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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UltimaGabe" data-source="post: 1400614" data-attributes="member: 16019">Exactly. In most of the games I'm in, you never know when a battle is going to occur, or how long the battle is going to last- sometimes there's battle after battle and the gauntlet lasts for hours of gameplay, but other times the battles pop up and are over in a round. Personally, I think it's dumb as all heck to have to waste a spell slot a round into battle to cast a buff on the fighter, only to have the battle end before he gets to benefit from it.In our games, with most spells that were either nerfed or just made useless in 3.5, we're generally allowed to choose which version we want to use. If we want a definite +4 to a stat, and we know that that's the only battle we're gonna be in, we use the 3.5 buffs. If we want to take the chance of rolling a 1 on the d4, but we want it to last longer, than we use the 3e buff instead. If we want an extra partial action to cast an extra spell per round, we use the 3e Haste. If we want all of our friends to gain an extra attack instead, however, we use 3.5 Haste. When we divy up the treasure at the end of adventures, we generally find mixes of 3e and 3.5 potions/scrolls/items among the horde.</blockquote>