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My recollection is that Dave's system involved spell formulas, limited by how much of the ingredients the M-U had available, such as...
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One of the last 3.5Ed campaigns I was in used that rule, but with 2 added books instead of 1.
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Should I buy any old Ravenloft books?
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2e and 3e Ravenloft blows 5e loft out of the water.
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So my rules implement this by getting rid of prestige classes and typically turning prestige class abilities that have no other source...
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I have a 600 page house rules document that is a fork of 3.0e that I call 3.25e or 3e AD&D that reworks a ton of the base game to fix...
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I'm reminded of just how many sidebars the 3.0 PHB had with alternate rules and ideas for doing things differently. I really liked...
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In recent weeks, I've decided to crack open my 3.0e PHB and started addressing the foundational problems at their very beginning. It's...
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I definitely think the feat trees in 3.x are a pain point, in general. I know flattening them is a key houserule of mine, and Pathfinder...
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It occurred to me some time ago that one of the solutions that might have been useful is to have some of those long, convoluted Feat...
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I've posted this before, but I have one specific "ruleset" mod for 3.x that I use to answer all of the above issues in one fell swoop...
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Someone trying a well-balanced points-based spellcasting system. Your character knows Fire. This is a touch-range spell dealing 1d6...
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DnD goes wild tends to make me think of a lich flashing the adventurers... As a shake up, rather than class specific, I'd like to see a...
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Never. There's a reason most people call levels 3-8 sweet spot. Levels 1-2 is survival mode, 9+ is superhero to demigod mode. In 3-8...
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Even with a cohesive vision, there's just too much content to assume it'll all play nice together. I think in this regard 3.x is like...
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I'm sorry you had a bad time with them. I'm not saying you need to like them. I'm simply saying I didn't enjoy the other D&D editions...
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