Which Edition Do You Use?

[Gizzard]

Oh, it's still there, I saw it just the other night, under "attack an object" or something. Somebody will give you a page number in a minute, I'm sure.

That's where it used to be in 3E; that was the exact section I looked in. Looking at the SRD now these rules seem to be part of Disarm or Sunder, as others have mentioned. I dont have my 3E PHB here to see whether this is a change to the wording of those actions or not.

Anyway, since I am wrong I guess I'll have to pick a new "latest discovery". (Perhaps I'll be wrong about this one too?)

Latest discovery: There is no more chance to hit your friends who are engaged in melee with an errant missile. Firing into melee used to be a bit risky, but now it seems you just take a straight -4. Huh.

 

[hong]

Called Shots are hard to handle in an HP system. How do you do it? Multiplying the damage without a substantial penalty overpowers the called shot. If the penalty is too great then nobody will want to try it as the bonuses are outweighed by the negatives. Very hard to use judiciously, so it was dropped from the game.

You have just described Power Attack, modulo a few warts.

 

[Li Shenron]

I am running a 3.5 campaign, but playing a (paused) 3.0 adventure and soon going to play a FR 3.0 campaign. In the future I look forward to incorporate many character options from UA to my 3.5 campaign.

 

[Mythtify]

I upgraded to 3.5 when they came out. I did some electrical work for the owner of my FLGS and got the entire set for "trade".

I think that 3.5 is a better game than 3.0. The changes to some of the classes were needed.

That said, I am really enjoying Arcana Unearthed. I am thinking of running AU instead of D&D. ThoughI will not make my final descision on what to run until the IRon Kingdom books come out.

 

[rounser]

I keep wondering if Diaglo has this macro'ed so all he has to do is use CTRL-O and it types this out.

Thanks to the magic of repeat advertising with a clear and unambiguous message, I thought "hey yeah, maybe it is", for a moment or two.

 

[diaglo]

You have just described Power Attack, modulo a few warts.

and sneak attack for the rogue. IYKWIMAITYD

 

[Joe123]

OD&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

My introduction to the game came by way of a heavily revised version of OD&D (1974). It was much more like the original than 1st, 2nd or 3rd editions of D&D. One of the best aspects is the game runs much faster than 3 or 3.5 D&D, as you are not burdened by so many core rules. Regardless, it had fewer player options, than is available in the current version. If I had to choose, I might say, 3rd ed is probably better, although it does not rival OD&D in terms of the simplicity of game rules, ease of play and learning, as well as fast-paced "action."

I currently play 3rd edition D&D and won't buy any more core rules for D&D, until fourth edition, comes out. (After all, why pay for three new 3.5 core rules books, which have only 25% newer content than 3rd edition? Since 3 and 3.5 are so similar, I'd rather just wait `till fourth edition, whenever that comes out, [hopefully not for another eight years, at least!])

 

[Guillaume]

Although I voted for 3.0, that is what I am running, I am playing in a 3.5 game. Also, I use some minor stuff from 3.5 in my game.

As for compatibility, haven't had much trouble. But then, most of my games are low-level.

One of the things I will not keep when I move up to 3.5 is the weapons rules, too clunky for me, and the space/facing rules. I just do not agree that a horse should occupy an area of 10 ft. x 10 ft. on my battlemat ! Horses are big, but not that big !:\

 

[Pseudonym]

3.5, and no regrets.

 

[milotha]

I voted for 3.5 even though we aren't happy with the changes to spell durations that occured from 3.0 to 3.5.