5e is a lot different than 3rd edition D&D

[Viper]

WHich BG2 was.I played D&D 3 campaigns back in my younger days .Not that familiar with 5e. Pathfinder games where based on 5e Pathfinder and seemed a lot different. Way more classes and skills.

[Yojo0o]

BG2 was 2e, not 3e. The first 3e game was IWD2.

[sevensided]

Just an aside, BG2 used a modified AD&D system, not 3rd edition.

[Viper]

Originally posted by Yojo0o:

BG2 was 2e, not 3e. The first 3e game was IWD2.

okay...2e not to much different than 3e however I don't think. 5e is radically different.

[Choosing WHeel]

the Pathfinder games are based on Pathfinder 2e, not 5e.

Pathfinder in general is based on 3e DnD

[Razorblade]

BG2 was a 2E game. The Pathfinder games use Pathfinder 1E, which is based on DnD 3.5E. BG3 and Solasta are the only games of note that use 5E.

[Omegon]

Originally posted by Viper:

Originally posted by Yojo0o:

BG2 was 2e, not 3e. The first 3e game was IWD2.

okay...2e not to much different than 3e however I don't think. 5e is radically different.

the differences between 2e and 3e are about as big as between 3e and 5e I would say.

[Hexprone]

2e to 3e was a HUGE change.

Look at the absurd "dual class vs multiclass" system that BG2 so faithfully recreated as just one example.

[MeatGolem]

Yeah 2e and 3e were very different. The same kind of vitriol that you see 3e fans throw at 5e was the same kind that 2e fans threw at 3e.

[Irøn Står Bru]

Just picturing these forums if the non-human races had a limited max level like 2nd Ed used to have. Forget the racial bonuses debate, where's my levels?

[Dovahbear]

I'm a 3.5 supremacist but 5e isn't bad. It's not my favorite but it's not bad.

[Hexprone]

5e is way more welcoming to new players and even forgetful returning players.

I love a lot of things about 3.5 -- it has the best options for solo theorycrafting you could ever want! -- but I never want to play another campaign of it.

[Pozhinateli]

5e is just woke trash.

Both 2e and 3e are much better.

[Blackdragon]

Originally posted by Yojo0o:

BG2 was 2e, not 3e. The first 3e game was IWD2.

IWD2's 3e implementation was very rudimentary. For actual 3e in its refined, 3.5e form, look at NWN2 or, better yet, the Pathfinder games (although Pathfinder is somewhat different than D&D, the core mechanics are the same).

[fulf]

Originally posted by CHosed:

the Pathfinder games are based on Pathfinder 2e, not 5e.

Pathfinder in general is based on 3e DnD

pathfinder games use pathfinder 1e

[Hexprone]

Originally posted by Pozhinateli:

woke

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