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Message: <blockquote data-quote="evildmguy" data-source="post: 3817085" data-attributes="member: 6092">After a long hiatus from DND, my group has switched back.  I never played a 3.5 game, though, and while I prefer some aspects of it, I like some aspects of 3.0 as well.  So, I am trying to create my "3.25" and take what I like from both.  To that end, I am trying to figure out what the design philosophies were for each game.  This is what I have:  3.0  Emphasized spells over itemsClasses are "top heavy"3.5 Emphasized items over spellsClasses are spread out with abilities to the point of one a levelHmm.  That's all I can think of at this moment.What I mean by spells vs items is that this is how I describe the changes in spells to 3.5.  In 3.0, an extended Bull's Strength by a 7th level character lasted all day.  In 3.5, it only lasts a "scene" but it gives a static high bonus.  As for the classes, 3.0 put a lot of abilities at first level.  In contrast, 3.5 spread the abilities out over many levels and I think later supplements tried to give an ability per level.  So, do I have things about right with those?  What other differences am I missing?  I am looking for ideas on what I need to do to convert stuff to me and my group's taste and so that's why I am posting this.  Any help would be appreciated!  Thanks!edg</blockquote>