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Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 Reviewed

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rules-updates-or-cash-cow? dept.

WorselWorsel writes "The new edition of the seminal Dungeons & Dragons paper-RPG comes out this Friday and d20zines.com has this review. This is the first new edition of D&D since Hasbro acquired Wizards of the Coast. The last edition came out almost two years ago, and this time around the prices of three core books are up by $10 each. Since these are partially incompatible with older 3rd edition books, WotC is printing/making downloadable a short booklet explaining some changes." In addition to being a product review, it's a good overview of what's changed since 3rd edition, and really helps one decide if the changes are important enough to rebuy the core rulebooks.

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  1. Nerds! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ha! Only nerds play Dungeons & Dragons and post to Slashdot about it....oh, wait.

  2. Re:Odd that they haven't raced to 4.0... by macrom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Show me a D&D-playing college student (that's hardcore about it) with a 4.0 and I'll give you my ocean front property just outside of Phoenix, Arizona.

    I'm sure there are tons of us that wish we could do some kind of class action lawsuit like the tobacco addicts. D&D killed our GPA! As did Warcraft II, Quake, MUDs, etc. I think females were in there somewhere, but I can't really remember.

  3. Once again.. by Thyamine · · Score: 2, Funny

    I now own a set of books that are just going to sit around until they are worth more to someone else than they are to me.

    Don't get me wrong. I appreciate that they are breathing some nice life into it, and that they are trying to balance everything. But to revamp the core rulebooks entirely in just 2 years?

    Who do they think they are? Microsoft? ;-)

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  4. Re:Now thats a term I havent heard in a long time. by digitalgiblet · · Score: 4, Funny
    Real geeks know that this "thac0" thing was a 2E crap term and has no place in "real" (1st and 3rd) DnD. :P

    HA!

    REAL geeks still PLAY 1st edition!

    And live in their parent's basement.

    And hope someday they'll actually meet a real GIRL (with +5 ta-tas).

  5. Re:we never used the rulebooks by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 2, Funny

    It let us get to the role playing without having to be lawyer/accountants.

    Not only that, but with GURPS you could BE a lawyer/accountant!

    Accountant: "I summon the Holy Audit Avenger, and command it to smite the Enron Dragon"

    Lawyer: "Bah! You don't have a chance against my Vorpal Blade of Shredding +5!"

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