From what I remember of the PnP module way, way back, I believe it's pretty damned close to it. And the implementation of 3.5 rules is extremely well done.

that reminds me. I heard 4th edition was not very good (to put it lghtly) and 3.5 was as good as it got. This is a problem for me as I also want to try the table top d&d but I'm not sure what to get.

I don't know how to advise you on that one. I started playing way back i the late '70s, so have seen pretty much all iterations of D&D. I personally prefer the AD&D rules, despite their limitations and outright nonsensical quirks. I liked 3.0/3.5 a lot as well, due to the ability to really customize your character pretty much however you wanted.

The 4.0 rules are very different. I bought a number of the rule books for it and can understand why people were put off. But I can see how this rule set would be enjoyable as well.

I guess I'm not being much help. Okay, if I were absolutely pressed for a recommendation, I'd say go for the 3.5 rules if you can find the books. But, as I noted, I personally don't think the 4.0 rules are bad either.

I'll get em both if I have to. It's jurt that I herd 4th was dumbed down and rigged while 3.5 was convaluded and nerfed some classes.

I still have the megamodule T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil, and toee is incredibly true to it. You can easily use the map booklet that came with the module to navigate around toee. If you have any specific questions I can answer them.

Hommlett(?) and Nulb are from the module, the named NPCs are from the module, just about everything is true to the module. Toee has some extra content over the module, like the Emridy Meadows area (or is that from Co8?). There are a bunch of extra starter quests in Hommlett, and Nulb is more fleshed out than the module, but the temple... the temple is there in all it's glory. I guess the elemental nodes are greatly shrunk, as they were originally very spacious. There's no missing content really, you just don't have to spend forever walking to the next encounter.

As for D&D, I stopped around 3E. Like Coelocanth I've also played since the late 70's. I like how the stats and xp levels were streamlined, but the class abilities being front-heavy needed to be spread out to account for the new multiclassing rules.

HTH

Cool just got 4th edition. I wll probably buy TOEE next year when its the 10th anniversry because you know gog will have a sale I mean look at fallout, it was free on its aniversry. Also CO8 should be complete by then also.

It's the internet, everything new gets a bad rap, It me forever to even try 4e just assuming it was drivel, the only reason I played because I was waiting for a ride home from a local geek store, the DM invited me over and when my ride arrived she actually started playing as well long story short I'm hooked have been playing for years but I'm really enjoying where there going with 5e

From what I've heard/seen 4th is a significant step away from 3.5 in almost every aspect. My gripe with the 3.5 rules is the broken multiclass/PrC combo's that exist, with about 5 different classes dipped in to combine into an unholy mess. Why I prefer Pathfinder of the two for tabletop, very similar but far more incentive to play pure classes.
That said, I'll always be a Basic fan <3

Urg, my DM is takeing for ever to get the adventure ready.

Its exactly the same.

Huh, I'd already commented here. Nvm