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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8450913" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>Looking back now, it's interesting to consider some of the adjustments that 3.5 put into play later in its lifespan that didn't make it into Pathfinder 1E (most likely because said adjustments never got added to the 3.5 SRD).</p><p></p><p>For instance, the <em><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/54389/Magic-Item-Compendium-35?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank"><em>Magic Item Compendium</em></a></em> re-balanced the pricing on a lot of non-standard items, as well as adding a great way of changing out the functionality of magic weapons and armor with <em>augment crystals</em>. Plus the subtle (and somewhat poorly written) rule in appendix 2 which changed the costs associated with adding resistance bonuses to saves, deflection bonuses to AC, (enhancements to) natural armor bonuses to AC, and enhancement bonuses to ability scores (aka the third-through-sixth bullet points on the list of <a href="http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20070302a" target="_blank">"Big Six"</a> magic items) onto extant magic items.</p><p></p><p>It's really a shame how today, that book is known for how much errata it needed, and how the premium reprint was advertised as incorporating that errata when it actually didn't.</p><p></p><p>Another one was the Battle Blessing feat in <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/54289/Complete-Champion-35?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank"><em>Complete Champion</em></a>, which gave paladin spellcasting a modest boost by making all paladin spells with a full-round action casting time take only a standard action, and all paladin spells that required a standard action to cast take only a swift action. It didn't fix the fundamental problems associated with paladin spellcasting (which Pathfinder tried to address in their own way), but it at least made it so that using those spells in combat didn't come at the cost of doing something more effective, such as attacking.</p><p></p><p>Little things like that cropped up quite a bit when you started looking for them, and it was sad to see that Pathfinder wasn't able to incorporate them.</p><p></p><p><em>Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8450913, member: 8461"] Looking back now, it's interesting to consider some of the adjustments that 3.5 put into play later in its lifespan that didn't make it into Pathfinder 1E (most likely because said adjustments never got added to the 3.5 SRD). For instance, the [I][URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/54389/Magic-Item-Compendium-35?affiliate_id=820'][I]Magic Item Compendium[/I][/URL][/I] re-balanced the pricing on a lot of non-standard items, as well as adding a great way of changing out the functionality of magic weapons and armor with [I]augment crystals[/I]. Plus the subtle (and somewhat poorly written) rule in appendix 2 which changed the costs associated with adding resistance bonuses to saves, deflection bonuses to AC, (enhancements to) natural armor bonuses to AC, and enhancement bonuses to ability scores (aka the third-through-sixth bullet points on the list of [URL='http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20070302a']"Big Six"[/URL] magic items) onto extant magic items. It's really a shame how today, that book is known for how much errata it needed, and how the premium reprint was advertised as incorporating that errata when it actually didn't. Another one was the Battle Blessing feat in [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/54289/Complete-Champion-35?affiliate_id=820'][I]Complete Champion[/I][/URL], which gave paladin spellcasting a modest boost by making all paladin spells with a full-round action casting time take only a standard action, and all paladin spells that required a standard action to cast take only a swift action. It didn't fix the fundamental problems associated with paladin spellcasting (which Pathfinder tried to address in their own way), but it at least made it so that using those spells in combat didn't come at the cost of doing something more effective, such as attacking. Little things like that cropped up quite a bit when you started looking for them, and it was sad to see that Pathfinder wasn't able to incorporate them. [I]Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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