Comments on: Why I am getting DnD Insider

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:20:25 +0000

I suscribed to D&D Insider myself and went “WTF?” when I failed to see the so-announced dungeon-making program.

However, I don’t regret it too much since I fell in love with Dungeon and Dragon magazines. The Compendium is like a big reference book without any rules explanation or context. You want a monsters stats, you get it. However, you’ll have to buy the book to know what the heck it’s supposed to be.

Sucks, but it’s fair given the wicked amount of results you get by searching their database. (It’s pretty useful if you want to discretely check up something while at work or at school while thinking about game prep.)

By: Dezriktheblue

Dezriktheblue — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:27:19 +0000

I agree with Yarbo. I’d feel jipped by buying the crap they have on their now. They should lower the price until the whole thing works.

By: Yarbo

Yarbo — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:37:31 +0000

They gimped it from the start. Not enough tools yet to make it worthwhile. The compendium is worthless, I can find rules faster flipping through the book myself. And they’ve been anything BUT forthcoming with when they expect to launch any of the additional tools, like the Character Generator, that were supposed to be ready when the new rules set released months ago. Wizards dropped the ball on this in the worst possible way.

By: Steven

Steven — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:39:42 +0000

Do you feel the same way about D&DI now that they have released the compendium?

By: Bartoneus

Bartoneus — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:13:26 +0000

Not just that, but if you are using the Character Sheet program that I believe they said will come with paid D&D Insider, your abilities on your Char. Sheet will have hover / drop downs that show the full rules for that specific action.