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<blockquote data-quote="Novem5er" data-source="post: 4039144" data-attributes="member: 57859">I'll give a real easy example of why DMing 3.5 is tough work:Look at the 3.5 MM entry for the Derro. Unless you have a photographic memory, you must open a total of 3 books to understand and use this CR2 monster.1. The MM itself2. The PHB for the &quot;Sound Burst&quot; spell (which all Derro have)3. The DMG for monstrous spider poison (that Derro use)So just to see if I want to use this particular monster, I have to spread 3 hard back books open before me to gather all the info needed at once. Pain in the rear... especially for a CR 2 monster.Now, the way that the CR system is designed, a single Derro is a good fight for a party of 4 2nd level characters. Yet, the Derro has like 11 hp? 14hp? Sure, IF the Derro is hidden, jumps out and does a BackStab (with poison), and then Sound Bursts the remaining party... I guess that would be a good fight. Once. And only if the Derro rolled good on everything, and even then he'd only last another round before it went down.Again, it's a lot of work to look up and use a simple CR 2 monster who wont live 2 rounds on his own. Let's not even get into adding PC classes with level appropriate magic gear...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Novem5er, post: 4039144, member: 57859"] I'll give a real easy example of why DMing 3.5 is tough work: Look at the 3.5 MM entry for the Derro. Unless you have a photographic memory, you must open a total of 3 books to understand and use this CR2 monster. 1. The MM itself 2. The PHB for the "Sound Burst" spell (which all Derro have) 3. The DMG for monstrous spider poison (that Derro use) So just to see if I want to use this particular monster, I have to spread 3 hard back books open before me to gather all the info needed at once. Pain in the rear... especially for a CR 2 monster. Now, the way that the CR system is designed, a single Derro is a good fight for a party of 4 2nd level characters. Yet, the Derro has like 11 hp? 14hp? Sure, IF the Derro is hidden, jumps out and does a BackStab (with poison), and then Sound Bursts the remaining party... I guess that would be a good fight. Once. And only if the Derro rolled good on everything, and even then he'd only last another round before it went down. Again, it's a lot of work to look up and use a simple CR 2 monster who wont live 2 rounds on his own. Let's not even get into adding PC classes with level appropriate magic gear... [/QUOTE]

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