So how many of you made the switch?

[JeffB]

The switch over to 3.5 I mean. I've been pretty absent from these forums for the last coupla years and maybe this has been discussed to death so I apologize if it has.

I'm just curious. I came into a situation where I sold off nearly all my gaming collection (few hundred books, including all my old pre AD&D and AD&D items), and when it came down to whether to keep my 3.5 core books (which I bought, but never used),or my core 3.0 books, I ended up for a few reasons keeping my 3.0 core books and a handful of the early 3.0 releases (modules mostly).

The main reasons I kept my 3.0 books is that I had more 3.0 supplemental material to choose from, there is a ton of it still on the new/used market should I want to purchase some in the future, and I'll be running a very "basic" game so compatibility with new products won't be a huge issue as the 3.0/3.5 market has long since veered off from my tastes/needs (old school/style gamer here: For the most part the core books have all the crunch/options I'll need/want).

I know 3.5 "fixed" some things, but from my reading 3.5 seemed to be mainly just a better/clearer presentation than 3.0.

So did you switch over?
If so, why?
If not, why?
or do you use a combination of the two?

Thanks in advance!

P.S. was there ever a second printing of the 3.0 DMG, and MM? I do have the 2nd print 3.0 PHB.

 

[Crothian]

Ya, we switched when 3.5 came out. The classes are abit better, the DMG is a lot better and I'm happy with the improvements on the game.

 

[sjmiller]

Ya, we switched when 3.5 came out. The classes are abit better, the DMG is a lot better and I'm happy with the improvements on the game.

First, I will say that my group did not switch. We started shortly before 3.5 came out and we decided that nobody wanted to spend the money buying a second set of books. Besides, the changes were not all that dramatic.

Now, getting to the quote. I know they "fixed" the Ranger and made some changes to the Druid, but what other changes were made to classes?

 

[Crothian]

Now, getting to the quote. I know they "fixed" the Ranger and made some changes to the Druid, but what other changes were made to classes?

The Bard and Paladin got some changes as well. I don't recall it all perfectly, I no long have 3.0 books having found good homes for them all.

 

[Piratecat]

We switched reluctantly. They screwed some stuff up in my opinion, but there were more improvements than steps back. We use a mostly-3.5 hybrid.

 

[silver_wizard]

Switched from 2E to 3.0 when it came out, and then back to 2E.

 

[Dracorat]

3.5 all ze vay.

 

[diaglo]

i referee OD&D(1974)

but i'm a playa in 3.11ed for Workgroups.

 

[Shade]

We switched reluctantly. They screwed some stuff up in my opinion, but there were more improvements than steps back. We use a mostly-3.5 hybrid.

Same here.

 

[dragonlady]

Should have been an option for.."No, I'm still using 1st and or 2nd ed.
I got some of the 3.0 books and 3.5 but haven't taken to either version.