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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bret" data-source="post: 1051365" data-attributes="member: 713">Changes that I thought were good:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fixing Harm and Heal. I think that Haste is also an improvement, the change brings it back into line with the original spell, but it is disruptive to many character strategies.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Allowing spontaneous casters (Sorcs/Bards) to exchange spells as they go up levels.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Allowing Druids to spontaneously cast Summon Nature's Ally.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changing the Druid weapon restrictions.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Giving Paladin's more smiting goodness.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Expanded Synergy bonuses.</li> </ul>Changes that I did not like:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rangers becoming the best at sneaking. They now have enough skill points (having effectively gained 3/level) to max hide and move silently without a problem, gain Hide In Plain Sight and Camoflauge, and have spells to help them hide. I think they have seriously invaded territory that was traditionally the rogue's forte.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Too many changes to the rules that will have effect on what is possible. The changes are large enough to cause continuity problems in an existing campaign, you can't simply upgrade. I find the the transition between DnD 3.0 to 3.5 is a larger change than Ars Magica 3rd to 4th, Hero 3rd to 5th, or GURPS 2nd to 3 or 3 revised.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Too many tweeks on the spells. It takes a while to learn the spells. Too many of them have changed, some of them not obvious, which means we are back to looking up the spell each time it is cast. Some of the changes will also cause continuity problems for existing campaigns and characters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Many of the skill changes. I'm not happy with the new Perform, the renaming of skills, putting Alchemy under craft but then requiring spell casting ability to use it, making rogues as clueless at navigating a maze as a fighter (intuit direction used to be a class skill, now it is rolled into Survival which is cross-class), and some of the other changes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using PrCs as a way to deal with the multiclassed spellcaster problem. I haven't read the DMG section on creating PrCs yet, if they gave [bold]excellent[/bold] guidelines to creating these type of PrCs this might be somewhat reduced as a source of irritation.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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