D&D 3E/3.5 2nd Edition Advantages and Disadvantages in 3E?

[hellbender]

Maybe this has been addressed before, I am sure it has, but I cannot find it.
A co-DM wants to run a campaign using the Advantages and Disadvantages from 2nd Edition and asked me to ask if anyone has converted them to Third Edition. I am one of those 1st editioners that ran when 2E came out, therefore I am not much help there, but I told him I would ask.


Thank you for any information,
hellbender

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

Jaligard's Cove has a list of advantages/disadvantages here:

http://homepage.mac.com/johnlowell/Home.html

You will find it by clicking "Articles" on the menu bar and then selecting "Traits And Disadvantages for 3e". Enjoy!

 

[trentonjoe]

That's a great link.


I can't wait to play my next near sighted dwarf.

 

[hellbender]

Hey, thanks a million for the link, Kaptain Kantrip, I will pass that along. I agree, it is a great link and I hope it helps out the other DM.

Take care,
Hellbender

 

[Zarrock God of Evil]

My only beef with the traits is that the generally act like feats and should probably be treated as such. Disadvantages could be introduced to give players more feats instead then - but the system is often misused!

-Zarrocl

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

Glad to be of service! One could easily take the GURPS advantages & disadvantages section and tailor it to 3e as well, or the old Top Secret/S.I. box set rules from TSR (1987), which had a great section on advantages and disadvantages. Both of these systems had much more to offer than the 2e skills & powers book (which was at least a major step in the right direction, IMO).

 

[Kaptain_Kantrip]

I would treat the "traits" as feats, but allow a player to take one extra feat in exchange for a disadvantage. It really does help define a starting character to have that extra feat and a disadvantage, particularly if the DM enforces the consequences of it and uses it as an adventure hook...