Do you prefer the 3.5 or the 3.0 weapon size rules?

Which weapon size rules do you prefer: the 3.0 or the 3.5 rules?

  • I prefer the 3.0 version.

    Votes: 128 40.9%
  • I don't really care, both are equally good (or bad)

    Votes: 32 10.2%
  • I prefer the 3.5 version.

    Votes: 139 44.4%
  • I just want to vote in polls!

    Votes: 14 4.5%

Yair

Community Supporter
A different thread got me wondering how popular the 3.5 weapon size rules were. I remember it was a bone of contention back when 3.5 was new, but I personally preferred the newer version. How about you?
I'm asking what version you prefer, not necessarily what version you use, if any.
 

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I personally prefer the new version. I like the greater variety of possible weapons, and I don't find the 3.5e system to be more complex than the 3.0 version.
 



I definately prefer the newer rules for fantasy play. They make more sense in a world where smaller and larger races craft their own weapons.

I'd still stick to 3.0 rules in modern games though. They work better for mass-produced, machine made weapons like firearms.
 


3.5, definately, for the reasons arscott stated earlier.

Utterly random sidenote: In my old job for AT&T, the name 'San Luis Obispo' stuck in my head for some reason. Since then, I keep seeing it everywhere. /ramble
 

EVeryone keeps saying 3.5, but the votes are almost balanced. Could someone from the 3.0 crowed give us his reasoning?
 

I prefer the 3.5 version on a philosophical level. However, I'm not fond of a couple of the implementation details:

1) Small missile weapons don't have the range increment reduced, when logically they would.

2) Small characters suffer both a Strength penalty and a damage reduction due to the size of their weapons. Consequently, Small warrior-types really don't seem like a viable character option (in a standard, reasonably-optimised group). Actually, my preferred fix for that is to get rid of the Strength penalty for Halflings and Gnomes (no adjustments for Halflings, +2 Con/-2 Wis for Gnomes), but that's another topic.

3) The rules for weapon equivalencies by size (from the DMG) should almost be standard, except that they only fit for some weapons. I can see that a small longsword is not the same as a medium shortsword, but perhaps a small longbow is the same as a medium shortbow?
 


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