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What's the best D&D product EVAR?
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RogueRonin
Explorer
Planescape box set: Because it added so much to my homebrew setting.
Eberron: Because it made me stop using my homebrew setting.
Eberron: Because it made me stop using my homebrew setting.
The Other Librarian
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JeffB
Legend
This is gonna be tough....here's my picks
1) The original GDQ mods but especially G1: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief. I remember seeing this on the shelf right as it was released and saying "What the heck is a Module?...and for that matter,what the Heck is a Steading? Shortly thereafter I was run through said module, and I was hooked...this was ALOT better than the adventures other people had made up...we had to think, be stealthy, fight, parley, run...and at the end...it wasn't the end....continued in G2...talk about anticipation!
2) Moldvay/Cook era B/X sets: Clear and to the point . Good organization. Brought in alot of gamers, and supplied many years of fun. Still my all time fave version of the rules (not perfect, but darn good)
3) B2 The Keep on the Borderlands. An entire mini-campaign. Great tool for novice DMs, nice little side-treks (Mad Hermit, Lizard Man Mounds, etc), Home base filled with adventure hooks, and the Caves of Chaos themselves. D&D in it's purest form AFAIC.
4) T1 The Village of Homlett..much like B2, Homlett was a mini-campaign setting in a handful of pages...Gygax did a better job describing a big region of GH in a few paragraphs, than subsequent authors would do in entire books...Very cool
5) TSR, The Dragon, & Dragon mags up 'til about 1985 or so...great products in the overall sense
Honorable mentions for A1,2,3,& 4, U1,S1 & S2,B1, Brown Books & supplements, 1E FR grey box, FR5, Planescape boxed set, From the Ashes, 3E FRCS (don't like all the changes, but that is the benchmark for campaign setting books), 3E MotP, Of Sound Mind, Crucible of Freya, Rappan Athuk series,PGttW, Monte's AU, Mutants and Masterminds, Midnight, and last but not least, the Epic Level Handbook...HA! Just kidding
1) The original GDQ mods but especially G1: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief. I remember seeing this on the shelf right as it was released and saying "What the heck is a Module?...and for that matter,what the Heck is a Steading? Shortly thereafter I was run through said module, and I was hooked...this was ALOT better than the adventures other people had made up...we had to think, be stealthy, fight, parley, run...and at the end...it wasn't the end....continued in G2...talk about anticipation!
2) Moldvay/Cook era B/X sets: Clear and to the point . Good organization. Brought in alot of gamers, and supplied many years of fun. Still my all time fave version of the rules (not perfect, but darn good)
3) B2 The Keep on the Borderlands. An entire mini-campaign. Great tool for novice DMs, nice little side-treks (Mad Hermit, Lizard Man Mounds, etc), Home base filled with adventure hooks, and the Caves of Chaos themselves. D&D in it's purest form AFAIC.
4) T1 The Village of Homlett..much like B2, Homlett was a mini-campaign setting in a handful of pages...Gygax did a better job describing a big region of GH in a few paragraphs, than subsequent authors would do in entire books...Very cool
5) TSR, The Dragon, & Dragon mags up 'til about 1985 or so...great products in the overall sense
Honorable mentions for A1,2,3,& 4, U1,S1 & S2,B1, Brown Books & supplements, 1E FR grey box, FR5, Planescape boxed set, From the Ashes, 3E FRCS (don't like all the changes, but that is the benchmark for campaign setting books), 3E MotP, Of Sound Mind, Crucible of Freya, Rappan Athuk series,PGttW, Monte's AU, Mutants and Masterminds, Midnight, and last but not least, the Epic Level Handbook...HA! Just kidding
Melan
Explorer
1) The 1st edition Dungeon Masters Guide. No matter what I am DMing, there is always something I can use from it. Herbs and gems! Items typically bejewelled! Random monster charts! One of the best gaming purchases I made.
2) City State of the Invincible Overlord and Wilderlands of High Fantasy. I was already running campaigns sorta like these when I first saw them. But when I read through them, I suddenly understood what I wanted from gaming. It was a truly eye opening experience.
3) Honorable mention goes to L1: The Secret of Bone Hill. That's another one that taught me about campaign planning.
2) City State of the Invincible Overlord and Wilderlands of High Fantasy. I was already running campaigns sorta like these when I first saw them. But when I read through them, I suddenly understood what I wanted from gaming. It was a truly eye opening experience.
3) Honorable mention goes to L1: The Secret of Bone Hill. That's another one that taught me about campaign planning.
Some of my favorites have already been mentioned, but here are a few I haven't noticed.
Red Arrow Black Shield - one of the greatest modules ever in my opinion, surely the best at bringing the pcs into a war
In Search of Adventure - a great collection of low level adventures
Creative Campaining - one of the "grey" books from 2E
But by far my favorite of all time has to be
Castle Greyhawk - a humurous yet very playable 13 level dungeon; just reading it is a good time, playing it is out of this world.
Red Arrow Black Shield - one of the greatest modules ever in my opinion, surely the best at bringing the pcs into a war
In Search of Adventure - a great collection of low level adventures
Creative Campaining - one of the "grey" books from 2E
But by far my favorite of all time has to be
Castle Greyhawk - a humurous yet very playable 13 level dungeon; just reading it is a good time, playing it is out of this world.
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Speaking of Keep on the Borderlands, has anyone converted it over to d20? I have the module, but was wondering if there was a way to save me some work converting. I used to remember EnWorld had something like this, but cannot find it now.
As for my favorite book of all time, 1st Ed DM Guide... Wow, still gives me chills...
As for my favorite book of all time, 1st Ed DM Guide... Wow, still gives me chills...
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