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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5012982" data-attributes="member: 22424">Love it.But...There are some very significant weaknesses inherent in the 3.x design. The balance is off at high levels, preparation takes too long, and there's too much emphasis on &quot;system mastery&quot;. Also, while 3.5e is on balance a better game than 3.0 (IMO), a lot of the so-called improvements were nothing of the sort (notably weapon sizes, weapon familiarity, and the increased emphasis on the grid).I also consider it one of the great tragedies of 3.x that while there is a really simple, elegant design at the core of the game, it was never made available in this stripped down form. Star Wars Saga Edition comes close, and is a wonderful game for it, but for D&amp;D one would need to do quite a lot of mechanical hacking to get at the 'lite' version of the game.All that said, 3.5e remains my &quot;D&amp;D of choice&quot;. 4e really isn't to my taste, and while Pathfinder is on balance a better game (IMO), I don't feel it is sufficiently better to convert over wholesale.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5012982, member: 22424"] Love it. But... There are some very significant weaknesses inherent in the 3.x design. The balance is off at high levels, preparation takes too long, and there's too much emphasis on "system mastery". Also, while 3.5e is on balance a better game than 3.0 (IMO), a lot of the so-called improvements were nothing of the sort (notably weapon sizes, weapon familiarity, and the increased emphasis on the grid). I also consider it one of the great tragedies of 3.x that while there is a really simple, elegant design at the core of the game, it was never made available in this stripped down form. Star Wars Saga Edition comes close, and is a wonderful game for it, but for D&D one would need to do quite a lot of mechanical hacking to get at the 'lite' version of the game. All that said, 3.5e remains my "D&D of choice". 4e really isn't to my taste, and while Pathfinder is on balance a better game (IMO), I don't feel it is sufficiently better to convert over wholesale. [/QUOTE]

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