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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 1464215" data-attributes="member: 3400">Overall, 3.5 is a worthwhile update on most counts. The revisions to character classes, particularly the Ranger and Bard, are good. The fixes to various spells are pretty good. I like the new damage reduction rules and regularlization of monster building.The problem with 3.5 is the feature creep in the system. There are bunches of spells changed for no clearly discernable reason. I agree that the buff spells needed some change because they were a dominating strategy. But I can't explain most changes at all. Spider Climb, after numerous revisions of the game, suddenly shifts to 2nd level from first? Invisibility reduced from 10 min/level to 1 min/level? And there are numerous other changes that will just leave you scratching your head. I have the serious impression that the project just grew beyond it's original and really useful scope of fixing certain major problems in the ruleset (harm spell, buff dominance, weak classes) because there wasn't a decent manager trying to keep the project on track and focus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 1464215, member: 3400"] Overall, 3.5 is a worthwhile update on most counts. The revisions to character classes, particularly the Ranger and Bard, are good. The fixes to various spells are pretty good. I like the new damage reduction rules and regularlization of monster building. The problem with 3.5 is the feature creep in the system. There are bunches of spells changed for no clearly discernable reason. I agree that the buff spells needed some change because they were a dominating strategy. But I can't explain most changes at all. Spider Climb, after numerous revisions of the game, suddenly shifts to 2nd level from first? Invisibility reduced from 10 min/level to 1 min/level? And there are numerous other changes that will just leave you scratching your head. I have the serious impression that the project just grew beyond it's original and really useful scope of fixing certain major problems in the ruleset (harm spell, buff dominance, weak classes) because there wasn't a decent manager trying to keep the project on track and focus. [/QUOTE]

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