The Great Debate: 3.0 vs. 3.5

[Atom Again]

The poll is self-explanatory. I appreciate the large numbers of folks who have voted in my past two polls...my research continues.

Needless to say, this poll is intended for people who actually do prefer d20 D&D...

 

[diaglo]

lemon curry.

 

[Atom Again]

lemon curry.

Ah...yeah. [nods] I agree with whatever you just said there, Diaglo. [pats Diaglo on the back]

 

[jester47]

lemon curry.

Hey at least it wasn't one of his cut and paste responses... feel proud, he actually used effort this time!

Aaron.

 

[Wombat]

Well, I guess I fall into a couple of camps here...

D20 is not my favourite game, but I have a lot of fun playing it, so that might throw me out to begin with!

Of the two versions you list, I am more or less forced to vote for 3.0, mainly because I haven't picked up the 3.5 books, nor am I likely to in the near future -- from what I have heard of the 3.5 changes, they do not make a major impact on my style of gaming (pretty loose with the rules to begin with). I have downloaded the 3.5 SRD, have noted it in passing, have generally liked the changes to the Ranger, but other than that I find it neutral to retrograde. It just seems like one groups set of House Rules.

For my own part, I have put together extensive House Rules of my own, including rules to greatly speed combat, alter a great number of spells, drop various races, add in social structures, change prices, etc. The rules are so extensive at this point that some say I do not truly play 3.0 or even D&D, per se, anymore, but some other D20-variant.

So instead I play D&D 3.Wombat.

Always have, always will

 

[Shard O'Glase]

I pur combination though its primarily 3.0 with some 3.5 added to it. Quite frankly overall 3.5 sucks major butt in many areas many of there changes are big mistakes. But some of there fixes actually fix something instead of break something that was working. Haste, harm fairly decent fixes, the new bard, monk and ranger good changes. The better description of grappling helps. And that's pretty much what I use in my mainly 3.0 game.

 

[EricNoah]

3.5 brought some good clarifications and changes to the system, but went "too far" in other areas. In almost every game I'm in we're using something that draws from both rulesets.

 

[Zudrak]

lemon curry.

Dinsdale. Dinsdale. (If we're quoting Monty Python...)

Anyway, I use a combo platter. I use 3.0 with 3.5 sprinklings here and there. For instance, I do not use space, I use face/reach. It's hard to think of a horse or other rectangular in "square" terms (2 x 2 instead of 1 x 2).

I agree with Monte Cook's assessment of the changes in 3.5, for the most part. There were some things that needed fixing (harm, haste, etc.), but there were other things that could have been left alone or reserved for space in the Unearthed Arcana as optional rules rather than adjusting the SRD.

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

The core is 3.0, but that doesn't stop me from using the optional 3.5 books that come out.

AR

 

[Doc_Klueless]

I prefer 3.5, simply and shallowly, because it's what's easiest to find people to play. I throw in options from Unearthed Arcana then.