Do you prefer the 3.5 or the 3.0 weapon size rules?

[Kvantum]

3.5 took me a while to get used to, but I prefer it now, for many of the reasons already stated.

 

[Psion]

I think the 3.5 weapon size rules are anal to a level that is out of character for D&D. And at the same time comes up with some nonsensical results. So in essence, you trade one set of head scratchers for a new set with additional bookkeeping.

 

[Drowbane]

I think the 3.5 weapon size rules are anal to a level that is out of character for D&D. And at the same time comes up with some nonsensical results. So in essence, you trade one set of head scratchers for a new set with additional bookkeeping.

quoted for truth!

 

[TheAuldGrump]

3.5. There are other rules that I prefer the 3.0 version (base sizes for example), but that's not one of them. A short sword is not a long sword built small!

The Auld Grump

 

[Pseudonym]

I just want to vote in polls!

Truth be told I'm apathetic either way, as it didn't seem to have any impact on games I ran or played in in 3.0 or 3.5.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

What's stupid about 3.5 rules is that a character can't use a pair of two-handed weapons--one in each hand (with some [possibly steep] penalties, of course). But a character can use an "oversize" weapon with a minor penalty.

 

[Uder]

It's different, but not better or worse. Fear it.

BTW Psion, why does it require more bookkeeping? I don't see it at all.

 

[Woas]

I love 3.5 weapon sizing. 3.0 sizing was just bad research from a movie or something. A humans shortsword is going to be some giants dart? I don't think so...

 

[Psion]

It's different, but not better or worse. Fear it.

BTW Psion, why does it require more bookkeeping? I don't see it at all.

Well, instead of worrying only about a weapon type which implicitly includes size, I have to give all weapons in the game a type and a size. Now all the sudden, even if a weapon is small enough for a character to wield it, I have to worry about what size it was forged for, and apply an attendant modifier for it.

 

[scourger]

If I run d20 again, I hope to go back to 3.0. Weapon sizes is just one of the reasons.