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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 695826" data-attributes="member: 151">Well, despite the order in which they appear, my post was done before the one prior to it, where you sufficiently clarified your position.  For the record, I don't recall saying those things, but I recognize that others have.  Concerning mechanics, we return to your aesthetics, which cannot be argued, because an opinion is a personal decision; versus a mechanical issue, which can be argued as to its relative validity.  You think the new mechanics are flawed and silly, others disagree.  Some think DR worked fine under the old system, others do not.  I'm not trying to change your mind, I'm just pointing out that everyone should recognize that while you person 'A' has decided whether or not making haste give an extra attack versus Move Action (as MEA's no longer exist under 3.5) is a good idea, person 'B' has decided otherwise.  Moreover, given the domino effect of some of the changes, it's all guesswork at this point, regardless.  If a MEA is now a move-action, for example, the changes to Haste are impacted, and so are things like Quicker-than-the-Eye, and so on.I realize you weren't dissing all of 3.5 above (note the smiley), but until the last two posts, you come across that way.  I don't think it would have cost you much to mention that you liked certain aspects of the Pit Fiends example of the new stat block, at the same time you mentioned him in reference to DR, for example.  Which is your perogrative, and as I said, a valid opinion.  I just think you could have defused many detractors by making it clear with one sentence that you saw some merit in 3.5 somewhere, but not here.  YMMV.</blockquote>

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