What don't you like about D&D?

[Psion]

Personally I find it absurd that the way to "fix" AC progression is to further up the power by adding defence bonuses. D&D has turned into an arms race. Stop. The. Insantity!

The variants I use take away that AC somewhere else.

That's part of the reason I seldom bother much with it. It all comes out in the wash.

 

[Dragon Vindaloo]

I find wives are even worse, they wont let their husbands out to play and when they do its under the condition that they are home early, telephone every hour and don't drink a single beer.

Eventually the wives start saying things like "Why can't you all (the group) come over here and play with your little toys at our house? Don't you want to be around me? Why do I always have to stay at home?"

Even though you asked them to play months ago and they said "No way, its stupid. I don't have time to play games"

I want to go Patrick Bateman on her. Is this wrong?

 

[Desdichado]

Use Combat Expertise. If you don't like the 5 point cap, uncap it (I did). Heck, give Combat Expertise as a free feat to everyone including monsters. Now all combatants have a choice of how much of their BAB to put into offence and how much into defence.

Why? I think the fix I have already works perfectly fine, whereas Combat Expertise means making a tactical decision every single round of combat. No thanks.

Personally I find it absurd that the way to "fix" AC progression is to further up the power by adding defence bonuses. D&D has turned into an arms race. Stop. The. Insantity!

Yeah, uh... just yeah.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Eventually the wives start saying things like "Why can't you all (the group) come over here and play with your little toys at our house? Don't you want to be around me? Why do I always have to stay at home?"

Tell her that's fine, so long as she doesn't mind the cigar smoke.

(Actually, my wife plays, so I have no room to complain...)

 

[molonel]

Some guys in our groups go on and on about how fun epic level gaming is for them--but they always game with laptops and computerized dice rollers.

Somehow that seems to be taking out one of the funnest, most visceral elements of the game to me, so I end up having the same problems Henry is talking about at higher levels.

Amen. I've played up to 35th level, and it becomes impossible (in my opinion) to play the game without a spreadsheet at that point. Even in the high teens, I had a sheet printed out with my attack bonues as a fighter cleric as nonmagical (our DM enjoyed antimagic zones), normal, Divine Power, Divine Power + Righteous Might, and Divine Power + Righteous Might + Divine Favor, or simply with Righteous Might.

 

[Henry]

...Even in the high teens, I had a sheet printed out with my attack bonues as a fighter cleric as nonmagical (our DM enjoyed antimagic zones), normal, Divine Power, Divine Power + Righteous Might, and Divine Power + Righteous Might + Divine Favor, or simply with Righteous Might.

God forbid somebody throws a holy aura or a Undeath's Eternal Foe on you. "NO! Don't Buff me, dammit!" *types furiously at calculator*

 

[molonel]

God forbid somebody throws a holy aura or a Undeath's Eternal Foe on you. "NO! Don't Buff me, dammit!" *types furiously at calculator*

Ahahahahahahaha!!!!!

I'VE ACTUALLY SAID THAT!!!

I don't like 3rd Edition D&D above 20th level. The fact that the Epic Level Handbook is a steaming pile of poo doesn't help, either.

 

[Dragon Vindaloo]

The game gets 'klunky' and difficult to run at about level 15 or so for us, just so many abilities, items, spells, property and peices of equipment per character (then theres cohorts and companions). Things are further complicated by history, game politics, sub plots and story avenues to go down. Of course thats all part of the fun as well. I guess thats why each player in our group carries a ring binder, lol!

 

[awayfarer]

Hmmm, lets see....

I'd have to say I don't like the alignment restrictions on some classes. Multiclassing can be a bit of a pain sometimes. Thats it.

I started gaming with two groups at roughly the same time. One, currently doing a WLD campaign, uses D&D 3.5, the other is running a Middle Earth centered game using Rolemaster. Having played both for a couple of years now, D&D looks much, much more polished in comparison.

Maybe if I had more exposure to other systems I would have a less positive view of D&D, but as it is it seems perfectly fine to me other than some minor foibles.

 

[Crothian]

Maybe if I had more exposure to other systems I would have a less positive view of D&D, but as it is it seems perfectly fine to me other than some minor foibles.

I've played and own many many different game. And I always come back to D&D. D&D is a good solid game andf playing other games helps one see that.