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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheAuldGrump" data-source="post: 1053058" data-attributes="member: 6957">Oi! And how could I forget? Druid's animal companions now get better and more experienced as the druid gains levels.The evil Hs were desperately in need of fixing, esp harm, I could live with Haste, but having listened to the whining of a munchkin when the npc did unto him what the munchkin had been doing unto others I was glad to switch to the new version. (Similar case in 1.0, the partyt used the sleep spell all the time at low levels, routinely slitting the throats of the snoozing critters. But wo unto me if the enemy spell casters did the same unto the party.And of course the needing to convert 3.0 stuff to 3.5 will be reversing itself over time, as more 3.5 stuff comes out.And yeah, it does sound like you were more looking for confirmation for your decision not to get 3.5 than for actual reasons to like 3.5. People (including myself, gods know I've done it often enough!) can become very attached to a point of view and call out, hoping for an echo. Boy, it's annoying when people don't follow my scripts!Not a bad thing not switching, I know a couple of people who just bought 3.0 because the price dropped to just a bit over 50% of the cover. And yes, it is just a revision, not a new edition. You really don't need to switch, except maybe the Monster Manual. (The only 3.0 book that I was really unhappy with, I could have done with half as many monsters and a better layout and more information for each critter.)Something I find amusing is just how often WotC pointed this out, on their website and in Dragon, carefully not saying that the revision was a must buy. You can't really say that they did a hard sell in that regard at least.)It does seem that a lot of the anti 3.5 rhetoric has been quieting down lately. Does anyone remember how loud the protests over 3.0 were? 'They're dumbing down the game!', 'PCs are getting too powerful, the monsters won't have a chance!', and my favorite: 'WotC is only doing the d20 system to kill GURPS!' (I wish I was kidding about this last, I encountered it both on the web and in person. One of the in person folks has now become an equally rabid d20 player.... Sometimes fanatics are just looking for a cause.)The Auld Grump</blockquote>

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