And I will counteract the incredible cheapness point...
#1 For the vast number of people speaking for PRD access.. they are talking about Convention useage. Where theft runs rampant, time is heavily scheduled, and there is no storage long or short term available. This forces the decision to or not to play on specific days due to risk, time and weight.
#2 No one asking for the PRD access is saying they are unwilling or has no bought books or pdf's. What there saying is why are we risking them like this to play at a show? Its a valid point and one I make often. I do not carry anything I can't keep underfoot or in my lap to any convention and I do 20+ a year.
#3 As someone who has had every PF book I've ever owned stolen all at once. And then my replacement Core book stolen at a convention (and replaced by Mike Seales a few hours later) shortly after coming back to PFS play. I can say this... This is too much personal cost to ask someone to keep risking for no other reason than "they might be cheating". If someone wants to cheat there going to. No amount of stuff in a backpack on the floor will change that.
#4 This argument is not about being cheap. Its about risk reduction. Its about cost control during a recession. Its about feeling that your hobby supports you as much as you support it. PFS does a good job of all of that and we can assume it will continue to do so in the future. What we all have to consider is that as the books keep flowing and the investment gets bigger and bigger what the greater risk will mean. And how loud this argument will eventually get when everyone has 9 characters and $1,000 dollars of stuff underfoot while surrounded by 1,000+ strangers who knows whats in the bag.
