Do I need 3.5 books?

[Digital Autumn]

I have the 3.0 and 4.0 AD&D books, but I want to run a 3.5 campaign using FGII. I bought the d20 SRD books, are those enough to be updated to the 3.5 rules?

I read the 3.0 -> 3.5 update pamphlet that WotC produced, and while it was helpful to give me the general gist of what changed, it had no actual change text.

[Griogre]

That's kinda a tough question. There were major changes to some feats and monsters closing some of the 3.0 loop holes. Monsters were given a feats 1/3 levels. Demons/Devil got a lot tougher at the high end. Class abilites and skill points were adjusted.

The d20 SRD is for 3.5. The monsters in the d20 default ruleset are 3.5. You might very well be able to get by with just the SRD - if your campaign was to stick to core rules only.

On balance, I think I would recommend you just get a 3.5 Players Handbook and skip the rest of the books assuming you run a core rules only campaign. You might be able to pick up the 3.5 books for cheap with 4th Ed out. If you run an "any book is good campaign", I think it would be tough to do without at least some of the other books.

[Sigurd]

Do any of your players have the 3.5 books and do you trust them to correct your version 3 to 3.5 errors. 3.5 is only a point upgrade. For the material you actually use in your campaign you might well learn the differences really quickly if you have a few sharp players.

If nobody notices it cant be that important :)


Sigurd

That said, I'd keep my eye out for a set of books but that's just me.

[Jingo]

I'm a DM with only the 3.0 PHB running a 3.5 adventure. I use the hyptertext SRD often and anything that isn't in there I ask my players. I dont' feel the need to purchase anything in 3.5. But, we're only using core classes and such.