[Polkageist]

All the free stuff reminds me of early Linux installations. Yeah it's free, but you're also all on your own for how to use it, configure it, and make it pleasant to look at and work with.

So yeah, those free versions are like building a Gentoo kernel: useful but hard to use.

There's so much value in having good art, multiple editing passes to catch and clean things up. Text blocks that give usage clues and descriptions, which might not be important mechanically but are fun to read! Having layout that draws your eyes to the important numbers in a clean and easy-to-read format. Things like HP and move speed pop out, and there's the sheer joy of being able to see key attacks in a shaded table so that you can see exactly what to roll at a glance.

I mean, that's one of the reasons I bought the DFRPG books despite already owning the Dungeon Fantasy pdfs. The editing and layout in the DFRPG release is just so, so much easier to use.