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However, you should inform them how your game is going to run, so they can make an informed choice about it.

Changes for Dungeons and Dragons 3.5, collected by Steven Cooper

See OD&D Supplement II: Blackmoor.

Yeah, I'll really have to disagree with all that -- it doesn't matter how many steps you create in the process, no mechanical process can really assign CR properly all the time (as much as we'd all love there to be). Frankly, I thought that was the best thing about 3E CR's -- the up-front...

I think it's pretty self-evident that there can't be a mechanism for turning stats into CRs. (Since there's always an open-door to any new special abilities, those will inherently be left out.) The only way to get solid CRs is through practical playtesting (which could have been refined over...

That's exactly what I did in my DimD20 rules, so if someone wants the statistics they can grab it directly out of the linked document, below. (Giants get the same treatment, i.e., back to OD&D/Basic/1E hit dice.)

Some data: Computer search of my Dragon Magazine Archive, issues 1-250. The first appearance of "4d6" with regards to character creation is in issue #39, p. 20, "Leomund's Tiny Hut" column, where it's referring back to the already-published Dungeon Master's Guide. Tell me if you can think of...

Note the OP: "To your recollection, when did that rule first appear in the D&D core rulebooks?"

Word.

That's not long. Some days I spend that much time reading ENWorld here, and I don't even get to blow anything up with my mind at the end! :D

Geez, I sure hope not. :) One of the things I'm looking at is that depending on your (Chainmail) magic skill roll, your spell might (a) come into effect immediately, (b) get delayed come into effect next turn, or (c) get negated/non-effective entirely. So that builds in a nice unpedictability...

I'm down wi' dat. :)

My solution has been to strip down 3E into my "Dan's Diminutive d20" rules (see link below). Part of the point is that I want to use my 3E books, and write under the OGL, but be cool to DM (via just a few key house rules). It's entirely resurrected my taste for playing D&D again. My system...

You know, if you go all the way back to pre-D&D Chainmail, you'll see wizards that make skill checks (basically) to successfully cast any spell. Pick a more powerful spell, and you're less likely to get it off. Sometimes I dream about what D&D would be like if Gary had kept to that idea...

Warning: I actually have a degree in philosophy, with a focus on postmodernism. :) But Heidegger can still go jump in a lake. I have yet to see anything from him other than incoherent snake-oil. (Or, "nonsensical pseudo-propositions", per Rudolf Carnap). He single-handedly gives philosophy a...

Actually, I'm really glad you threw that in there. I was just trying to figure which Knowledge skill was most appropriate.

2E says all kinds of loopy things. Quote from 1E DMG p. 11: [/LEFT]

It's also exceedingly close to what the Rules Cyclopedia (p. 293) presented for converting Basic D&D -> Advanced D&D.

Go with your gut. That artwork is the version that (a) was published while Gygax was still with the company, (b) was made by Dave Trampier of "Wormy" fame, (c) is sold in the digital PDF form at RPGNow, and (d) was referenced on the 3E PHB II. So, it's the "real deal". In version #1, I...