3e vs. 3.5e which is better?

[Wombat]

It comes down to this.

Several of the changes in 3.5 are good, even VERY good

BUT

Is it really worth the price?

That's a lot of money to plunk down for books that I already own and am already using in a decent-running campaign. D&D3e has not been out that long -- this feels more like a financial decision than truly a gaming decision. Equally there are changes that I find innane and many problems still not fixed.

Personally I find 3.5 to be a hiccup. I have downloaded the SRD, will cherry-pick the Good Bits (already have), ignore the rest, and never, ever buy the books.

I hope Hasbro is happy with the outcome.

 

[orbitalfreak]

Re: re

Its kind of hard to envision the Blood War when there is no blood being spilled...hehe

Then again, that may be why the Blood War goes on forever; there's never any damage done to either side!

 

[HiLiphNY]

Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed makes 3.5 look like a gaming system for a 3 year old. Add that to the poll!

 

[Arnwyn]

I like parts of each. Anything that strengthens the monsters and weakens the classes get the thumbs-up from me.

 

[shaff]

I agree with the statements of it being a financial decision... i think since its gone to WotC that is all they are concerned about. It kinda takes the fun out of it, dontcha think?

 

[bloodymage]

Neither? I'm with diaglo, but I'll Hack in a pinch!

 

[shaff]

I have a question... like i said at the beginning of this thread, i am new to this part of ENworld. I read in another thread, that a couple people thought this thread was "off topic". I was just wondering if it is. If so, where would things like this go?

 

[Mandeville]

3.5 is more then just a bunch of new rules. The more I read it, them more I am impressed.

Example why 3.5 is important.

I JUST found out the Sorcerers and Bards can not use the quicken spell feat. I didn’t realize that applying a meta magic feat to any of their spells would make it a full round action. I went back and hunted around the 3.0 PHB and there it was. But the information was not noted in the quicken spell feat description.

Now, I feel kinda silly for letting something like this slip past me for so long, but it would have gone on longer if not for the new books.

 

[Hackenslash]

3.5 is a lot better but still needs a lot of work...Errata...Hello !!!!

I voted for 3.5 as it did do what they promised and made some very cool game balances with classes, monsters and spells. But it is indeed a great shame that they obviously got some Non-DnD Gamer to edit/pre-read the books as they have way too many errors and inconsistencies to be worthy of an updated edition. Very Poor indeed. If that was my product and I had employed somebody to edit and make sure the books were bang on target, and I ended up with about 30 pages of Errata(see various threads on this site alone) that person or persons would most definitely be looking for another job. Just my 2 cents...

 

[bret]

It is much too early to tell.

Wait a year, then try to find this out. Right now, 3.5 is the new kid on the block and everyone who is interested in using it is still adapting to it.

In a year, those who were interested in using it will have some real experience with it. They will know how it runs over a much wider range of levels and found most of the 'new flaws' in the system.