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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 3102522" data-attributes="member: 9037">I played in two long running campaigns from the start of 3.0 to just last October we never used the five foot step. In the one game I played a sorcerer and in the second an archer and yes it does make it a little more diffcult to play. But I personally did not mind it. It made my feats important for example as a sorcerer I took the feat combat casting and maxed out my concentration skills. So I had to remember to combat cast my spells. When I played the archer I learned to use smart tactics like staying out of melee range using cover to my advantage and knowing when to put away the bow and use a melee weapon. As I went up in levels and took feats and picked the right prestige class I was able to use my bow in melee without worring about AOOs.I am starting my own campaign as DM and I have house ruled the five foot step away.  I just don't think it makes sense that all you have to do is take a step back and use a bow or cast a spell when confronted with a great axe weilding fighter who wants your head.When I play in games that use it it just seems so silly and I have noticed that mage types don't use the feat combat casting because they don't need it.</blockquote>