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<blockquote data-quote="McBard" data-source="post: 3507974" data-attributes="member: 14934">In general, I agree. However, I DM 95% of the time, but it wasn't until I was a player the most recent time in a 3.5 campaign (Age of Wyrms) that the desire to DM OR play core 3.5 finally died. I discovered that DMing a 3.5 campaign is a chore, and playing in one (that is a chore) is boring.So, I've pretty much stripped down/boiled down 3.5 in similar ways C&amp;C and True20 do--in the end, it's a homebrew 3.5ish system that suits our group's tastes: intricate system &quot;away from the gaming table&quot; (i.e. plenty of character building choices, feats) but very fast game mechanic &quot;at the gaming table&quot; (i.e. sitting down to play out combat goes MUCH faster in our system...and we even use minis). C&amp;C speeds up game-play prep (away from the table), but it's too thin in play. True20 does a fair job in both. 3.5 is a great game away from the gaming table (frankly, a hobby in itself), but a horrible one at the gaming table. For our group's purposes, I'm getting close to perfecting both aspects with my homebrew system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="McBard, post: 3507974, member: 14934"] In general, I agree. However, I DM 95% of the time, but it wasn't until I was a player the most recent time in a 3.5 campaign (Age of Wyrms) that the desire to DM OR play core 3.5 finally died. I discovered that DMing a 3.5 campaign is a chore, and playing in one (that is a chore) is boring. So, I've pretty much stripped down/boiled down 3.5 in similar ways C&C and True20 do--in the end, it's a homebrew 3.5ish system that suits our group's tastes: intricate system "away from the gaming table" (i.e. plenty of character building choices, feats) but very fast game mechanic "at the gaming table" (i.e. sitting down to play out combat goes MUCH faster in our system...and we even use minis). C&C speeds up game-play prep (away from the table), but it's too thin in play. True20 does a fair job in both. 3.5 is a great game away from the gaming table (frankly, a hobby in itself), but a horrible one at the gaming table. For our group's purposes, I'm getting close to perfecting both aspects with my homebrew system. [/QUOTE]

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