Which of these books are you buying?

Rank these titles on how likely you are to purchase the books based on what you know or have heard about them using this ranking system:

Yes
Probably
Maybe
Probably Not
No

And, if your feeling really brave, maybe you can give a description of why you choose to rank certain books in certain ways.

Expanded Psionics Handbook:
D&D Map Folio I:
Complete Divine:
Eberron Campaign Setting:
Planar Handbook:
Races of Stone:
D&D Map Folio II:
D&D Basic Set:
Monster Manual III:
Frostburn :
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade:
Special Edition Player's Handbook:
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead:
Shining South:
Complete Arcane:
Sharn : City of Towers:
Races of the Wild:
Map Folio 3-D:

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Probably
D&D Map Folio I: No.
Complete Divine: Yes.
Eberron Campaign Setting: Maybe
Planar Handbook: Yes
Races of Stone: Yes
D&D Map Folio II: No
D&D Basic Set: Maybe
Monster Manual III: Yes.
Frostburn : Yes.
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: Maybe.
Special Edition Player's Handbook: Want to learn more about it.
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes.
Shining South: No.
Complete Arcane: Yes.
Sharn : City of Towers: Maybe.
Races of the Wild: Yes.
Map Folio 3-D: No.

List subject to change.

Products in the Eberron line depend on whether I buy the CS obviously. At this point, I am leaning toward getting it, if only to use the material in non-Eberron campaigns.

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Yes.
D&D Map Folio I: Yes
Complete Divine: Yes.
Eberron Campaign Setting: Yes.
Planar Handbook: Yes.
Races of Stone: Yes.
D&D Map Folio II: Yes.
D&D Basic Set: Yes.
Monster Manual III: Yes.
Frostburn: Yes.
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: Yes.
Special Edition Player's Handbook: Probably
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes.
Shining South: No.
Complete Arcane: Yes.
Sharn : City of Towers: Maybe.
Races of the Wild: Yes.
Map Folio 3-D: No.

Cheers!

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Yes
D&D Map Folio I: No
Complete Divine: Yes
Eberron Campaign Setting: Probably
Planar Handbook: Yes
Races of Stone: Yes
D&D Map Folio II: No
D&D Basic Set: No
Monster Manual III: Yes
Frostburn : Yes
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: No
Special Edition Player's Handbook: Probably No
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes
Shining South: No
Complete Arcane: Yes
Sharn : City of Towers: No
Races of the Wild: Yes
Map Folio 3-D:No

This is more on what I do plan to get instead of a sure shot, I know that this is going to conflict with the long list of books I have but hey, dreaming is a good thing.

I liked complete warrior so i will get the line, the races of... and the environment ones i will check with the first book, I love monsters, so MMIII is in and finally, I usually try to get the setting books I can because I can always steal ideas from them or because I can present options to my players.

I would not buy map books unless they were thematic, like Map Folio: Castles, Map Folio: Caves, Dungeons and Mines and so on, mere examples here, also, I doubt the maps are good enough to deeserve my money, when it is free I get all I can but paying for maps ups my requirements a lot.

Expanded Psionics Handbook: yes but Im not in a rush
D&D Map Folio I: No
Complete Divine: Yes
Eberron Campaign Setting: Hell no
Serpent Kingdoms: Yes
Planar Handbook: Maybe It will depend on how useful it is to the FR (I suspect not useful at all)
Races of Stone: No Ive got Races of Faerun and the PGTF
D&D Map Folio II: No
D&D Basic Set: No
Monster Manual III: Yes but Im in no rush
Frostburn: No, I dont need to know how to give my players Chapped lips
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: Not unless Hell has frozen over
Special Edition Player's Handbook: No
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes.
Shining South: Yes.
Complete Arcane: Yes
Sharn : City of Towers: No.
Races of the Wild: No Ive got Races of Faerun and the PGTF
Map Folio 3-D: No.

I bought a Higher percentage of WOTC stuff last year than I did this year

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Yes.
D&D Map Folio I: No.
Complete Divine: Yes.
Eberron Campaign Setting: Yes.
Planar Handbook: Maybe.
Races of Stone: No.
D&D Map Folio II: No.
D&D Basic Set: No.
Monster Manual III: Yes.
Frostburn : Yes.
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: Probably Not.
Special Edition Player's Handbook: Maybe.
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes.
Shining South: No.
Complete Arcane: Yes.
Sharn : City of Towers: Probably Not.
Races of the Wild: No.
Map Folio 3-D: Probably Not.

Special Edition Players Handbook: I'll buy it if it is a completely errata'd version. Otherwise, I'm not interested. I'd be willing to shell out cash for a "higher grade" Player's Handbook when they do it with errata.

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Must have for me.

Monster Manual III: More creatures are always good. Creature books are the main thing I buy from 3rd party publishers, and this is just a book I'm likely to pick up.

Complete Arcane & Divine: Although Complete Warrior isn't the best fighter book I've ever seen, it somehow switched my opinion on splats from "useless horribly written crap" to "useful material for further character customization." I'm aiming for both of these books because I hope they are of equal or better quality to Complete Warrior. Hopefully they don't increase the power creep though, as I don't mind "extra supplements" just so long as they don't bring one type of character up over the others.

Races of the Wild & Stone: I'm not a race book person. I've always found books full of races or about races to be dull and disinteresting. Even if a set of books covered all races equally, which I've never seen support for, it will still not go to my shelf simply because I'm satisfied with races as is. If, when the book is released, it changes my mind... I may reconsider my opinion and stance completely.

Frostburn and Libris Mortis: Wait and see, but these are definitely high on my list. Especially Frostburn, as one of my weakest points as a DM is in creating and describing the environment.

Planar Handbook: Guide... for... players... to... planes? I'm saying that I might go for it if I see good things, but I really don't know what to expect.

Eberron Campaign Setting: Since I've bored of Scarred Lands, never had much love for Forgotten Realms, Greyhawk support is almost non-existent... I'm hoping to be impressed. Basically, now that I've snagged the Dragon Lance Campaign Setting hardcover, I'm going to wait for Eberron to release before going either way. If neither captures my love, I'll be looking at you 3rd party publishers again.

Eberron Supplements: Not likely even if I do like Eberron. I like "big" adventure books, not small ones. Sharn might be a good purchase, but it would have to be very impressive.

Map Folios: I use minis, but I am not that concerned with terrain placement tiles and such. The 3-d set, however, has me somewhat interested.



All that said, I'm really hoping Eberron is good, and I'm hoping Frostburn is followed up by a book on desert environments. I'm interested in running one of three settings right now: Eberron, Dark Sun, or Dragonlance. If all three fail me, I'm going to be turning to you 3rd party publishers out there! Scarred Lands were awesome at first, but now I'm bored. I want new fresh landscapes to send wandering bands of adventurers to their doom throughout.

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Yes
D&D Map Folio I: Probably not
Complete Divine: Yes
Eberron Campaign Setting: Probably
Planar Handbook: Yes
Races of Stone: Yes
D&D Map Folio II: Probably not
D&D Basic Set: Probably
Monster Manual III: Yes
Frostburn : Probably
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: Maybe
Special Edition Player's Handbook: No
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes
Shining South: Probably
Complete Arcane: Yes
Sharn : City of Towers: Maybe
Races of the Wild: Yes
Map Folio 3-D: Probably not.

I generally prefer crunch over fluff (I can make my own fluff, thank you). Even those classified as probably are likely to get bought eventually, during months when there are no releases that interest me. I might get the D&D basic set just for the minis, especially if there's a black dragon. I generally do not need pre-made maps, unless they have 1-inch squares usable with minis, in which case they may get upgraded to maybe.

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Probably
D&D Map Folio I: Probably not
Complete Divine: Maybe
Eberron Campaign Setting: Maybe
Planar Handbook: Maybe
Races of Stone: Probably not
D&D Map Folio II: Probably not
D&D Basic Set: Nope
Monster Manual III: Yes
Frostburn : Probably not
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: No
Special Edition Player's Handbook: No
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Probably not
Shining South: No
Complete Arcane: Maybe
Sharn : City of Towers: No
Races of the Wild: Probably not
Map Folio 3-D: No

Expanded Psionics Handbook: No. Not interested in psionics.
D&D Map Folio I: No, I just can't get excited about maps, but the idea is cool.
Complete Divine: Yes. I really liked Complete Warrior, I want ways to work religion more into my game, and it should be interesting.
Eberron Campaign Setting: Probably not. The campaign doesn't move me from what I know and I'm not able to buy everything.
Planar Handbook: Yes YES YES!!! I love the planes and this will come out about when the PCs are getting ready to explore a bit more.
Races of Stone: Probably. I like race books, and Jesse Decker's take on dwarves in Hammer & Helm was good.
D&D Map Folio II: No, as above.
D&D Basic Set: No, although I think it's cool it's being put out.
Monster Manual III: Yes. I love monster books.
Frostburn : Yes, probably. It sounds interesting.
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: Probably not, due to the reasons above.
Special Edition Player's Handbook: Probably not. Sounds kinda cool, but I bet it will be pricey, and I;d rather just buy another normal PHB and a box of minis.
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes. Loved the Draconomicon so this should be cool too. I'm not super into undead, but I'll almost certainly pick this up regardless.
Shining South: Probably not. I was buying the FR stuff, but I;ve slowed down. Just no super necessary.
Complete Arcane: Yes, for the reasons above for CD, and also because I lurve me my wizards.
Sharn : City of Towers: Probably not, it's Eberron.
Races of the Wild: Probably, tho we'll see how Races of stone works out.
Map Folio 3-D: No, but cool idea.

Expanded Psionics Handbook: Yes
D&D Map Folio I: Probably yes
Complete Divine: Yes
Eberron Campaign Setting: Yes
Planar Handbook: Yes
Races of Stone: Yes
D&D Map Folio II: Maybe
D&D Basic Set: Probably no
Monster Manual III: Yes
Frostburn: Yes
Eberron Whispers of the Vampire's Blade: Yes
Special Edition Player's Handbook: No
Libris Mortis The Book of Undead: Yes
Shining South: Yes
Complete Arcane: Yes
Sharn : City of Towers: Yes
Races of the Wild: Yes
Map Folio 3-D: Probably yes