Solid buy. A lot of good information, very good for the creative juices, and weird things to throw at annoying players<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Well organised, a good compendium of STUFF<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: not knowing that some of the modern dispaches I bought were already in this thing<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

I believe that the money was well spent however there were several overlaps that I would like to have had fixed. Overall the product is very good.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

For several months I was undecided whether $30.00 was a price I was willing to pay for this service. Two days ago I gave in and made the purchase. The deciding point for me was looking at it as a service and not just a product. As a D20 GM I am always looking for twists and ideas for my campaign. Just receiving a mail on a regular basis keeps the juices flowing and has me checking the sourcebooks for followups. So while I may not directly use some of the information it will lead me to other information and keep the game fresh between periods of concentrated preperation and play. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The frequency of e-mails and how it leads me into new paths I had not considered previously. Excellent production values in the monthly summary and overall consistancy with core D20 Future rules. Monthly ships. Must have more ships.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: So far nothing, but I as sure there will be days when I look at the mail and wonder who could ever write or envision such a load of fertilizer.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

There were some bits of growing pains at first (as some may have seen in my older comments that I acctually asked RPGNOW to remove). However once a line of communication opened up and the developers could share their thoughts and the subscribers knew their comments were being seen my perception of the service changed. Not only do we get great content, but we are often privy to coupons for other Ronin Arts products. It is a great service.

Also, check out the (officially acknowledged) forum for the datastream at www.d20projects.com. :)<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Variety and interactiveness (due to the forums). Also the starship deckplans have been real tight.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Two months in now there is little I can see that is bad, not everything is 100% usable for my campaign, but those I think might not be actually often open up other ideas for me.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Buy It! The FDS is filled with useful d20 future info.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The Starship floor plan, the creators accept sugestions, and a forurm is set up to discuss the FDS.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: being suited to everything in d20 future campaigns, some information isn't quite relevant to my campaign.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

I've collected many great ideas for future sessions and campaigns from the material presented in the Future Datastream. Well worth the money.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Variety and quality of products. Phil and company are very receptive to comments and suggestions. Great value.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

This is an initial comment as the subscription has been running for less than one month.

This product is for the the D20 Modern player or gamemaster who couldn't get enough of the D20 Future source book. It does a good of expanding the material there along with providing material D20 Future didn't have room to include or kept as PI. So far there have been several robots, mecha, optional rules, weapons, equipment, armor, a nanoaugmenter along with an organization. The material covers PL 5-7 so far. This is an incomplete list of all the material, but it should give the prospective buyer a better idea of what they can expect. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The wide variety of material presented including cybernetics, weapons, armor, gadgets, NPCs and orginizations. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Not much really, my only complaint could be that the emails were recieved irregularly i.e. 2 one one day none on another. In the end I always recieved 5 emails and sometime one or two more in a week. Also a clearer product description would have helped me make my decision to subscribe sooner. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

What I've gotten so far from Datastream, I've been happy with. It has been basically what I've expected. I calculated that the emails coming in would have to be worth on average 12.5 cent each, assuming the deckplans were worth $2.50 each. As of today I have received 17 emails. So I ask myself, has the content that I've gotten so far worth $2.13? I can only answer yes.

Some of the emails are less than the average, but others are worth more. If after the end of the month I feel like I've gotten my $5 worth, then I'm happy. I feel they have gotten better the more that I have received.

I've bought a LOT of PDFs. Many were not worth the $5 I paid for them. Some have been worth MUCH more than the $1.85 I paid for those.

Have I been blown away so far? No. Have I been thoroughly dissapointed? No. Things have been about what I've expected so far, but to me they are getting better.

There was one thing I hadn't expected though: The author asking for subscriber input. Phil Reed answers questions and encourages us to tell him more of what we want to see. Check out his feedback and questions at http://www.d20projects.com/

My style of gamemastering is that I want to spend my time on creating stories and making my players have fun. I don't have time to do everything, so things like Datastream fill in the gaps for me. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Variety of emails. There has been everything from robots, to cyberware, to opponets, to mecha components. And we haven't even seen the deck plans yet.

Feedback from the author. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing yet.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

This has turned out to be a great purchase. Response from Phil Reed regarding the product has been prompt and quick. Material is generic enough to fit into most campaigns with little adjustment. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Responsive publisher, quality material.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: A little slow to start, but has much improved.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Month one is almost over and I am not as excieted about this product as I had figured I would be. It was implied we would get messages daily and for the first seven days of the product that was true. Then on 9 June we got two messages and none on Friday - I was upset, but looking back it does not say a message Daily M-F like I thought, it says five messages a week. This repeated the next week (I still didn't get it, so I was a bit upset still). Then this week comes around and so far we have only recieved two of our five messages.

Also, the content is fairly light. My final opinion is reserved for when we recieve our promised spacecraft this month, but I'm borderline upset, so hopefully things will become more regular in the future with this product. We'll see...<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Waiting to see if the starship will qualify for the answer to this.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Irregularity.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Disappointed<br>

I'm a long time subscriber to the DM's Idea Pipeline which is a similarily structured product that details fantasy material. The Datastream has only be in operation for 3 days and we've recieved:

A combat armature robot (PL 5) A hazard of xenobiotic particles particles that can weaken a ships hull integrety (CR 2) A robot pet - currently Scrappy the neo-dog (PL 5) <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Each weekday I have something new to look at in my email. I have access to varied material for a d20 modern/future setting Like the DM Idea Pipeline, the authors are responsive to ideas and requests from list members. Update pdf on a month and year basis.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>