Best Monster Books for 3.5

[Reynard]

I want to add some variety to my Pathfinder campaign and think monsters are a good choice to do that with. So, what are the best 3.5 (for ease of conversion) monster books floating around out there. I have Tome of Horrors II, plus most of the WotC MMs.

 

[coyote6]

I liked all of the Tome of Horrors books (I, II, & III). ToH I had a 3.5e revision, though I think it was only PDF.

Green Ronin's Advanced Bestiary is a book of templates, but they let you make some really interesting critters; Paizo's used it a few times in their adventures, IIRC.

Most of the rest of the monsters I used were 3e conversions, or from WotC, or modifications thereof.

Edit: Almost forgot -- Monsternomicon got a 3.5e-ization, too. The Monsternomicon has some really interesting monsters, but they never seem to fit what I wanted, so I don't think I got the 3.5e version.

Edit 2: Necromancer also did the Mother of All Encounter Tables, which I used for inspiration a couple of times. If you want to use random rolls to populate areas, it could be a useful starting place.

 

[Wednesday Boy]

I really enjoyed Lords of Madness for its fluff (revolving around abominations) and character options (especially the Fleshwarper PrC). But I can't remember how many stat blocks were in the book offhand, so if that's what you're primarily looking for it may not be the ideal book for your needs.

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

I'll second GR's "Advanced Bestiary". It's nothing but templates, but you can really throw players for a loop with some of the stuff in there. And, as with most templates presentations, there are "worked examples" for each, so you get a fair number of actual statblocks, as well.

 

[Morrus]

EN Publishing produced a series called EN Critters.

Six monster books:

EN World PDF Store - RPG PDF downloads

 

[MortonStromgal]

I liked all of the Tome of Horrors books (I, II, & III). ToH I had a 3.5e revision, though I think it was only PDF.

/This, I also like Book of Fiends from Green Ronin

 

[TheYeti1775]

Creature Catalogs I & II by Sword & Sorcery.

Old DM used to throw them in to trip us up every now and than.

 

[coyote6]

If you like demons & devils, then in addition to the Book of Fiends, WotC's Fiendish Codex I & II are good books, too.

 

[IronWolf]

I think I would have to vote Tome of Horrors as well...

 

[DragonLancer]

I recommend all the Tome of Horrors series, GR's Book of Fiends and Monsters of Freeport, plus (I know this was 3.0 but worth it OMO) Dangerous Denizens for Kalamar.