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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Regicide" data-source="post: 4298375" data-attributes="member: 67552">It's a very easy comparison between 3.5 and 4, I really don't understand how people can think it's lighter.I made a list of differences between 3.5 and 4 for when I ran 4 so my 3.5 players wouldn't have to spend hours going over the books.  The games are very similar.  4E combat actually has more steps and more rules than 3.5 and combats typically take longer because of it, but 3.5 has more out-of-combat rules.4E has less special power rules, i.e. less wizard and cleric spells, but has just turned those into more complicated magic item rules, rituals, and added powers for every class and race.The simplest comparison would be the size of the PHB.  They're the same, and it isn't because of fluff text.  Yes, magic items got folded into it, but they took the place of several classes.</blockquote>