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<blockquote data-quote="Razz" data-source="post: 2805116" data-attributes="member: 3014">I haven't read much of this thread. It's grown rather big and only started a couple of weeks ago!But Edena of Neith, welcome to 3rd Edition (and revised to 3.5) and I hope you enjoy it! It offers tons of what I like to call &quot;fun fun fun optional options!&quot;. The game is very flexible now and a lot more fun and easier than 2E was. More concise and detailed, as well. Though the more books you purchase, the broader the options. It's great, but could give you a headache as in my case (I own most of the 3E books and supplements made by WotC and also for the Forgotten Realms setting), but at least the information you need is there on the shelf.Though some would complain more options means more min-maxing, if a player likes to min-max than so what? As a DM, his/her job is to make the players happy. I have had a mix of player types in one group. The min-maxer, the power gamer, the role player. And the new options in the game is useful to all player types. I suggest you subscribe to Dragon Magazine for more options and guidelines to how to run your own campaign or play your character, and to Dungeon if you ever wanted an adventure ASAP and you don't have time to make your own.But in any case, enjoy 3rd Edition! Unearthed Arcana &amp; 3rd Party Products pretty much made the game into a 4th Edition if you use those, thanks to the fact that you could substitute what's in there with the core rules of the game. There's also an innumerable line of 3rd party products you could purchase as well to enhance your games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Razz, post: 2805116, member: 3014"] I haven't read much of this thread. It's grown rather big and only started a couple of weeks ago! But [b]Edena of Neith[/b], welcome to 3rd Edition (and revised to 3.5) and I hope you enjoy it! It offers tons of what I like to call "fun fun fun optional options!". The game is very flexible now and a lot more fun and easier than 2E was. More concise and detailed, as well. Though the more books you purchase, the broader the options. It's great, but could give you a headache as in my case (I own most of the 3E books and supplements made by WotC and also for the Forgotten Realms setting), but at least the information you need is there on the shelf. Though some would complain more options means more min-maxing, if a player likes to min-max than so what? As a DM, his/her job is to make the players happy. I have had a mix of player types in one group. The min-maxer, the power gamer, the role player. And the new options in the game is useful to all player types. I suggest you subscribe to Dragon Magazine for more options and guidelines to how to run your own campaign or play your character, and to Dungeon if you ever wanted an adventure ASAP and you don't have time to make your own. But in any case, enjoy 3rd Edition! Unearthed Arcana & 3rd Party Products pretty much made the game into a 4th Edition if you use those, thanks to the fact that you could substitute what's in there with the core rules of the game. There's also an innumerable line of 3rd party products you could purchase as well to enhance your games. [/QUOTE]

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