Oh Drakiis I completely agree with your "crutch" assessment..

I've got now the luxury of having those core books in eReader format on my tablet so I don't need to shall out the $, though I would if it really took off, for those books.

Still something about hardcover books that do it for this guy but I've slowly become the eReader nut having all kinds now and enjoying them in bed with the lights out (lol).

I'm up early, going to do some scan's of "The Twisting Halls" maps from this new D&D Redbox and try to put together the entire campaign (5-7 instances) in this D20Pro.