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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5544417" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Some items were underrated in 3.0.  Boots of Striding and Springing were so cheap that many people I knew referred to them as "Boots of Standard Equipment".  There was no reason for any party with a crafter in it not to have those on everyone.Archers were broken in 3.0 as well.  Allowing magic weapons and ammunition to stack allowed for an archer to have an effective +10 weapon when every other weapon in the game topped out at +5.WOTC never did get comfortable with the Polymorph spells.  They kept rewriting them and rewording them.  In 3.0 the only difference between Poly Self and Poly Other was the duration.  Again, there was no reason for a party of sufficient level not to travel and work in Stone Giant or Fire Giant form 24/7.  Huge stat boosts, ac bonuses, etc., pretty much for free.As I recall, one edition (I can't remember which) made some reference to a Polymorph effect that didn't threaten the target's mind.  Except that Polymorph Other no longer had that old issue about the target eventually becoming the new creature, mind and body.  That problem got left behind in earlier editions.And, of course, in 3.0 you could generate infinite wealth buying pots and busting them up to sell as iron.  (An iron pot sold for less than the same weight of raw iron.)  That one was just silly.No edition is perfect.  IMHO, the 3.* set came closer than many other editions.</blockquote>

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