As a former player of 2nd Edition D&D, I have just gotten back into it with the Dragonlance campaign. A fellow gamer and I have always tried to manipulate a standard Rogue character into a swashbuckler, and the 3.5 rules allow much more control, so we've been pretty happy with the results. We just recently discovered the 7th Sea core book, and are awaiting its arrival at our fav gaming store (read: Geek Shop).