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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 3289593" data-attributes="member: 2642">The AE magic system is a big hit with my group. It's a lot of work to adapt to D&D, but worth it IMO.I use about six classes each from D&D and AE, mostly D&D races and skills, AE magic rules and a mix of spells dominated by standard AE ones, and a feat system that doesn't much resemble either game. If you're a tinkerer like me, or you're looking for an alternate take on d20 heroic fantasy to outright replace your PH, AE is well worth it.The highlight of PHII is the feat chapter, which goes a long way toward making fighters worth sticking with at high levels, and toward making shields worth using (a big pet peeve of mine). There are many other fine ideas in that chapter as well. Most of the rest I can take or leave, though I do recommend the variant druid abilities over the standard version. But PHII is far easier to use in a reasonably standard D&D game, since that's precisely what it's designed for, and most people agree that one or two of the classes it introduces are really good (though they don't agree on which ones!).</blockquote>