Favorite 3.5 Supplements

On Dec 30, 9:42 pm, decalod85 <decalo... DeleteThis @comcast.net> wrote:
> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books.  I liked
> these quite a bit.
>
> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
> Yours?

Oriental Adventures + Dragon 318

decalod85 wrote:

> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
> these quite a bit.
>
> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
> Yours?

Is this an 'official' publications only question?

If so I vote the Expanded Psionics Handbook, Magic of Incarnum and the
first round of 'Complete' books.

If third party books are allowed: From Stone to Steel and the
Monsternomicon.

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"The apparent lesson of the Inquisition is that insistence on
uniformity of belief is fatal to intellectual, moral and spiritual health."
-The Uses Of The Past-, Herbert J. Muller

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> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
> these quite a bit.

Me too.

I would add "Heroes of Battle" (finally the sweet spot between a skirmish
and the need to play a full tabletop wargame), and "Lords of Madness" (I did
a whole campaign around this one)

decalod85 wrote:
> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
> these quite a bit.
>
> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
> Yours?
>

Book of Nine Swords. No contest.


- Sheldon, who misses playing 3.5

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:42:04 -0800 (PST), decalod85
<decalod85.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
>these quite a bit.
>
>Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
>Yours?

If you are talking supplement as "anything beyond Core (PH, DMG, MM1)"
then I'd vote for Spell Compendium, then Magic Item Compendium as my
favorites.

Why yes, I like magic - why do you ask? <g>

decalod85 wrote:
> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
> these quite a bit.
>
> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
> Yours?

Book of Nine Swords
Oriental Adventures
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Complete Adventurer
Heroes of Horror

On Dec 31, 12:42 am, decalod85 <decalo....TakeThisOut@comcast.net> wrote:
> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books.  I liked
> these quite a bit.
>
> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
> Yours?

Book of Nine Swords
Expanded Psionics Handbook
Book of Nine Swords
Complete Divine
Book of Nine Swords
Spell Compendium
Book of Nine Swords
Player's Handbook II
Book of Nine Swords
Unearthed Arcana
Book of Nine Swords
3.0, but still:
Book of Exalted Deeds
Book of Nine Swords
Epic Level Handbook
Book of Nine Swords

Gerald Katz

decalod85 <decalod85.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
> these quite a bit.
>
> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
> Yours?

Like a lot of us, Book of Nine Swords. It went a long way toward making
martial characters balanced against spellcasters. This doesn't mean
it's my favorite (though I do quite like it), but 'favorite' is a tricky
thing to decide.

Most used? Quite possibly _Advanced Bestiary_ from Green Ronin.

Most impressed by? I'll agree with another poster, _Monsternomicon_ is
very impressive -- presentation and degree of information, detail, and
color make it very easy to see how it fits into the campaign.

One that impresses me more, for a different reason: Pathfinder Beta. I
find the rules generally quite solid and well-considered, but what
really impressed the hell out of me was the production quality on a
*beta document*. It's better-packaged and more attractive than many
release documents.


It's actually difficult for me to name a *favorite* right now, because
I'm in the midst of gearing up a new campaign. I'm trying to not have a
favorite, just mine a bunch of sources for ideas to put together. I'll
try to give it some more thought.


Keith
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Hadsil wrote:

> On Dec 31, 12:42 am, decalod85 <decalo....DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
>>these quite a bit.
>>
>>Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>>
>>Yours?
>
>
> Book of Nine Swords
> Expanded Psionics Handbook
> Book of Nine Swords
> Complete Divine
> Book of Nine Swords
> Spell Compendium
> Book of Nine Swords
> Player's Handbook II
> Book of Nine Swords
> Unearthed Arcana
> Book of Nine Swords
> 3.0, but still:
> Book of Exalted Deeds
> Book of Nine Swords
> Epic Level Handbook
> Book of Nine Swords
>
> Gerald Katz

I thought that the Book of Nine Swords was a rather cool idea. And that
it completely failed to meet my definition of what fits into D&D. Which
was one of my first warnings about 4E...

--
Tetsubo
--------------------------------------
"The apparent lesson of the Inquisition is that insistence on
uniformity of belief is fatal to intellectual, moral and spiritual health."
-The Uses Of The Past-, Herbert J. Muller

BLUP

On Jan 1, 12:22 pm, Tetsubo <tets... RemoveThis @comcast.net> wrote:
> Jasin Zujovic wrote:
> > Tetsubo wrote:
>
> >>>> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books.  I liked
> >>>> these quite a bit.
>
> >>>> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>
> >>>> Yours?
>
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
> >>> Expanded Psionics Handbook
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
> >>> Complete Divine
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
> >>> Spell Compendium
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
> >>> Player's Handbook II
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
> >>> Unearthed Arcana
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
> >>> 3.0, but still:
> >>> Book of Exalted Deeds
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
> >>> Epic Level Handbook
> >>> Book of Nine Swords
>
> >>     I thought that the Book of Nine Swords was a rather cool idea. And
> >> that it completely failed to meet my definition of what fits into D&D.
> >> Which was one of my first warnings about 4E...
>
> > In what way do you mean?
>
> > What do you think doesn't fit? The mechanic where each "special move" is
> > a separate power, or the vaguely wuxia flavour of some of the powers, or
> > something else?
>
>         For me, the beauty of the Fighter is the incredible simplicity. BO9S
> removed that simplicity and made them as complex as a spellcaster. If I
> want to play a spellcaster I will. When I play a Fighter I want a
> Fighter. He hits stuff. Simple.
>
> --
> Tetsubo
> --------------------------------------

You would be in the minority over at the WOTC Forums. Many people
there loathe that the Fighter is so "simple" as you put it.

Gerald Katz

Tetsubo wrote:
>>> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
>>> these quite a bit.
>>>
>>> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>>>
>>> Yours?
>>
>>
>> Book of Nine Swords
>> Expanded Psionics Handbook
>> Book of Nine Swords
>> Complete Divine
>> Book of Nine Swords
>> Spell Compendium
>> Book of Nine Swords
>> Player's Handbook II
>> Book of Nine Swords
>> Unearthed Arcana
>> Book of Nine Swords
>> 3.0, but still:
>> Book of Exalted Deeds
>> Book of Nine Swords
>> Epic Level Handbook
>> Book of Nine Swords
>
> I thought that the Book of Nine Swords was a rather cool idea. And
> that it completely failed to meet my definition of what fits into D&D.
> Which was one of my first warnings about 4E...

In what way do you mean?

What do you think doesn't fit? The mechanic where each "special move" is
a separate power, or the vaguely wuxia flavour of some of the powers, or
something else?

Jasin Zujovic wrote:

> Tetsubo wrote:
>
>>>> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
>>>> these quite a bit.
>>>>
>>>> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.
>>>>
>>>> Yours?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>> Expanded Psionics Handbook
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>> Complete Divine
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>> Spell Compendium
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>> Player's Handbook II
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>> Unearthed Arcana
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>> 3.0, but still:
>>> Book of Exalted Deeds
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>> Epic Level Handbook
>>> Book of Nine Swords
>>
>>
>> I thought that the Book of Nine Swords was a rather cool idea. And
>> that it completely failed to meet my definition of what fits into D&D.
>> Which was one of my first warnings about 4E...
>
>
> In what way do you mean?
>
> What do you think doesn't fit? The mechanic where each "special move" is
> a separate power, or the vaguely wuxia flavour of some of the powers, or
> something else?

For me, the beauty of the Fighter is the incredible simplicity. BO9S
removed that simplicity and made them as complex as a spellcaster. If I
want to play a spellcaster I will. When I play a Fighter I want a
Fighter. He hits stuff. Simple.

--
Tetsubo
--------------------------------------
"The apparent lesson of the Inquisition is that insistence on
uniformity of belief is fatal to intellectual, moral and spiritual health."
-The Uses Of The Past-, Herbert J. Muller

BLUP

Alien mind control rays made decalod85 <decalod85 RemoveThis @comcast.net> write:
> I vote for the Stormwrack, Sandstorm, and Frostburn books. I liked
> these quite a bit.
>
> Of the "Complete" series, I liked "Warrior" best.

eberron campaign setting
rules compendium
magic item compendium
magic of incarnum

i'd probably have the book of nine swords here, but my eberron campaign
was already well along when it came out, so i haven't had cause to buy
it yet.

the environment series (cityscape, etc.) was good. i've enjoyed
reading those, although i've used less from them than i expected.

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