D&D 3E/3.5 The "I Love 3.5 because..." thread
- Thread starter Melkor
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MoonZar
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Melkor said:
Hello,
I think that 3.5 is far more balanced beside 3.0.
In 3.0 you had many prestige class and feat and combination of spells who was too much powerful to be real that had been adjusted in 3.5.
Some core class had some amelioration in 3.5 that make them more use by the players, like the ranger who had many change.
I think that the biggest difference between the edition.
Voadam
Legend
Monster rules are all consistent with levelling rules instead of sometimes having feats and skills be based off of wierd formulas or just stats.
Having LA in a bunch of the monster stat blocks.
I like the variety of types but lower overall levels of DR. It is nice to still do something useful even without the right material weapon.
Demons that are tougher and appropriate for their CR.
Better advancing monster rules.
classes are not so front ended as in 3.0 (ranger, monk)
haste is once again a physical combat booster instead of a pseudo meta magic spell casting booster.
Less egregiously cheap but powerful skill boosting magic items, etc.
Fewer wierd shaped spells (burning hands is a cone instead of the 1 spell only fan).
Individual levels modifying xp instead of just group average.
Having LA in a bunch of the monster stat blocks.
I like the variety of types but lower overall levels of DR. It is nice to still do something useful even without the right material weapon.
Demons that are tougher and appropriate for their CR.
Better advancing monster rules.
classes are not so front ended as in 3.0 (ranger, monk)
haste is once again a physical combat booster instead of a pseudo meta magic spell casting booster.
Less egregiously cheap but powerful skill boosting magic items, etc.
Fewer wierd shaped spells (burning hands is a cone instead of the 1 spell only fan).
Individual levels modifying xp instead of just group average.
werk
First Post
Someone said the term 'minimal frontloading' 3.5 spread out the class skills so you don't get a ton of stuff at level one. That was a major fix for me/easy way to break/cheez 3.0.
Fixed Haste.
I would think it comes down to a question of what is the problem? If your party is overpowered and the DM can't control it, then 3.5. If it's underpowered or uses a ton of non-D&D 3.5 material, then you need to stick with 3.0.
My biggest beef is that I had to buy 3.5...they should give you a discount or rebate if you send in the PoP from your 3.0 products. And now all the 3.0 material, which is still being sold, is obsolete. Terrible Customer Experience!
Fixed Haste.
I would think it comes down to a question of what is the problem? If your party is overpowered and the DM can't control it, then 3.5. If it's underpowered or uses a ton of non-D&D 3.5 material, then you need to stick with 3.0.
My biggest beef is that I had to buy 3.5...they should give you a discount or rebate if you send in the PoP from your 3.0 products. And now all the 3.0 material, which is still being sold, is obsolete. Terrible Customer Experience!
The_Universe
First Post
I like everything but the loss of the cover charts to "cover and improved cover" and I'm not a huge fan of square spaces - but other than that, I like everything that 3.5 did to fix 3.0.
I don't like the fact that 3.5 went overboard in nerfing some spells (they didn't just weaken them, they practically looted them): specifically, buff spells could have dropped to 10 minutes per level instead of 1 minute per level and Hold Person was totally nerfed.
I like what most everyone else likes about 3.5 core (especially DR). It is, quite frankly, better than 3E.
I dislike the bigger, better, badder syndrome of the Companion books, course, 3E has that as well in it's add on books.
I like what most everyone else likes about 3.5 core (especially DR). It is, quite frankly, better than 3E.
I dislike the bigger, better, badder syndrome of the Companion books, course, 3E has that as well in it's add on books.
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