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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ridley's Cohort" data-source="post: 3996564" data-attributes="member: 545">3e saves are very different from 2e.  IME middling level 2e PCs and NPCs save successfully 75+% of the time.  In 3e you are likely to see similar results for in the strong saves, but many more failures in the weak saves (unless you choose to spend significant resources to rectify the problem).This was a fundamental design change, done on purpose.  3e combat is faster.  Spells needs to be more likely to be be fully effective because the spellcasters see fewer Actions.  Whether/how this change is a good or bad thing is a separate point.Your last few points would be variants of annoying sacred cows that have outworn their welcome -- not an edition specific issue.</blockquote>