B09S displaced Fey-book or Giant-book

[Razz]

Which one?

I think it was the Complete Guide to Fey? Not sure exactly.

 

[The_Universe]

I, for one, would much rather have a Giant book than a Fey book, if only because I'm much more likely to use Giants than Fey as opponents for my players.

 

[Nifft]

Ha ha! Eat it, Fey!

Leaving before giants show up, -- N

 

[Felon]

I'd have to disagree for one specific reason.

There are a significant number of gamers who use ZERO 3rd party product.

Yep, some of the 3rd-party books have real nice fluff, but virtually none seem to get the crunch aspect of D&D, and that's what interests a lot of folks.

 

[Kunimatyu]

Yep, some of the 3rd-party books have real nice fluff, but virtually none seem to get the crunch aspect of D&D, and that's what interests a lot of folks.

Lords of Madness is regularly touted as one of the best 3.5 books, and yet it's not exactly packed to the gills with crunch.

 

[Felon]

So I was listening to Show #7 on GLEEMAX and they interviewed Chris Perkins.

It appears they do have a "Fey Book" and a "Giant Book" planned, but they got bumped so they could fit in Tome of Battle. Apparently, if a book theme is so awesome and there's no time slot for it, they'll actually replace something else they had planned with the totally awesome book.

It sucks that we have to now wait that much longer for a Fey-book and Giant-book (two creature types I've been longing to see them do) but Tome of Battle was really awesome so I'm not

It makes you wonder what else got bumped for some other book that a lot of us have been wanting to see?

Well, in the interests of accuracy, I'd say go back and listen to the show again. Perkins was basically pulling off the top of his head.

"Oh, probably something like...a book of feay, a giantnomicon...something like that...."

Grain of salt.

 

[Felon]

Lords of Madness is regularly touted as one of the best 3.5 books, and yet it's not exactly packed to the gills with crunch.

All good and well, but that really has little to do with what I was saying.

 

[IanB]

Lords of Madness is regularly touted as one of the best 3.5 books, and yet it's not exactly packed to the gills with crunch.

It isn't how much crunch; it is, more or less, the look and feel of what crunch there is that makes the difference for me. 3rd party products almost never seem to fit it (largely intentionally I'm sure.)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It isn't how much crunch; it is, more or less, the look and feel of what crunch there is that makes the difference for me. 3rd party products almost never seem to fit it (largely intentionally I'm sure.)

Have you tried the Year's Best D20? It's a good sampler by many of the industry's best. I'd be surprised if there was anyone who didn't find something in it to love.

 

[IanB]

Have you tried the Year's Best D20? It's a good sampler by many of the industry's best. I'd be surprised if there was anyone who didn't find something in it to love.

I've been burned by nearly all the non-Paizo 3rd party material I've ever looked at (I have, I think, 2 or 3 other products I don't mind having spent the money on), so I'm really reluctant to spend any money on anything at this point (plus I just bought a car ) but if there's a preview somewhere or something I'd check it out.