too, but I support playing card size, and large format size as well as both major sizes for U.S. index cards.

You can pick to print out just the spells you want, too, or print them all out. And thanks to Mike Chopswil's database, I've got all the spells in there from the APG as well as Core, and a dozen other books. As well as make custom cards for spells not in my database or your own creations. Again, its a community project and 100% free. And I do take requests for new features. :)

THAT said...

Official cards would be awesome, just because of the ART! BUT it would be something really really huge, and expensive.

Just the core rulebook ALONE would be 858 cards in my program. While I'm sure that Paizo could be a little more efficient doing them manually than I am where the program does the calculations, based on the size of the other GameMastery card decks that would be just over 14 decks at 60 cards per deck.

At $10.99 a deck... that comes to $153.86 U.S. And we haven't even added in the APG yet, much less the upcoming Ultimate Magic.

Even assuming that Paizo can get the cost down... that is still gonna be a significant cost in the end. Though I imagine some of the cost would be lessened as you would want to buy them on a per-class basis, but the classes that needed them most (Wizard, Cleric, Druid...) would still need $80 - $100 in cards each.

Really nice art on this one!

Would make a great poster...

I assume ignorance the first time, as well, and point them to the many legal sources for Paizo information, a lot of it free or very reasonably priced. (Legal ways to purchase the books, both online and in store, and online support such as the PRD, d20PFSRD, etc...)

That said, I only assume ignorance the first time, and then only for new players. Otherwise I take the hardline: If you are going to pirate, you are not playing at my house / this store.

That said I usually have the conversation privately and professionally.

I won't comment on what you should do regarding the information of the stolen PDF, and I think that issue and its discussion is probably best discussed between you and Paizo privately and not on these boards.

The Halfling Opportunist prestige class was absolutely fantastic, a great theme and a fantastic execution. My group absolutely loves it.

Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy...

Can't wait to get a hole of this one, the more I hear about it the better it sounds.

Wow, that really explains it rather well! It really would be a loose/loose situation for everyone if you did it that way.

KaeYoss wrote:

LordClammy wrote:

why cant paizo put out something like a game card for MMOs but for the PDFs. a piece of card stock with a scratch off redemption number that can be entered here.

That, at least, should be not such a big problem. The scratch'n'sniff solution is not just used for WoW and thinks like Wii points, but also for pre-paid cell phone credit, or iTunes credit. You can "gas" up your cell phone at the gas station!

Sure, Blizzard, cell phone network operators, Nintendo and the Evil Fruit Company are a bit bigger than Paizo, but my (non-expert) estimation is that it can't be that big a deal.

Have scratch'n'sniff cards with codes customers enter into the promo code when getting a PDF and they get their PDF download.

Maybe also make codes available online so shopkeepers can buy them in the store and then distribute them, maybe with special conditions for shopkeepers and/or people buying enough of them.

That way, PDFs would at least be available in stores, which includes them being payable with things other than credit cards (which aren't ubiquitous all over the world.

Whether you can have subscriptions via your FLGS with that is a different thing, of course, but depending on the conditions the FLGSs get with those codes, they could set up their own subscription schemes, or maybe with this, a way can be found to allow shops to offer subscriptions.

Those types of cards generally are protected from theft by not being "activated" until they are purchased at the register. Which means they require fancy POS systems that talk to a bigger company somewhere.

Paizo simply hasn't the resources to work with check-system vendors to get our cards linked into their system: we'd have to work with a third party, like Dragnmoon pointed out. And even then, it wouldn't work for a lot of game stores. I know I've been in a fair number of stores that relied on adding-machine style registers, or barcode systems that only returned a price, not the actual item being...

What about having a way for game stores to sell 'subscriptions' for you and have the books shipped to the store for pick-up, and allow the stores to log onto the site and flag an account as having picked up the books and unlock the PDFs for download?

I had to face this very same problem, too. I even tried to go all FLGS, but the delay in getting my books (game store distributors are not the most reliable things in the world sometimes) and the lack of PDFs really hurt.

What I ended up doing is subscribing to all the books here, but I buy all my miniatures, maps, cards, dice, etc from the store. Those items usually make shipping costs go up on your subscriptions, anyway, and delay the shipments.

Upgrading to 3.6 made the problem worse, added several other cards as well:

Arcane Mark
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Ok, it is definitely a Font issue. For some reason your computer is rendering the fonts twice the size of what the CSS instructions are.

I just tested the app on a friend's fresh XP installation with a brand new install of Firefox... and couldn't reproduce the results, it was working as intended.

Which makes me think this is a unique problem to your machine in particular. Especially since you seem to also be having problems with IE.

That said: I'm not giving up yet! If you email me at jefferson.thacker@gmail.com I'll be more than glad to work with you one-on-one to fix the problem. I can't guarantee a fix, but I'll try my best!

Also: if anyone else is having similar problems, please get in touch, it may help me track down what's going on and implement a fix.

Okay, I solved the four-card layout problem (corrected the orientation setting - must have forgotten to reset it after my last print run with another project) - but the overrun/cutoff thing still occurs.

I will note that if I choose index card, and then blow it up on print preview to 175 percent, everything fits perfectly (including the "From" (created by... line)). Guess that's one way to solve the problem, heh.

Guess I can create a literal spellbook with one page per spell. ;) Bit of a pain, but if it works, it works.

BTW, the website looks wonderful - nice and professional. I likey! :D

Ok, I'm having a hard time re-producing the problem on my end. Can you take a screen shot of the print preview for those cards?

Detect Magic is a problem all it's own... and a known bug. For some reason it isn't working like it should! But the rest of the cards I need to straighten out.

I imagine it is a font problem. That's usually what this boils down to.

Also, have you considered upgrading to Firefox 3.6 and seeing if it solves the problem? I still need to fix it for 3.5, but if you upgrade and it fixes it it helps me narrow down the problem.

I appreciate the hard work you've done, but unfortunately, I've run into a number of problems.

1) Using Firefox 3.8.5: no matter what I do, the text on some spells invariably runs off the end of the card, causing it to be cut off, rendering it incomplete. Some of the cards are skewed out of alignment as well.

2) I switched to IE 7, the results were a bit better.

When I tried to use "page setup" to establish the 0.25 margin, I received several error message popups:

An error has occurred using the page setup dialog.
Error code: 16
Object doesn't support this property or method.

Another one, this time with error code 12 follows that popup.

Tried print preview, another error popup:

Line: 1405
Char: 1
Error: invalid argument
Code: 0
URL: res://ieframe.dll/preview.dlg

Dunno if my IE is knackered (I rarely use it; prefer Firefox) or what.

In either case, a little assistance would be appreciated, please.

Well, the problems you ran into with IE are problems with your browser, I'm afraid. There is nothing in my program that could cause those errors in IE.

As for the problems in Firefox, did you mean 3.6.5? If so, I need to know a few things to help track down your problem:

1) Operating System.
2) Which card size are you trying to print?
3) Which cards in particular?

Quick mini-update:

1) Tweaked the controls a bit moving selection of individual spells to the top of the menu, it is now also on by default.

2) Updated the instructions to suggest the use of 0.25 inch margins, or 0.75 cm margins when printing, the old 0.5 inch margins wont allow Playing Card Size cards to fit.

Major new feature in the latest release:

New Card Backgrounds! - At many user's requests, I've added backgrounds to the spell cards! A couple of original backgrounds plus a background for every PFS faction for you PFS players! If you've got a suggestion for new backgrounds to add, let me know!

I hope to add several new background options to the spell cards! So if you've got any great ideas or request let me know!

Slayer Dragonwing wrote:

*Takes deep breath* thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!

I've been looking for something like this for ages. A while back I started trying to get spell cards out for all of the non-core books I had for 3.5 (I have a lot), but I ran into problems with organizing them and there was no way to find the ones I had listed.

I was wondering if you could, just maybe:
-Release the exact same program, but for 3.5 (I would think it wouldn't be that hard, just a copy and paste) for those of us who have a lot of 3.5 spells we can't technically convert to Pathfinder.
-Make there a way to save spells that you've input and aren't in the system (it might have this already, but I'm at work so don't have time to play around with it right now.)

Thanks a whole bunch, this should really help me and the other gamers I know a lot.

I'm at work too and can't check, but doesn't it have an option to input custom spells? That might work for those 3.5 spells. Course you'd have to do all of the copy and paste yourself, and it probably would be lost when you log out... :-) But hey, copying and pasting the same spell a few dozen times just makes you a better gamer right!? lol]

I really the changes introduced. Thank you so much for your hard work!

The program does have a way to input your own custom cards one at a time. There is no reason that you couldn't input your 3.5 spells using the custom card creator.

I am working on a way to let you save your own cards to your own computers... but I have to be careful because other programs have been shut down due to copyright violations when they let users create custom content.

Small updates to the application!

Updated Spells Database - Mike updated his spellDB this week and it includes many small error fixes for the spells! Thanks again Mike! You rock!

Playing Card Size Added - After spending some time with a ruler and a lot of wasted pages, I've successfully made a card size option matching the standard playing card size. (2.5" x 3.5") Now they will fit in all your card sleeves as well as match up with other card products available for use with Pathfinder! They'll print 9 to a page and are the new 'default' option.

Font & Visual Changes - Changed some of the site's general font usage and main style, as well as moving back to a sans-serif font for the spell cards themselves.

Let me know how you like the changes. Still hunting down some of the bugs brought up in this thread. Expect an even bigger update soon. :)

Perram wrote:

Jayboy75 wrote:

It's new from Treasure Trove Software and it's completely free. I literally just posted this ten minutes ago. Have a look and let me know what you think. As always, comments and suggestions are more than welcome:

http://www.trovetokens.com/spellmaster.html

Wow, nicely done! And thanks for the credit at the bottom.

With something like this out there, I'm gonna have to up my game a bit. :)

Another nice option (for both Perram and and JayBoy), include a way to filter out spells with alignment descriptors (for good and evil clerics).

Neat idea!

It's new from Treasure Trove Software and it's completely free. I literally just posted this ten minutes ago. Have a look and let me know what you think. As always, comments and suggestions are more than welcome:

http://www.trovetokens.com/spellmaster.html

Wow, nicely done! And thanks for the credit at the bottom.

With something like this out there, I'm gonna have to up my game a bit. :)

dunelord3001 wrote:

Since your company is still in business I'm assuming that they had a positive growth rate before the use of the current DRM. Has the adoption of the new DRM caused a noticeable alteration in the growth rate of sales?

The old DRM was in use only on our first product - Army Builder. Sales were such that we were not breaking even and we seriously considered giving up on the product. The alternative was to try the new DRM, so we gave that a shot before giving up, and we were stunned at the results. Our sales more than doubled in a matter of months and continued to grow. After a year or so, the boosted sales provided enough extra revenue that we could re-invest in developing Hero Lab. That boost has persisted for a few years now and has allowed us to further invest in two additional products that are due out early next year.

So, from our perspective, adopting good DRM was the difference between failure and success. And that initial success with Army Builder has led to our ability to create another successful product in Hero Lab, with two more products on the way. Without the DRM, Army Builder would have been abandoned and Hero Lab never would have been created. So it's had a profoundly positive effect for us.

Now add in the many positive posts from our existing customers, both here in this thread and elsewhere across the internet, that indicate a healthy number of gamers feel they have received a good value for their investment. I view that as a clear win-win situation.

This makes me... rather sad. I dislike DRM as a matter of policy (REALLY REALLY dislike it.)... but this is the third (and most detailed) account I've heard of this particular DRM's effectiveness in keeping the company going.

I guess I was just hoping that gamers, recognizing that the companies are small businesses and as much a labor of lob as anything else, would WANT to pay for the software. But between hearing this again, seeing their customer service in action, and other similar experiences with PDFs...

Well, it isn't so black and white for me any more.

In the past I've given Lone Wolf a lot of grief over this issue, and for that I'm sorry. The truth is they put out one of the best pieces of gaming software on the market for a rather fair price, and while I dislike that they have to use DRM, I'd rather the software exist with DRM than not exist without it.