There were a bunch of great books for 3/.5 era that could reasonably be lifted for other systems as long as you’re not trying to be to faithful to the crunch of the math for monsters, subclasses, etc.
I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on this. ^ ^ I always love books that are some kind of collection of content you can easily pick up and drop in .
Crazy awesome beholder house party should in its own right should be an adventure. And I run old school games, this is definitely impressive. I could use that beholder room in some of my old school games like MORK BORG or DCC!
The 3.0, 3.5 era is sick! The third party really came through in 3.5. 3.0 being the first edition from Wizards after acquiring TSR. I think 3.0, 3.5 is most similar to 5E making it highly relevant for today's TTRPG player. I love bringing out the old stuff for new players in game because most likely, they never seen it before. Also Goodman Games old 3.5 modules are awesome. It reminds me of today’s kids rockin Jordan’s but never actually saw him play. 2 to 3.0 is the Jordan era of gaming. Oddly Jordan played for the Washington Wizards after TSR was acquired by Wizards. Pardon my analogy. You rock Wasabi!
@@wasabiburger3047 I have a few worthy recommendations in my community posts, stop by & check it out. I love to chat about games, get pointers & share experiences on the stuff I’ve ran. Peace!
@@wasabiburger3047I have a few recommendations in my community posts. Stop by & check it out, I love to chat about games, get pointers & share experiences on stuff I’ve ran. Peace Wasabi!
@@PetesDracolich I have to disagree with it being similar to 5e, unless you are talking about what it did for RPG gaming as a hobby and pushing it toward Mainstream. 3/.5 was the first time i saw “non-nerds” display interest in the game at all. 3 primed the pump but 5e kinda got it flowing it again, but better - 5e is so much more approachable and teachable than 3/.5 (IMHO).
@@KrooTon 5E is definitely more approachable than 3.5. I've been on a binge lately since I've found 3.5 easiest to convert over to 5E play. Most 5E players can easily google search almost any 5E material, so I've been going 3.5 for my table & converting it over to 5E to keep the element of surprise on my side, also theres so much great third party 3.5 material, its absolutely great. I like 5E play over 3.5, but my 5E tables gotta be hardcore mode.
3rd edition was great. When 4th edition came out, I went back to 3rd because I did not want to play a paper MMORPG. When 5th came out, I played it until I realized the system was broken and went back to third. Now I'm somewhere in between BECMI and 3rd
I must have been grumpy when I wrote the first comment; 3.5 had some good stuff and shouldn’t be entirely hand waved away; I guess my problem is one of having lived through the uncertainty of the future of D&D in the late 90’s to the explosion of “hey we CAN use d20 for free so we should” garbage cash-grab products on the shelves. Then to the collapse of the bubble with 4e… the recent behavior (last few years) of Hasbro has really been one loogie into the eye of customer after another. Done with them (and 6e) until they can demonstrate that they’re not awful chuds.
Same! I am off WotC, I just grabbed these cuz they were cheap and seemed like they could be fun to look at. But I think the last time I bought a modern D&D product was in 2019. Even if I liked their stuff, they are just awfully exploitative
@@wasabiburger3047 dude and good picks to be sure. Honestly, the official material is good. For most of it. My problems with WotC 3/.5 years were the pace and volume of thinner & more expensive book drops… and as the system was older some of it felt like repackaging presented as new & shiny. Good redux of them and keep on, don’t let grumpy grognards like me stop the content, there are many many 3x players aging into heavy nostalgia cravings. Take it from someone who went through it ~10 years back with the 2e bloatware I drooled over at the bookstore… 😈
3/3.5 was my intro to the hobby a way back when. I like seeing this content as it's fun nostalgia.
As @PetesDracolich mentioned, the Goodman Games content from this era is pretty cool. Worth taking a look for sure.
Conversion is pretty easy to 5e. All checks go from base 10 to 8, and you can easily swap out the 3e creature stat blocks with 5e.
Better than Grimtooth's? ;) In all seriousness, I always love seeing challenge ideas that aren't just combat or social. Thanks for sharing.
There were a bunch of great books for 3/.5 era that could reasonably be lifted for other systems as long as you’re not trying to be to faithful to the crunch of the math for monsters, subclasses, etc.
Are there any books you would recommend?
@@ThrowAway9001 red hand of doom is a great adventure, highly recommend
I own that book from back in the 3.5 days. It was a lot of fun to use in my home brew campaign way back when.
I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on this. ^ ^ I always love books that are some kind of collection of content you can easily pick up and drop in .
Crazy awesome beholder house party should in its own right should be an adventure. And I run old school games, this is definitely impressive. I could use that beholder room in some of my old school games like MORK BORG or DCC!
3./5 is such a great supported edition.
The 3.0, 3.5 era is sick! The third party really came through in 3.5. 3.0 being the first edition from Wizards after acquiring TSR. I think 3.0, 3.5 is most similar to 5E making it highly relevant for today's TTRPG player. I love bringing out the old stuff for new players in game because most likely, they never seen it before. Also Goodman Games old 3.5 modules are awesome.
It reminds me of today’s kids rockin Jordan’s but never actually saw him play. 2 to 3.0 is the Jordan era of gaming. Oddly Jordan played for the Washington Wizards after TSR was acquired by Wizards. Pardon my analogy. You rock Wasabi!
Yeah I was pleasantly surprised! Looking forward to seeing what other content I find from this era!
@@wasabiburger3047 I have a few worthy recommendations in my community posts, stop by & check it out. I love to chat about games, get pointers & share experiences on the stuff I’ve ran. Peace!
@@wasabiburger3047I have a few recommendations in my community posts. Stop by & check it out, I love to chat about games, get pointers & share experiences on stuff I’ve ran. Peace Wasabi!
@@PetesDracolich I have to disagree with it being similar to 5e, unless you are talking about what it did for RPG gaming as a hobby and pushing it toward Mainstream. 3/.5 was the first time i saw “non-nerds” display interest in the game at all. 3 primed the pump but 5e kinda got it flowing it again, but better - 5e is so much more approachable and teachable than 3/.5 (IMHO).
@@KrooTon 5E is definitely more approachable than 3.5. I've been on a binge lately since I've found 3.5 easiest to convert over to 5E play. Most 5E players can easily google search almost any 5E material, so I've been going 3.5 for my table & converting it over to 5E to keep the element of surprise on my side, also theres so much great third party 3.5 material, its absolutely great. I like 5E play over 3.5, but my 5E tables gotta be hardcore mode.
3rd edition was great. When 4th edition came out, I went back to 3rd because I did not want to play a paper MMORPG. When 5th came out, I played it until I realized the system was broken and went back to third. Now I'm somewhere in between BECMI and 3rd
The art is all I need to know it's worthy every penny.
And the art still looks great on the PDF since it isn't just a straight scan.
Beholder House Party is a band I would listen to.
I’ve used a lot of the things in this book over the years
The reason it gets ignored right now is the really good stuff has been redone well already, and the rest of d20 faff was mostly shovelware.
The official WotC 3/.5 books always had solid practical game-running tips
I must have been grumpy when I wrote the first comment; 3.5 had some good stuff and shouldn’t be entirely hand waved away; I guess my problem is one of having lived through the uncertainty of the future of D&D in the late 90’s to the explosion of “hey we CAN use d20 for free so we should” garbage cash-grab products on the shelves. Then to the collapse of the bubble with 4e… the recent behavior (last few years) of Hasbro has really been one loogie into the eye of customer after another. Done with them (and 6e) until they can demonstrate that they’re not awful chuds.
Same! I am off WotC, I just grabbed these cuz they were cheap and seemed like they could be fun to look at. But I think the last time I bought a modern D&D product was in 2019. Even if I liked their stuff, they are just awfully exploitative
@@wasabiburger3047 dude and good picks to be sure. Honestly, the official material is good. For most of it. My problems with WotC 3/.5 years were the pace and volume of thinner & more expensive book drops… and as the system was older some of it felt like repackaging presented as new & shiny. Good redux of them and keep on, don’t let grumpy grognards like me stop the content, there are many many 3x players aging into heavy nostalgia cravings. Take it from someone who went through it ~10 years back with the 2e bloatware I drooled over at the bookstore… 😈