3.5e Core Rules (original round of releases only)
Best because it’s in the middle of the editions, the “last best” version of AD&D and the first (if you count 3/3.5 as one thing) of “modern” D&D with AC going up, etc.
As DM, I can draw from all of Basic, AD&D, 3e, PF1, and 5e fairly easily. (But it is annoyingly complicated.)
As a player, I can do just about any design (monsters and PC’s work the same) yet the PHB pushes me to the original classes and “species” AD&D started with. And I prefer not having subclasses.
Best because it’s in the middle of the editions, the “last best” version of AD&D and the first (if you count 3/3.5 as one thing) of “modern” D&D with AC going up, etc.
As DM, I can draw from all of Basic, AD&D, 3e, PF1, and 5e fairly easily. (But it is annoyingly complicated.)
As a player, I can do just about any design (monsters and PC’s work the same) yet the PHB pushes me to the original classes and “species” AD&D started with. And I prefer not having subclasses.
