Pimp Your Favorite 3rd party or DMs Guild Products

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Reynard

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #1

I feel like spending some money in support of folks who help make 5E a great game. Tell me about your favorite 3rd party products, whether OGL or DMsGuild.

Note: I am generally less inclined toward campaign settings, but otherwise prefer "DM facing" products over "player facing" products. Also, I run 5E on Fantasy grounds, so products with FG support are of special interest. Note that I own Tome of Beasts and think it is awesome.

Thanks!

 

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LordEntrails

Hero

• Aug 16, 2018

• #2

Well I'll leave out my favorites, since those are mine!

Seriously though, If you run FG, then any of Rob Twohy's effects or random list packages are a good investment to help players with effects etc.

If you have any interest in Waterdeep, then I would strongly recommend https://www.dmsguild.com/product/248971/Waterdeep-Primer?affiliate_id=432258 and a map of the Yawning Portal https://www.dmsguild.com/product/24...orgotten-Realms-Stock-Art?affiliate_id=432258

Monsters of the Guild is well done and has good monsters https://www.dmsguild.com/product/241280/Monsters-of-the-Guild-Fantasy-Grounds?affiliate_id=432258

Persistent spell effects, these tokens are awesome; https://www.dmsguild.com/product/195599/Dungeons-and-Dragons-5e-Spell-Tokens?affiliate_id=432258

Just one set of maps; https://www.dmsguild.com/product/170593/Free-Virtual-Map-Collection?affiliate_id=432258

Hmm...

I don't use it, but if you want more crit and fumble tables; https://www.dmsguild.com/product/172673/200-Critical-HIT--FUMBLE-Tables?affiliate_id=432258
and a Wild Magic table; https://www.dmsguild.com/product/178236/200-Wild-Magic-Table?affiliate_id=432258

 

Ath-kethin

Elder Thing

• Aug 16, 2018

• #3

My favorites are also the ones I've written or worked on; in particular I feel my Offbeat Encounters series is pretty strong. It's a collection of unusual encounter situations designed to be dropped easily into a campaign to provide a distraction or a new plot development, as needed.

Of stuff I DIDN'T write, I get a lot of mileage out the Eldritch Expansion booklet. But then, that's the kind of campaign I like to run.

 

Morrus

Well, that was fun

Staff member

• Aug 16, 2018

• #4

EN5ider, of course!

 

Satyrn

First Post

• Aug 16, 2018

• #5

This is my favorite magic item supplement. The items are interesting and inspiring. Normally I create my own, but these I readily use, either as-is or tweaked to my preferences.


And though you're not really looking for player stuff, I need to stump for the Pugilist, a wonderfully flavorful unarmed fighting class where most of the subclasses are boxing and wrestling themed (there's a luchador!) . . . though there's also a pet subclass and one inspired by Sherlock Holmes.

 

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Swarmkeeper

Hero

• Aug 16, 2018

• #6

Pay what you what PDFs chock full of good stuff:
Nerzugal's Dungeon Master Toolkit (DMs Guild)
Nerzugal's Dungeon Master Toolkit II (DMs Guild)
Nerzugal's Game Master Toolkit (DriveThruRPG)

And expecting good things from these forthcoming books:
Creature Codex by Kobold Press
Strongholds & Followers by MCDM

 

Quickleaf

Legend

• Aug 16, 2018

• #7

So far my favorite is Tome of Beasts. Some fantastic story ideas and daring/imaginative design.

 

Lord Mhoram

Hero

• Aug 17, 2018

• #8

Kobold Press' Midgard setting has a lot a great stuff in it.

 

TwoSix

Dirty, realism-hating munchkin powergamer

• Aug 17, 2018

• #9

Pretty much everything Middle Finger of Vecna does is really good crunch, and they are currently doing their first Kickstarter for a sci-fi expansion.

 

GlassJaw

Hero

• Aug 17, 2018

• #10

Great thread!

I'll start by recommending Beast of Graensekov by our own Quickleaf!