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As many of you may know (because I have a stick up my arse about it:) I stuck with D&D3.5 rather than convert to Pathfinder.
However, I am taking another look at it, in no small part because the Advanced Players Guide has been getting such good word of mouth. I was in my F(not so L)GS today and actually looked at a copy and noticed that on the back it had the 3.5 OGL Compatible logo.
So I was wondering, would a purchase of the PDF (only $9.99) likely be worth it to use as a supplement in a 3.5 game? Are the class options open enough that they can slot seamlessly straight into a 3.5 game? Or is there going to be some level of conversion (skills names and ranks, feat names etc)? Or are some of its contents actually going to be no use because they are based on solely Pathfinder stuff (e.g. Sorcerer Bloodlines, Cleric Channelling etc).
Has anyone tried using the APG material in a 3.5 game?
Some of the archetypes might be interesting, although many of them would require reworking (they trade away class abilities that don't exist in 3.5); likewise for the racial variants. The alternate favored class stuff wouldn't work in 3.5.
Most of the spells and many of the feats should work as-is; likewise for the new equipment. Some of the new base and prestige classes (e.g. the alchemist) should work fine.
I havent tried it as my group has made the shift, but I think basically it would be useful but require work. Most of the feats would work right out of the box, but some wouldnt based on changes to key feats like power attack, many shot etc. Others work directly with non 3.5 class features. So many will require some conversion.
The alternate class features are even trickier because what you give up may not be the same. For instance comparing paladin's smite in 3.5 vs PFRPG its no question the smite would be a much bigger sacrifice. So the dm would need to look at all of those carefully before allowing/using them.
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I would say most of the book would be useable as is. Of course it depends if you stick with just core PHB or if you allow splat books. If just core then you would likely need to par down the classes and archtypes. If you use a lot of the splat books with later PrC's then I think they would match up a lot better. Most of the rest of the book like feats, spells etc I think would work pretty well as is.
The Master Spy PrC is a great improvement on the Spymaster from the Complete Adventurer. Gets rid of the whole "Cover Identity" awkwardness and replaces it with expanded non-detection abilities and the more flexible "Superficial Knowledge."
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Hmmm, some mixed responses. It does sound like quite a few options would require some work if not outright not fit with 3.5. I think I may get the PDF anyway to see what the fuss is about, but perhaps restrict my use of it to any PF RPG games I may play (see my other thread about that here).