D&d 3.0..

laneo · Post by **laneo** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:55 am

I'm pretty much new to Dungeons and Dragons, and I have one quick question. Some of my friends and I want to start playing and I purchased all the neccessary books (DM guide, PHB, and MM) and I ordered version 3.0. I read 3.5 wasn't much of an improvement over 3.0. All I am really wanting to know is that if I do DM, and get everything straightened out, will there be any issues playing 3.0? Will we run into any problems playing this older edition?

Thanks

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:22 am

3.0 is doable, but 3.5 is an improvement in a lot of ways. There's the SRD, which contains all the info you need from the PHB, DMG and MM (although some specific monsters are missing.) The Hypertext d20 SRD (v3.5 d20 System Reference Document) :: d20srd.org
Especially the Ranger and Bard classes were made more fun, and the Paladin as well, not to mention that most of the splatbooks are 3.5, some of which are very, very fun.

laneo · Post by **laneo** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:28 am

Thanks

Just wondering. As long as there is a way to look up the revised rules to see if we would want to use them, that's fine. I'm really new to D&D so I wasn't too sure if playing the older version w/o the revisions would pose a problem for us. Any other comments/suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 10:33 am

I would at least check the rules out. There are no downsides on 3.5 compared to 3.0, I think.

laneo · Post by **laneo** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:31 pm

Character sheets, etc

As far as character sheets, would using 3.5 character sheets not work with 3.0. I found printable ones online, but would I have to use the older version of the sheet. Just wondering.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 12:46 pm

Skills are different. Some nearly useless ones from 3.0 got abandoned, so that may a bit hard so fit them back in on a 3.5 sheet. Just use the SRD, you're only winning by using 3.5. BTW, I think there's a free download on the Wizards site that "converts" your 3.0 books to 3.5. Good luck finding anything on that sire, though. Google might be your best friend.

laneo · Post by **laneo** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:29 pm

errata

would these erratas be helpfully..

Official D&D Updates

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:37 pm

That's just errata. They update the version they mention; they don't converse one to the other. [url="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20030718a"]This[/url] is what you're looking for.

laneo · Post by **laneo** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:57 pm

yeah

I saw that too and figured that would be helpfull as well. I am just curious, b/c when i start to read over the 3.0 rules, i just want to know the new rules and which ones we may want to incorporate into our gameplay from 3.5.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:36 pm

Just for starters, compare the classes from both versions. Then decide if you would to be a 3.0 bard or ranger, or a 3.5 ranger or bard. It's one of the glaring differences.

laneo · Post by **laneo** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 8:08 pm

Thanks

Now, for my last question. Would using that D&D3.5 booklet (the pdf file from that link) be the next best to just going out and buying the 3.5 revisions. I would do that, but the place i got my 3.0 books from doesnt have the complete set and i really dont like putting up more cash if i could just use that instead, I'd rather just print out those 40 pages on my own printer and use them along with my 3.0 set.

GawainBS · Post by **GawainBS** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 11:42 am

That booklet, combined with the SRD I linked earlier will certainly do. The SRD is all of the three Core books (and some more) from 3.5 free of charge available online. I think there are even printable versions of it somewhere. If one of you has a laptop, then a downloadable SRD is certainly handy.