3.0e OR 3.5e

[DiFier]

We switched to 3.5 with only a few house rules and 3.0 throwback rules.

yup us too. can't call it modified it is 99% 3.5.

 

[MerricB]

3.5E. I got the books the day they came out and didn't look back. Oh, I occasionally refer to a couple of tables in the 3E DMG with regard to dungeon design, but mostly the 3.5E books and rules are superior.

My players saw the revised Ranger and Bard and were sold - they all have 3.5E PHBs now.

Cheers!

 

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

We're a bunch of old grognards who usually play straight 3E, when we're not playing d20modern.

(We are playing a lot of d20modern - nice, clean ruleset. Fun to run, fun to play. Dare I start a thread with the proposition that d20modern IS 4E and we just haven't realized it? [chortle])

We do enjoy 3E; sometimes we gripe about its shortcomings (which have been well-discussed on these boards). House rules and Rule zero are our friends.

We do occasionally dust off our Moldvay Basic books and play old-school. Lots of fun, but we are reminded then of its shortcomings as well (also well-discussed on these boards).

No one but me in my group wants to play again using the hallowed original, stapled books from the first box set. They say I'm crazy to want to! Feh.

We talked about moving up to 3.5, but no one wanted to shell out the cash so soon after 3.0 - we did our homework on these boards and elsewhere and the changes/improvements in 3.5 weren't compelling enough to drive the purchase for us. YMMV and more power to you, friends!

I guess I'm in the same camp as Diaglo - I play 3E but my heart still belongs to the old school. (But I think I like 3E a wee bit more than Diaglo does!)

[Goes to dig up dog-eared copy of "Men & Magic" for a nostalgic read-through]

 

[isidorus]

Posted by MerakSpielman - Today at 12:24 PM
We still play 3.0. My group has been unable to justify the expense of purchasing a bunch of new books when nobody's been abusing the 3.0 rules anyway.

The quote above says it all for our group. We probably will play 3.5 when two of us get work. Being laid-off since July of last year has put a serious crimp in my RPG spending, like $0

 

[diaglo]

We're a bunch of old grognards

i loved your party. they can kick the heck out of the A-Team any day of the week.

 

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

i loved your party. they can kick the heck out of the A-Team any day of the week.

[momentary thread hijack]

Heh. Don't have my 1E DMG handy for reference, but I take it you refer to Barrelhouse, Balto and Blastum?

Thanks for the chuckle, Diaglo.

Any other "pre-iconics" around? Arlanni, Arkayn, Aggro, et al?

[/hijack]

 

[Sir Whiskers]

We play 3.5 classes, with many 3.0 rules. Why? Because none of us has yet had the time to read the new books all the way through.

It's amazing how often we pick up one of the new books and discover something else that was changed in some small (but important) way.

 

[jaerdaph]

d. Other - d20 Modern

 

[Campbell]

We use the 3.5 books, with a few spell and feat alterations. For my next campaign however, things will probably be heavily altered since our group is considering adopting the Waking Lands variant combat rules. I'm glad we've made the switch, although I was hoping for more from the Ranger and Monk revisions.

 

[Crothian]

We play revised with a good amount of AU thrown in for flavor.