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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3222863" data-attributes="member: 18280">Here's another vote for the OGL....singularly the best thing about 3.X.  Not only does it allow you to publish your own system fixes, but it allows you to gain a whole gamut of system fixes/ideas/adventures from a ton of other people.Next best thing:  NPC classes and prestige classes.  Sure, PrCs can get out of hand, but it is nice to be able to stat normal folks in a better way than the old 1-4 hps of 1e, without making them the equal of like-levelled adventurers.  In my houserules, I have toned down the abilities of folks like commoners to make the adventurers more buff in comparison.  PrCs make up for the generic 3e cleric, and allow the creation of truly distinct locations and groups.  Both are very good concepts, especially if PrCs are kept "prestigious" (at least in NPC terms).Third best thing:  Reversing the THAC0 order.  Instead of figuring out what I need to hit AC 0 and working my way back to the target number, the progressive ACs of 3.X allow clearer and easier math.  That's a good thing.Honorable Mentions:(1)  Differentiating how monsters attack using feats and special abilities.  Now, fighting a crocodile and fighting a dog can actually feel different.(2)  Breaking monsters down into types.  They could have gone farther with this, but I like very much what they did.(3)  Item Creation Feats.  I'm not keen on how easy they made this, but I like the idea a lot.  With the inclusion of a few house rules, this works very well.(4)  Skill system.I'm sure there's more, but that's off the top of my head.RC</blockquote>

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