(Please see my review for the Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook, v3.5 before proceeding here.)I'm very pleased that Jason Bulmahn and his colleagues had the sense to keep the D&D 3.5 rules active, and that they have continued to evolve the rules allowing them grow. Nothing against D&D 4th edit...
I've honestly only played one real session with this setting, but found it to be one of the most satisfying platforms I've ever used. Your character feels both powerful and powerless, and the system has steep penalties for power gaming (as compared to D&D 4E, which basically allows any character ...