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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1929088" data-attributes="member: 6777"><p>The psionics in d20M are the same psionics in 3.0 (and not the improved psionics in 3.5) with levels 6-9 filed off. For the most part. </p><p></p><p>D20M, though complete in a single volume, does not have nearly the amount of creatures, spells, powers, and magic items that D&D does (though you could certainly cannibalize your 3.0 books for that; d20M pre-dates 3.5 and should work with them just fine).</p><p></p><p>The question is: What game do you want to play? Do you want to play D&D? Get 3.5; it's great. Do you want to play something that is not D&D? Get d20M.</p><p></p><p>Or better yet, get both. Given the discounts you can find on the books new at places like buy.com and Amazon, or how cheap you can generally find them used, you can afford it all. $90? Full price is for suckers.</p><p></p><p>Or even better yet, grab the SRD and MSRD and play them for a while and then see which you like better. As long as you have the XP table from the 3.0 PHB and the info on awarding experience from the 3.0 DMG, you have everything you need to make full use of the updated SRDs.</p><p></p><p>Me? I love 'em both. I don't really understand choosing between then, however, as they're very different games, best used for very different purposes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buzz, post: 1929088, member: 6777"] The psionics in d20M are the same psionics in 3.0 (and not the improved psionics in 3.5) with levels 6-9 filed off. For the most part. D20M, though complete in a single volume, does not have nearly the amount of creatures, spells, powers, and magic items that D&D does (though you could certainly cannibalize your 3.0 books for that; d20M pre-dates 3.5 and should work with them just fine). The question is: What game do you want to play? Do you want to play D&D? Get 3.5; it's great. Do you want to play something that is not D&D? Get d20M. Or better yet, get both. Given the discounts you can find on the books new at places like buy.com and Amazon, or how cheap you can generally find them used, you can afford it all. $90? Full price is for suckers. Or even better yet, grab the SRD and MSRD and play them for a while and then see which you like better. As long as you have the XP table from the 3.0 PHB and the info on awarding experience from the 3.0 DMG, you have everything you need to make full use of the updated SRDs. Me? I love 'em both. I don't really understand choosing between then, however, as they're very different games, best used for very different purposes. [/QUOTE]
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