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Edition Experience - Did/Do you Play 3rd Edtion D&D? How Was/Is it?
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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 9252796" data-attributes="member: 50987"><p>Yeah, I feel the same way. 3rd Edition (and later, 3.5E and Pathfinder) didn't really work for my group either once we got to Level 10...it was just too tedious at that point. I remember spending entire gaming sessions just to run one single battle scene, with players sometimes having to wait a half-hour or more between turns. And it didn't help to spend that time thinking of your next move, because by the time your next turn <em>did </em>come around, the battlefield had changed so completely that folks would scrap whatever plan they originally had and start all over.</p><p></p><p> If I ever run it again, I'd cap all characters at 9th level (35,000xp), and just award feats for every 10,000XP they gain above that.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No spells of 5th level or higher</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No ten-level Prestige classes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No triple-digit hit point totals</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Max of two attacks per round</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Only two ASIs across your character's entire career</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Total equipment value capped at ~36,000 gp</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No CR 13+ monsters</li> </ul><p><em>Sign me up.</em></p><p></p><p>I do miss a lot of things from 3E. I miss the monster templates, Level Adjustments, small-sized characters, racial bonuses/penalties, and Favored Classes, bonus spells and deities...it's a shame that these things weren't carried forward in 5E.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 9252796, member: 50987"] Yeah, I feel the same way. 3rd Edition (and later, 3.5E and Pathfinder) didn't really work for my group either once we got to Level 10...it was just too tedious at that point. I remember spending entire gaming sessions just to run one single battle scene, with players sometimes having to wait a half-hour or more between turns. And it didn't help to spend that time thinking of your next move, because by the time your next turn [I]did [/I]come around, the battlefield had changed so completely that folks would scrap whatever plan they originally had and start all over. If I ever run it again, I'd cap all characters at 9th level (35,000xp), and just award feats for every 10,000XP they gain above that. [LIST] [*]No spells of 5th level or higher [*]No ten-level Prestige classes [*]No triple-digit hit point totals [*]Max of two attacks per round [*]Only two ASIs across your character's entire career [*]Total equipment value capped at ~36,000 gp [*]No CR 13+ monsters [/LIST] [I]Sign me up.[/I] I do miss a lot of things from 3E. I miss the monster templates, Level Adjustments, small-sized characters, racial bonuses/penalties, and Favored Classes, bonus spells and deities...it's a shame that these things weren't carried forward in 5E. [/QUOTE]
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