Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Semantics. A "new evolution," "next iteration" and "1 D&D" are the same thing whether they announce it as 5.5e or not. It amounts to a new half edition change like 3.5 was.Where have you seen it introduced as 5.5e?
Semantics. A "new evolution," "next iteration" and "1 D&D" are the same thing whether they announce it as 5.5e or not. It amounts to a new half edition change like 3.5 was.Where have you seen it introduced as 5.5e?
Aren't you playing with semantics in trying to declare a rules revision as being distinct from power creep?Semantics. A "new evolution," "next iteration" and "1 D&D" are the same thing whether they announce it as 5.5e or not. It amounts to a new half edition change like 3.5 was.
So that's not the issue. The issue is the claim of backwards compatibility. If I have to "fix" the issue by making the 2014 rules into the new rules, that's not backwards compatibility. The "fix" is obvious and easy.
It's apples and oranges. Power creep comes in books written for the edition(3e, 3.5, 4e, etc.). A rules revision is a re-writing of an edition that is major enough to warrant a new half edition(3.5, 5.5) or name change(1 D&D). Books written for the new rules will have power creep or not.Aren't you playing with semantics in trying to declare a rules revision as being distinct from power creep?
Seriously? You think that my 3.0 wizard with his 1 hour per level enhancement spells and other overpowered durations and effects can run around with your 3.5 wizard and his much more limited spells and have them both be on par with one another? I forget the other major changes, but they were serious and there's no way to mix and match the two rules sets without drastically altering things, which means it's not backwards compatible at all.That simply reads like not understanding what Backwards Compatibility is.
3.5 is backwards compatible with 3.0
I had a friend that would take old 3.0 adventurers and convert them to 3.5. Yeah it was no cakewalk, it took work. I would not consider them backwards compatible.Seriously? You think that my 3.0 wizard with his 1 hour per level enhancement spells and other overpowered durations and effects can run around with your 3.5 wizard and his much more limited spells and have them both be on par with one another? I forget the other major changes, but they were serious and there's no way to mix and match the two rules sets without drastically altering things, which means it's not backwards compatible at all.
Calling 3e and 3.5 backwards compatible is like saying that square wheels are backwards compatible with cars, because if you try hard enough, the car will move with square wheels.
Seriously? You think that my 3.0 wizard with his 1 hour per level enhancement spells and other overpowered durations and effects can run around with your 3.5 wizard and his much more limited spells and have them both be on par with one another? I forget the other major changes, but they were serious and there's no way to mix and match the two rules sets without drastically altering things, which means it's not backwards compatible at all.
Calling 3e and 3.5 backwards compatible is like saying that square wheels are backwards compatible with cars, because if you try hard enough, the car will move with square wheels.
Now elves do have the sharp eyes...but their elven agility is gone. Mechanically there is no reason elves are known as the "lithe, graceful race". Now we can flavor it to simply say (elves more often than not have their highest stat in dexterity). And for some people that is fine. For others that want the mechanics and the flavor to mesh....this could be a problem.
Seriously? You think that my 3.0 wizard with his 1 hour per level enhancement spells and other overpowered durations and effects can run around with your 3.5 wizard and his much more limited spells and have them both be on par with one another? I forget the other major changes, but they were serious and there's no way to mix and match the two rules sets without drastically altering things, which means it's not backwards compatible at all.
Calling 3e and 3.5 backwards compatible is like saying that square wheels are backwards compatible with cars, because if you try hard enough, the car will move with square wheels.