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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Doctor Futurity" data-source="post: 8450878" data-attributes="member: 10738">I'm an old 3.5 fan. Like many I was fairly burned out on the sheer volume of content and choice, although for me by 2007-2008 it was the heavy focus on the player base in the min/max game that killed it. As a DM I could only keep up with that kind of player so much. Switched to 4E, liked it but found it too narrow in design to support more organic or "realistic" stories and then defected to Pathfinder. Stuck with Pathfinder until D&D 5E. 5E was better....but it was almost too simple, and condensing all damage into large troves of hit points was tiresome and boring. Jumped to Pathfinder 2E when it came out, and enjoying that system but it has design elements that left me wondering if maybe I'd prefer trying 3.5 again (for the liberating feeling that I remembered from the first few years). Recollected the core books, started a new campaign this year, and having a blast. Playing 3.5 in 2021 is great because of these reasons:1. The game is done; I can collect old tomes as needed, but no new stuff is on the horizon; the game is "complete";2. The old culture around D&D 3.5 is gone, and people who I am gaming with make builds for fun that are interesting or for story reasons, and not because they are min/maxing to hell and back;3. The vast level of customizable options and flexibility solve all the restriction issues I have with 5E and PF2E. The enormous amount of support content in existence, both in print and online, means I as DM can fill out statblocks or mod existing content to save time.So indeed, the game I've personally had the most fun running this year is D&D 3.5, and it's the only system I am obsessing over right now. I seriously never thought I'd type those words even just 8 years ago, and my 2008 self would think I was mad!</blockquote>

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