[3.5] Extra Swift Actions Per Round

[Ranis]

I remember reading somewhere, sometime that you could sacrifice Standard and Move actions in exchange for swift actions. Is this true? If so, where can I find this rule?

[Myou]

I remember reading somewhere, sometime that you could sacrifice Standard and Move actions in exchange for swift actions. Is this true? If so, where can I find this rule?

Absolutely not, that's totally broken.

[Runestar]

Only in 4e.

The arcane spellsurge spell suggests that such an action is in fact expressly prohibited (or at least, heavily discouraged) in 3.5.

[Optimystik]

Synads can get extra Swift actions, but only for purely mental activities, and can only manifest with them if they haven't already done so that turn.

But even if you have, that still leaves Knowledge checks, mentally directing things, etc.

[QuantumSteve]

By RAW, you can only trade standard actions for move actions. However, in general, standard actions are more powerful than swift, so trading those could be a sensible house rule. Move actions are another story. Being able to cast 3 quickened spells is pretty broken. Add ToB into the mix, 2 boosts to your attacks every round, and it gets worse. Meanwhile, more vanilla characters who don't utilize swift actions as much get hosed.