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Is 3.5 just another WoTC Shakedown?
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<blockquote data-quote="Benben" data-source="post: 1025350" data-attributes="member: 110"><p>General Answer to your questions:</p><p>Go here and read the 3.5 SRD:</p><p><a href="http://www.wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=srd35" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=srd35</a></p><p></p><p>After you've read it you can decide if you want the new books.</p><p></p><p>> Is 3.5 really good enough to drop another $100 to re-buy the </p><p>> core rule books? </p><p></p><p>Well you won't be paying $100 unless your local game store isn't offering any sort of deal. The deals won't last forever so decide quickly. You'll be paying anywhere from $50 to $70 for all three books.</p><p></p><p>> If I only buy one 3.5 book initially, should I start with the PHB </p><p>> or the DMG? (Keep in mind, I'll be DMing)</p><p></p><p>You can glean most of the important changes in the PHB from the SRD. The DMG got a significant face lift, as it received material from Manual of the Planes, the Epic Handbook, and few others. If you use the 3.0 DMG and other DMG sources for campaign info then it's worth it. If you only use the DMG for the XP, Poison, and Magic Item tables, then you can just print out pages from the SRd.</p><p></p><p>> If I don't buy the new books, what couple of 3.5 changes </p><p>> should I be aware of that REALLY make the game better than </p><p>> 3.0?</p><p></p><p>My top 3:</p><p>1) The spell changes to Haste, Heal, and Harm. </p><p>2) The massive alteration of the arcane spell lists.</p><p>3) The class alterations to Barbarians, Rangers, Druids, Bards, and Monks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benben, post: 1025350, member: 110"] General Answer to your questions: Go here and read the 3.5 SRD: [url]http://www.wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=srd35[/url] After you've read it you can decide if you want the new books. > Is 3.5 really good enough to drop another $100 to re-buy the > core rule books? Well you won't be paying $100 unless your local game store isn't offering any sort of deal. The deals won't last forever so decide quickly. You'll be paying anywhere from $50 to $70 for all three books. > If I only buy one 3.5 book initially, should I start with the PHB > or the DMG? (Keep in mind, I'll be DMing) You can glean most of the important changes in the PHB from the SRD. The DMG got a significant face lift, as it received material from Manual of the Planes, the Epic Handbook, and few others. If you use the 3.0 DMG and other DMG sources for campaign info then it's worth it. If you only use the DMG for the XP, Poison, and Magic Item tables, then you can just print out pages from the SRd. > If I don't buy the new books, what couple of 3.5 changes > should I be aware of that REALLY make the game better than > 3.0? My top 3: 1) The spell changes to Haste, Heal, and Harm. 2) The massive alteration of the arcane spell lists. 3) The class alterations to Barbarians, Rangers, Druids, Bards, and Monks. [/QUOTE]
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