I wish that my DDB purchases of the core rule books included the indexes printed in the back of the printed books. Obviously, the page numbers are not helpful, but the list of words in the indexes surely is.
For example, I am looking for guidance on how to handle PC death as a DM. I would like to look up death in the index for the DM's Guide and see where it's mentioned. The online index would link to several sections on death.
Of course, the search is another option, but an index is better in some situations. It's main value is that it's a helpful list made by a human, not just a computer finding all the instances of a string. An index is also great when you don't know what word you search for. I feel that the index is part of the value of a reference book (or manual, or handbook), and that the DDB versions of publications should at least include the same content as the printed publications.
This may be relevant in topics about the global search and ebook versions of the publications as well.
I wish that my DDB purchases of the core rule books included the indexes printed in the back of the printed books. Obviously, the page numbers are not helpful, but the list of words in the indexes surely is.
For example, I am looking for guidance on how to handle PC death as a DM. I would like to look up death in the index for the DM's Guide and see where it's mentioned. The online index would link to several sections on death.
Of course, the search is another option, but an index is better in some situations. It's main value is that it's a helpful list made by a human, not just a computer finding all the instances of a string. An index is also great when you don't know what word you search for. I feel that the index is part of the value of a reference book (or manual, or handbook), and that the DDB versions of publications should at least include the same content as the printed publications.
This may be relevant in topics about the global search and ebook versions of the publications as well.
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