What 3.X/D20 Material Do You Use With Pathfinder?

[enrious]

I forgot something, too. I had found this PDF from Adamant Entertainment called the Monster Modifier. It lets you roll a few dice and change the appearance, movement, size, and attacks (depending on what all you roll), to alter a monster so that it's not the "You see a 9-foot tall humanoid with green skin..." 'It' s a troll. Get out acid and fire.'

Oooooohhh!

Press release thread.

Looks like it's still available and for a paltry $2.

 

[SkredlitheOgre]

Oooooohhh!

Press release thread.

Looks like it's still available and for a paltry $2.

Yeah, it's a fun document to play with. I was running a module that involved a web golem. Given that I'm running PF and not 3.5, I had to do some adjusting anyway. The web golem ended up being gargantuan sized instead of medium and his attacks gained reach. The tomb spider that created the golem ended up with 12 legs total, it's speed doubled (I think), and it had some other weird ability that I don't remember. When the group found the spider, they were kind of freaked out to see a horse-sized spider with eight spider legs, two grasshopper legs, and two human legs. That kinda gave them a panicked 'WTF' moment.

 

[enrious]

When the group found the spider, they were kind of freaked out to see a horse-sized spider with eight spider legs, two grasshopper legs, and two human legs. That kinda gave them a panicked 'WTF' moment.

I just checked behind me, just in case.

 

[Crothian]

Nothing. I found a lot of the 3.x stuff didn't work when we played 3.x so now that we do Pathfinder we just stick with Pathfinder. It has really made for a much better game.

 

[Is_907]

Nothing. I found a lot of the 3.x stuff didn't work when we played 3.x so now that we do Pathfinder we just stick with Pathfinder. It has really made for a much better game.

I think this is a valid statement. One of the reasons we only use the Dragonborn stuff from 3.5 is because the DM and I talked about it extensively first and made sure to balance what we imported.
That way we didn't accidentally bring in any broken mechanics or ideas.

 

[enrious]

I allow a lot of 3.x stuff in my Pathfinder game (although oddly almost everyone is content with just Paizo material), but I too think Crothian's statement to be valid. It's simply a matter of what you feel comfortable with.

Plus, the last person that disagreed with Crothian was last seen digitized and forced to race light cycles.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Heroes of Battle and the Miniatures Handbook. I have been converting some monsters from time to time from FF and MM1-V. I have also consulted Lords of Madness, and Libris Mortis for that purpose, too.

I agree with the Auld Grump that Dave Noonan's Heroes of Battle is still a go-to book for me. Of all of the late era 3.5 hardcovers, Heroes of Battle was the most innovative and most under-appreciated DM focused book for 3.5 that WotC released. If you can find it? BUY IT.

Now, all that said -- that's just me. I have a frikkin RAFT of 3.xx hardcovers I am not using. Hell, I NEVER used them, to be completely honest. I got rather silly with my "Compleatist" shopping habits as the 3.x product line moved forward during its cycle. Funny thing was, I rarely read them. It was a collection/pride of ownership thing.

In truth, the more I had of it, the more I came to realize that all these books were utterly breaking my 3.5 Age of Worms campaign at the time. Indeed, one of the major attractions to me at the time PFRPG was released was it was a way for me to stop using ANY 3.5 material. For a time, I did exactly that, too.

But for all of that, I think that the most important thing to remember is that you CAN use any of those books that you care to -- many of them without any modification at all.

Whether or not that is a terribly wise thing to do is another matter. In the end, a GM decides what they want to use and what they don't. I think one of the strongest aspects of Pathfinder RPG has been that a gamer can pick and choose from among their 3.xx library concerning what they want to use in their Pathfinder game.

There is no right or wrong answer here. If you like it and your players like it and you find it makes gaming with Pathfinder RPG fun for you? Then that's just AWESOME.

 

[MichaelSomething]

I think the Magic Item Compenduim is a great resource for Pathfinder. More magic stuff that can fill in the holes.

 

[IronWolf]

Yeah - no 3.x stuff for me in my Pathfinder games. Considered breaking out Heroes of Battle for part of Kingmaker, but will likely use another 3rd party supplement called Warpath instead when we reach the parts that might require it.

 

[concerro]

Right now, I think that the rules from Heroes of Battle is almost the last remaining WotC rules supplement in frequent use, or at least the one that comes to mind.

Corsair, Book of the Sea, and the mass combat rules from Book of Strongholds & Dynasties are also in use.

Other than that...? Not sure.

What are you folks still using?

The Auld Grump

Right now the APG and Core book are open for use. Everything else is on a case by case basis.