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<blockquote data-quote="Gorg" data-source="post: 8208159" data-attributes="member: 7029501"><p>Wow- tough decision. I own so very many books...</p><p></p><p>Best: Really, it's a toss-up between my OG Moldvay boxed set; the 3rd ed Forgotten Realms campaign setting; and the OG Unearthed Arcana.</p><p></p><p> Runners up would be the 1st ed PHB and DMG; Kingdoms of Kalamar campaign setting; the Linked adventures for 3rd ed beginning with Sunless Citadel; Ravenloft (the og module) and a lot of other stuff, lol.</p><p></p><p>Worst: Epic Level Handbook. Interesting ideas, but not at all what I was looking for- and we never used even a single thing out of it. There are a couple of 3rd party OGL books I bought that weren't as interesting/useful as I thought they'd be, but I'm not home and don't recall any names. Ended up being expensive dust collectors...</p><p></p><p></p><p> Best AND worst: The DM's Book of Dirty Tricks and Misfit Magic. (1st/2nd ed 3rd party publisher) Fiendishly evil, lol. Boy did it ever live up to it's name!! A lot of stuff was utterly broken, but ended up making for some extremely memorable games! One particularly memorable item was called the Girdle of Oxen Strength. It was a "cursed" item that doubled your strength score- and halved your intelligence. Of course we gave it to the Half ogre fighter: Gorg. (my namesake!) He became a total meme of a character in a party full of meme characters- inc a Drizzt clone. But we didn't care- Gorg's player rp'd it to the hilt, and Strong like OX- dumb like rock!! Became really really fun. And true to the claim in the Dungeon article we got the race from, Gorg WAS the world's best door opener, scared the wits out of most weaker humanoids- and most a-holes in bars; and provided some very memorable moments. Just, for the love of Fizban NEVER tell him he's under arrest... (and don't give his little gully dwarf pal any crap- Gorg gets annoyed)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gorg, post: 8208159, member: 7029501"] Wow- tough decision. I own so very many books... Best: Really, it's a toss-up between my OG Moldvay boxed set; the 3rd ed Forgotten Realms campaign setting; and the OG Unearthed Arcana. Runners up would be the 1st ed PHB and DMG; Kingdoms of Kalamar campaign setting; the Linked adventures for 3rd ed beginning with Sunless Citadel; Ravenloft (the og module) and a lot of other stuff, lol. Worst: Epic Level Handbook. Interesting ideas, but not at all what I was looking for- and we never used even a single thing out of it. There are a couple of 3rd party OGL books I bought that weren't as interesting/useful as I thought they'd be, but I'm not home and don't recall any names. Ended up being expensive dust collectors... Best AND worst: The DM's Book of Dirty Tricks and Misfit Magic. (1st/2nd ed 3rd party publisher) Fiendishly evil, lol. Boy did it ever live up to it's name!! A lot of stuff was utterly broken, but ended up making for some extremely memorable games! One particularly memorable item was called the Girdle of Oxen Strength. It was a "cursed" item that doubled your strength score- and halved your intelligence. Of course we gave it to the Half ogre fighter: Gorg. (my namesake!) He became a total meme of a character in a party full of meme characters- inc a Drizzt clone. But we didn't care- Gorg's player rp'd it to the hilt, and Strong like OX- dumb like rock!! Became really really fun. And true to the claim in the Dungeon article we got the race from, Gorg WAS the world's best door opener, scared the wits out of most weaker humanoids- and most a-holes in bars; and provided some very memorable moments. Just, for the love of Fizban NEVER tell him he's under arrest... (and don't give his little gully dwarf pal any crap- Gorg gets annoyed) [/QUOTE]
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