Who is houseruling 3.5 changes before they try them?

[Skaros]

Lets keep it simple. I'm curious how many groups are going to try out the 3.5 rules as-is for a period of time before they tweak them, and how many will have things house-ruled off the bat.

No judgement from me either way. I'm curious after seeing people list out changes they will house rule already.

Skaros

 

[Limper]

Were I running I would run a hybrid or 3e and 3.5e... house rules all the way.

 

[diaglo]

my DM, Olgar Shiverstone, is giving us a grace period.

i've converted as the info has leaked.

 

[Shard O'Glase]

I likely wont be using 3.5 at all since I think I'm going with AU. Not sure what I should answer in the poll though.

 

[Zogg]

Our group will be creating a 3.25E - taking the best ideas/rules from both and leaving the rest in the trash can.

 

[drnuncheon]

One game we're going to try converting completely, the other is going to use selected rules (but will probably wind up being a lot closer to 3.5 than 3.0).

J

 

[Psion]

Some rules I may try or at least wait to get the book to decide if the particulars will work (DR is one of these, but it is looking more and more doubtful.)

For some other rules, the whole issue is backwards compatability and conversions. If I get to the point that I can be "trying them out", then the point is moot. The rules should serve the game, not vice versa.

Some rules have flavor considerations and/or have design philosophies behind them which I consider fundamentally flawed. Paladins summoning warhorses, for example. The whole "be at your best in the dungeon" philosophy does not fit the general feel of my campaign, and it threatens to pidgeonhole D&D into "dungeon bashing" as bad as some critics perceive it.

3.5 has many changes I consider essential. But this design team has not earned my respect to the point that I feel I can plop changes into my game sight unseen. Essentially, I am seeing 3.5 more as a supplement than a new core ruleset, and like a random d20 product, I will use what works and ditch the rest.

 

[Ravellion]

I am going to use it 95% pure, but so far I am making at least 2 changes: Improved Precised Shot is out of here:

I don't like the flavour of Improved Precise shot: it allows for unintuitive results where a enemy going prone would still give the PC Archer -4 to hit, but the enmey standing behind an arrow slit would not help at all... Yeah, that makes sense

The other change is that I am keeping my non-spellcasting ranger. I just prefer them that way.

Rav

 

[Arnwyn]

Our group will be creating a 3.25E - taking the best ideas/rules from both and leaving the rest in the trash can.

That sounds *exactly* what I would be doing.

 

[Skaros]

I intend to keep all version 3.5 rules until we've played with them for a while, and seen that imbalances or things that lack flavor from 3.5 are forcing unwelcome decisions in the group.

Then again, we are a group that is very light on house rules anyway.

Skaros