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3.5 was edition I played the most. It was a reason why I quit RPGs for nearly a decade because I hated it so much.

Every time I see another meme about how amazing 3.5 Tarrasque is, I remmember how amogn actual 3.5 players Tarrasque was the biggest joke. It was always brought up as definite proof designers have no idea how to make good monster. It was laughably easy to beat. A wizard could casually solo it, the same abilities people now miss in 3.5 amounted to ribbons. It was a laughingstock, forums had 100+ pages discussions how to fix it and general consensus was it';s beyond saving. It was first proof in 3.5 if you cannot use magic you're only good to roll over and die.

I honestly don't know if everyone claiming 3.5 Tarrasque is such a horrifying monster are trying to rewrite history or unintentionally proving what a broken, unplayable pile of garbage 3.5 was, if it's biggest punching bag is actually dangerous in a different, better designed game.

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[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Had to view source to see the "insert thing here" things. Some issue with the formatting using < and >, not sure if it's just on the Jerboa app.

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wrote it on a pc, then looked later using Jerboa and saw what you saw. Definitely a Jerboa issue.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I'm viewing this via old.lemmy.world in a Firefox tab, and if Comment105 hadn't pointed it out I would not have even realized why your comment made no sense... so, it's not just a Jerboa issue.