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Love of 3.5E

Some things are nice.

Still hate the paladin's magical mounts

I considered REALLY hard the notion of biting the bullet and going with the 3.5 spell list for ease of reference for the players, but I am sorry: they butchered it. The old specialization system worked; the new one just waters down the spell, makes the already weak sorcerer less viable by divvying out flexible spells, and still doesn't balance the schools as theorized.

Chucking the old cover and concealment rules was the most baffling rule of all. I think I understand why they did it, but it is not a good reason. D&D still is ultimately an RPG.

Similar reasons are behind the change to non-representative facings.

DR I am mostly on board with, but have pretty freely tweaked it to fit the feel I am looking for.



I'm not about the false dichotomy of saying 3.0 or 3.5 is better. Some things about 3.5 are better. Some are worse.
 
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I guess I'm in the minority here. I really hate 3.5e! I have trouble thinking of a single change that I like. Even the much lauded 3.5 ranger, doesn't seem like that much of an improvement to me. What I hate the most is the fact that it seems to have fractured my local gaming community. I know some people who swear by 3.5, discarding their entire collection of 3.0 books upon the release of 3.5. I know others who hate 3.5e so badly that they refuse to purchase or use any d20 books written after the release of 3.5e. It's a no win situation!

I don't mean to flame anyone who likes 3.5e. I just wanted to add my opinion, albeit a minority one! :)
 
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What Psion said. Especially these:

Psion said:
Some things are nice.
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I'm not about the false dichotomy of saying 3.0 or 3.5 is better. Some things about 3.5 are better. Some are worse.
 

I didn't buy 3.5 on moral grounds so I don't know if 3.0 or 3.5 is better.

I will buy 4.0 when it comes out, though.

1st ed went for 15 years
2nd ed went for 11 years
3rd ed went for 3 years

I'm not gonna buy a new edition so shortly after its release but I'm sure WotC is happy that most people did.
 

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