2006 WotC D&D Product Survivor - Round 7

[Maggan]

I'm amazed PHB2 is still there, given all the hate it's have.

I think that could be a reason it's still here. Many people love it, and might be voting strategically to keep it to spite the haters!

/M

 

[Berandor]

Still trying to get rid of "Scourge of the Howling Horde".

I wanted to help you out, but PHB II is still on, and you know: dream puppies.

Seems like it will be another round before the puppies are save again, though.

 

[MerricB]

Really? Huh. I love those. I'm desperately hoping to see (or even work on) more of them.

Giants. Fey. Yugoloths. Elementals and djinn. Celestials. The potential is enormous.

Yeah, but I like Cityscape.

Cheers!

 

[Seeker95]

Still voting for Secrets of Xend'rick. It was released too early, giving too much detail about a place the Eberron campaign setting explicitly stated was just that - secret.

As for ther Fantastic Locations, I don't get what folks don't like about these. I find them very useful as foundations for larger adventures. And the PHBII is perfect. Everything is optional, without being "variant" (UA).
Optional = good.
Variant = deviant.
Deviant = bad.

 

[RodneyThompson]

Really? Huh. I love those. I'm desperately hoping to see (or even work on) more of them.

Giants. Fey. Yugoloths. Elementals and djinn. Celestials. The potential is enormous.

QFT. The in-depth monster books have gotten a ton of use at my table, especially things like Libris Mortis in my two-sessions-from-completion Age of Worms campaign.

 

[MerricB]

QFT. The in-depth monster books have gotten a ton of use at my table, especially things like Libris Mortis in my two-sessions-from-completion Age of Worms campaign.

Congratulations on almost finishing AoW! (I have about 7 sessions to go, I think).

It's quite interesting that I really haven't warmed to the Monster books; although I will say that the Fiendish Codexes are the best of the lot. I really don't like Lords of Madness. I know they're popular... just not for me. (Oh, and we must stop puppies being possessed! )

Cheers!

 

[Evilhalfling]

No one speaking out against dragon magic? mediocre niche book that it was.
My Favs this year were PHBII and Fiendish codex: II, I found a ton of ideas - the first one seemed more concerned with what was going on in the outer planes, while the 2nd gave me a ton of ideas on what the devils were doing on the prime.

 

[Shade]

For that statement I propose we turn Merric into a book. A very cheery, usually optimistic book, but a book nonetheless. And then we kick him off the island.

Agreed. Shall we title it Champions of Optimism? Races of the Half-Full Glass? Fantastic Locations: The Happy Place?

 

[RodneyThompson]

Congratulations on almost finishing AoW! (I have about 7 sessions to go, I think).

Thanks! Yeah, the holidays threw a wrench in our plans, or we would have been done like a month and a half ago. And you know how high-level D&D can slog sometimes...

As for the monster ecology books, I think they're of more use when you have a unified theme for the enemies in your campaign. For example, Age of Worms is dominated by undead, so an undead ecology is of great use. If there had been a book on demodands and such, that would have been great for Shackled City. But if you have a campaign with a diverse set of enemies, any given ecology book is going to be of far less use.

 

[Arnwyn]

Gunning for the last Fantastic Locations.