Holy Bovine
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Seconded. This is possibly my most hated rule in any RPG. Ever.
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D&D 3E/3.5 Worst 3.5 rule from core books?
- Thread starter aboyd
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Seconded. This is possibly my most hated rule in any RPG. Ever.
aboyd
Explorer
I think of memorization of spells more like imbuing the power within yourself. Casting the spell disperses the power. It fits in nicely with the concept of Reserved Feats, and makes highly intelligent wizards seem less forgetful & stupid.
Jack Simth
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That hasn't been the official fluff since about 2nd edition, give or take. The 3.X fluff is that the Wizard mostly casts his spells during preparation, and stops them in an almost-complete state - a spot in the ritual where he can leave it hanging, minus the last few words and gestures, and finish it later. The majority of his casting is done in that hour of preparation after rest.
frankthedm
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Overrun: Even the biggest critters can only overrun one person at a time and the errata for Overrun makes overrunning suck even worse. And speaking of that errata...
charging: Way too much can negate charging. Allies always block your charge and even one square of speed reducing terrain does it too. Now there are too many ways to get Uberdamage on a charge, but those should be what gets nerfed, not charging itself!
charging: Way too much can negate charging. Allies always block your charge and even one square of speed reducing terrain does it too. Now there are too many ways to get Uberdamage on a charge, but those should be what gets nerfed, not charging itself!
I'm grateful for it. Flask weapons are supposed to have a 100% chance of breaking on impact. To me that says they should be handled at least somewhat carefully, retrieved as a move action, not firmly grasped and yanked as one does to a weapon being quickdrawn.
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Shin Okada
Explorer
Special Size Modifiers: Special size modifiers for various special attacks gave serious disadvantages to small races, make them so miserable in melee combat. And making bigger creatures too advantageous when DM give them appropriate feats (say, Mountain Giant tripping).
Mounted charge rule: If you play strictly by RAW. A medium sized character with lance (reach 2) cannot make charge on horse and make lance attacks. Because, by RAW, that is the mount, not the rider, who charges. And the movement of the charge ends at the square from which the horse can attack (adjacent to the target). And from that point the lance wielder cannot attack that opponent.
Mounted charge rule: If you play strictly by RAW. A medium sized character with lance (reach 2) cannot make charge on horse and make lance attacks. Because, by RAW, that is the mount, not the rider, who charges. And the movement of the charge ends at the square from which the horse can attack (adjacent to the target). And from that point the lance wielder cannot attack that opponent.
Vegepygmy
First Post
Well, the rider could Ready a lance attack. But yeah, by super-strict RAW, the rider suffers the AC penalty for charging but doesn't get the bonus on his attack roll.
aboyd
Explorer
They are? My assumption was that sometimes when you miss, what has happened is that the flask has plinked off the target, fallen to the floor, and cracked open there.
StreamOfTheSky
Adventurer
Well, the rider could Ready a lance attack. But yeah, by super-strict RAW, the rider suffers the AC penalty for charging but doesn't get the bonus on his attack roll.
Not only is it impossible by super-strict RAW due to reach, but also timing. You could ready I guess, but otherwise, there is no way to act simultaneously in initiative by RAW. Even if you delay to the same init as your mount, it has to be one acts, then the other.
Of course, I ignore this both for mounts and for animal companions and familiars.
Shin Okada
Explorer
For "slowing the games down" entry, I say components/focus rules for spells are one of the worst remnant from AD&D. Every so often, you must search for PHB pages if a certain spell needed a certain type of component (say, to see if it can be cast while both hands are full, in an area of silence, when grappling, etc.).
And, in some power-gaming type play groups, destroying component pouch could be the default first move when figting against spellcasters.
Game-balance wise, those rules were interesting in some cases (say, when making a workable armored-mage build). But basically, to complex for most players and DMs to memorize.
And, in some power-gaming type play groups, destroying component pouch could be the default first move when figting against spellcasters.
Game-balance wise, those rules were interesting in some cases (say, when making a workable armored-mage build). But basically, to complex for most players and DMs to memorize.
