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<blockquote data-quote="jaywolfenstien" data-source="post: 5305864" data-attributes="member: 82973">I'm thinking about running an online 3.5 campaign, and I was considering altering the Saves to more resemble the Defenses of 4th Edition to cut down on the amount of back-and-forth.&nbsp; At the table, exchanges of course go much faster.&nbsp; Resolving a saving throw will only take ten seconds:&nbsp; &quot;And Big Bad Guy casts a spell, give me a Will Save.&quot;&nbsp; (player rolls)&nbsp; &quot;I got a 16.&quot;&quot;'Mwa ha ha!, the villain laughs, 'You're mine now!' as your vision goes blurry and you feel weak...&quot;&nbsp; But with an online campaign said exchange might take a day or two which, by itself isn't so bad, but with a hypoethtical complex fight and hypothetical RL issues (not being able to post/e-mail/whatever) might drag said exchange out to a week or more.&nbsp; I was wondering if I could make, say, a Lvl 1 Fighter's &quot;+2 Fortitude Save&quot; a &quot;Fortitude Defense: 12&quot; (essentially just add base 10) And then the Evil Wizard's Level 2 Ghoul Touch spell (Save DC13) becomes a +3 attack to overcome the Fighter's Fortitude Defense. It seems easy enough, but if D&amp;D 3e has taught me anything, it's to become very suspicious if things seem easy.&nbsp; So, has anyone tried this?&nbsp; What were the results?&nbsp; How did it work out?&nbsp; What am I not seeing?&nbsp; Thanks in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jaywolfenstien, post: 5305864, member: 82973"] I'm thinking about running an online 3.5 campaign, and I was considering altering the Saves to more resemble the Defenses of 4th Edition to cut down on the amount of back-and-forth. At the table, exchanges of course go much faster. Resolving a saving throw will only take ten seconds: "And Big Bad Guy casts a spell, give me a Will Save." (player rolls) "I got a 16." "'Mwa ha ha!, the villain laughs, 'You're mine now!' as your vision goes blurry and you feel weak..." But with an online campaign said exchange might take a day or two which, by itself isn't so bad, but with a hypoethtical complex fight and hypothetical RL issues (not being able to post/e-mail/whatever) might drag said exchange out to a week or more. I was wondering if I could make, say, a Lvl 1 Fighter's "+2 Fortitude Save" a "Fortitude Defense: 12" (essentially just add base 10) And then the Evil Wizard's Level 2 Ghoul Touch spell (Save DC13) becomes a +3 attack to overcome the Fighter's Fortitude Defense. It seems easy enough, but if D&D 3e has taught me anything, it's to become very suspicious if things seem easy. So, has anyone tried this? What were the results? How did it work out? What am I not seeing? Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]

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