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I'll buy the PHB. At first I said I'd never switch to 3.5, but lo and behold--I made the change almost as soon as the books hit the shelves. This time around, however, I think I'll be far more likely to hold out simply because I have an absurd amount of money invested in 3.5e. Excluding setting-specific books and adventures, I have probably 90% of the printed material for it. Granted, my wife works at a bookstore, so most of it was acquired at a hefty discount, but I just don't see a need for a change.
Our group is made up of very experienced players, and noone has much trouble with the rules, prep, etc. Need a CR7 Minotaur? Use the basic stats of a Hill Giant. Need some mid-level NPC mooks? Give them 3/4 HP, the elite array, some sensical feats, a few magic items, and just estimate the skills. Need a trap? Open the Spell Compendium (Energy Transformation Field, anyone?)
We all have so many builds we want to try from various twinked-out gishes to swordsage/swashbucklers to abjuration specialists that we have years and years before we'll ever get everything we want to get out of 3.5, even without ever playing the same character twice. Arcane Theurge, Seeker of the Song, Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil, Bloodstorm Blade, this, that, the other... There is soooo much stuff we've never tried but are dying to try that it just doesn't seem appealing to change rulesets unless the existing material can be easily adapted to the new rules. In fact, what excites me most about this announcement is that I'll likely be able to find the few books I don't have for 3.5 on eBay for peanuts in the near future.
That said, am I bitter/disenchanted/whatever? Heck no. A simpler ruleset sounds great, and I'm sure I'll pick the books up here and there as they become available. Eventualy we'll probably switch, but not until we've either a) exhausted all of the character options we'd like to try in 3.5 or b) decided the 4e rules are good and compatible enough to merit an immediate change.
Our group is made up of very experienced players, and noone has much trouble with the rules, prep, etc. Need a CR7 Minotaur? Use the basic stats of a Hill Giant. Need some mid-level NPC mooks? Give them 3/4 HP, the elite array, some sensical feats, a few magic items, and just estimate the skills. Need a trap? Open the Spell Compendium (Energy Transformation Field, anyone?)
We all have so many builds we want to try from various twinked-out gishes to swordsage/swashbucklers to abjuration specialists that we have years and years before we'll ever get everything we want to get out of 3.5, even without ever playing the same character twice. Arcane Theurge, Seeker of the Song, Initiate of the Sevenfold Veil, Bloodstorm Blade, this, that, the other... There is soooo much stuff we've never tried but are dying to try that it just doesn't seem appealing to change rulesets unless the existing material can be easily adapted to the new rules. In fact, what excites me most about this announcement is that I'll likely be able to find the few books I don't have for 3.5 on eBay for peanuts in the near future.
That said, am I bitter/disenchanted/whatever? Heck no. A simpler ruleset sounds great, and I'm sure I'll pick the books up here and there as they become available. Eventualy we'll probably switch, but not until we've either a) exhausted all of the character options we'd like to try in 3.5 or b) decided the 4e rules are good and compatible enough to merit an immediate change.
