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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1102695" data-attributes="member: 151">I guess you aren't, since <a href="http://www.opengamingfoundation.org/srd.html" target="_blank">it isn't still like that</a>. Are you coming from a really old cache?  It's been properly updated and released since 3/1/03.  Because the differences are minimal, extensive as they potentially can be.  A monster from OA is not going to suddenly double in HD, Skill and feats.  His CR may change slightly, but he's not going to suddenly become useless because his Spot is +15, when it should be +16, or because you've shorted him a feat and his DC for his web attack is one point higher than it would be if rebuilt under 3.5. Many of the changes to monsters are superficial, at best.  Can a player really tell the difference between a 3.5 orc and 3.0 orc?  Not likely that they'd note or care.  A 3.5 Girallon has a higher CR and his stats have been tweaked...but he's not fundementally different from a game perspective.  One stat has gone down, another up and his overall profile is slightly different tweaked...but in combat, he works no differently.  A change of -1 to his BAB isn't going to do much to the game, either way. We're not talking about changing the way BAB works here, or changing some fundemental mechanic...just that a monster statted in 3.0 will work, tweaked or no, in 3.5.  Many 3rd party supplements with new rules will work just as well under 3.5 as 3.0.  If I use the new crafting rules from BadAxe's HoHF:Half-Orcs, for example, they work irrespective of the version of D&D I'm using. That's not to say that you should run right out and get 3.5.  If you really use that many non-core rulebook materials, it IS a hassle.  But I suspect that for most, it's not a big one.  It's only for folks who feel the absolute need to competely transform a 3.0 supplement in its entirety that will feel this pain (as I think Melkor has).  For the rest, it will be a creature here, magic item there, spell there.</blockquote>

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