We talk a lot about balance in TTRPG mechanics, but what really influenced how I felt when I first played D&D 3.5 was the other players! As a newbie in a group with a few min-maxers, my monk felt a bit useless in combat.
I like 5e bc it’s hard to make a “bad” character. Oh man, finding what the monk was "supposed" to do in 3e was rough. The best I ever came up with was a hyper mobile heal/buff platform using copious amounts of Use Magic Device.
Everything else was just "Fighter but way harder and worse." :/
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) August 5, 2021
What influenced how I felt when I played D&D 3.5 was the other players!
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