d20/D&D books you own: likes, dislikes, actually uses

[d4]

i think i've got somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-70 D&D/d20 books. (they're scattered around, and i'm not going to take the time to count them up!)

at the moment, the only ones i'm considering using are my M&M books and d20 Modern (and d20 Future when it comes out). i've been seriously cooling on D&D lately.

 

[WayneLigon]

- The core books, of course. PH, DMG, MM.
- Complete Warrior, Draconomicon, All of the original 'Splat Books', Psionics Handbook, Forge of Fury, Oriental Adventures, Sunless Citadel, Unearthed Arcana. Save for the original splat books, these have seen little use though a future campaign will use both the Draconomicon and Unearthed Arcana a great deal - that's why I bought them.
- Eberron. Love it.
- Pretty much everything Malhavok has put out. All of them have seen some use; Anger of Angels will figure prominantly in Future Campaign 1.
- Green Ronin's books for Witch, Noble, & Shaman. Testament. The psionics setting, which I mainly got for the civilization and the map. Asimar and Tiefling, the half-breeds book, and the two elves books.

 

[Treebore]

WOTC

PHB x3
PHB 3.5x2
DMG 3.5
MM 3.5
DMG x2
MM x2
MM2
Fiend Folio
Epic LVL HB
Tome and Blood x2
Song and Silence
Sword and Fist
Defenders of The Faith
Hero Builders Guidebook
Monsters of Faerun
Character Sheets
Heart of Nightfang Spire
The Forge of Fury
DM Screen (3.0/3.5)
Deep Horizon
The Speaker in Dreams
Lord of the Iron Fortress
Bastion of Broken Souls
RttToEE
The Sunless Citadel
The Standing Stone
Draconomicon
Complete Warrior
Complete Divine
Map Folio I (35)

Forgotten Realms

City of the Spider Queen
Campaign Setting
Magic of Faerun
Silver Marches

Wheel of Time
Oriental Adventures
D20 modern
Rokugan
Creatures of Rokugan
Magic of Rokugon
Secrets of the Dragon
D20 Traveller


Kalamar

Invasion of Arun'Kid
Midnights Terror
Root of All Evil
Harvest of Darkness
Geanavue
Players Guide
Atlas
Campaign setting
Forging darkness
Deathright
Siren's Prize
Coins end
Aldrivs Revenge
3.5 DM Screen (59)

Mystic Eye Games

The Witch of Loch-Durnan
The Pit ofLoch Durnan

Necromancer

Hall of the Rainbow Mage
The Lost City of Barakus x2
Demons and Devils
Vault of Larin Karr
Siege of Durgams Folly
Rappan Athuk 1 to 3
Tomb of Abysthor
Grey Citadel
The Crucible of Freya
A Lamentation of Thieves
Players Guide to The Wilderlands
Vampires and Liches
Book of Taverns
Necropolis
Durbanford
Mother of All Encounter Tables
BoneGarden
Raise The Dead
Aberrations
Tome of horrors I
Tome of Horrors II

Troll Lord Games

Book of Familiars
Path of The Magi
Codex of Erde
Winter Runes
Dark Druids
The Fantastic Adventure
St. Anton's Fire
The Malady of Kings
The Mortality of Green
A Lion in the Ropes
Falsentheim: Dogs of War
Dzeebagd: Under Dark and Misty Ground
Yakhund: Into the Unkknown (99)


Sword and Sorcery

Book of Eldritch Might 2: Songs andSouls of Power
Book of Eldritch Might 1
Book of Hallowed might
Mithril, City of golems
Hallowfaust, City of Necromancers
Vigil Watch: Warrens of the Ratmen
Relics and Rituals
Giants Skull
NeMorans Vault
Creature Collection

Goodman Games

Complete Guide to Wererats
Comp. guide to Dopplegangers
Comp. guide to Liches
Monsters of the Endless Dark

Paradigm

Spear of the Logain

Legends and Lairs-Fantasy Flight Games

Seafarers Handbook
Spells and Spellcraft
Traps and Treachery
Mythic Races

Fast Forward Entertainment

Dungeonworld
Wondrous Items of Power
Swords of Power

Citizen Games

Tome of The Dragon
Castle Dunmere
Secret at Greenrock

Green ronin

Book of the Righteous
Legions of Hell
Arcana: Societies of magic
Secret College of Necromancy
Tales of Freeport
Fang and Fury
The Book of Fiends
Thieves Quarter

Penumbra

Seven Strongholds
The Tide of Years
Thieves in the Forest
3 Days to kill
Belly of The Beast
touched by the Gods

AEG-Alderac entertainment

Monster
(see previously listed Rokugan)

Mongoose

Seas of Blood
Skraag, City of Orcs
Quintessential Samurai

Bastion Press

Alchemy and Herbalist
Spells and Magic
Pale Designs: Poisoners Handbook
Guildcraft
Oathbound: Domains of the Forge
Oathbound Plains of Penance
Villains x2
Faeiries
Arms and Armor
Allies and Adversaries
Minions

Gaming Frontiers issues 1-5



Ravenloft-Art Haus

Van Richtens Arsenal
Champions of Darkness
Gaz Vol 1-4
Core Rule Book
Denizens of Darkness x3
Ravenloft DMG
Ravenloft Limited Edition
Van Richten's Guide to the Walking Dead
Secrets of The Dread Realms x2

Scarab Games

Brotherhood of Prophecy

Engel
Starfarers Handbook
Magical Medieval Societies: Western Europe

Total: 170 (last count, haven’t counted recently)


How many do I use, depends on what campaign I am running or playing in. Right now I am playing in rokugan and running one in the Wilderlands using Necromancer modules (Lost City of Barakus, Grey citadel, Morrick Mansion, Crucible of Freya, plus others planned).

I use Magical Medieval Societies, Mother of All Encounter Tables, Core Books, MM 1, 2, and FF. ToH 1 and 2 on a regular basis for the game I run. For Rokugan I am constantly referring to OA, Rokugan, Secrets of the Dragon, Magic of Rokugan, Quintessential Samurai, and Way of the Shugenja (Dm's book, not mine).

Prior to the WL campain a ran Ravenloft and made heavy use of those books. I have also ran occassional traveler games, so that book and my old Traveller/Megatraveller stuff has been used.

 

[nothing to see here]

Between PDF's and print -- I own about 45 odd books...Rather than break down in depth...here are the 5 favourie and 5 least favourite among the non-core (PHB, DMG, MM excluded)


5 faves (in hindsight would have paid even more for them0:

1) Fields of Blood (Eden) -- scratched an itch that was building for two years -- realm management and mass battles doen (largely) right.

2) Dynasties and Demagogues (Atlas) -- incredible supplement for adding mechanical depth to political and non-combat centered adventures.

3) Arcana Unearthed (Malhavoc) -- A rare treat that embodies all that's good about the OGL -- one of the D&D's core designers - taking the building blocks of the rule system -- and creating an alternate - yet compatible set of rules that really tweaks the imagination.

4) Unearthed Arcana (WOTC) -- the one product where the WOTC in house designers really had a chance to strut their stuff -- I only use a few of the variants -- but the number will grow over time.

5) Oathbound (Bastion) -- my favourite game setting. Compelling setting -- with interesting mechanics and back story -- yet compatible with almost any other setting..

My least faves (feel my money was wasted):

1) Cry Havoc (malhavoc) -- major dissapointment that didn't scratch the itch that Fields of Blood did -- considering the design talent in the credits -- it was a particular let down.

2) Psionics Handbook (Wizards) -- so uninspiring that it turned me off psionics and killed all interest in even getting the revision.

3) Sorvery and Steam (Fantasy Flight) -- Steam punk...done poorly...bleah

4) Ravenloft campaign setting -- classic setting mauled up....boo...

5) Urban Arcana (Wizards) -- what exactly does this book do that the PHB and d20 modern combined does not?

nothing to see here out...

 

[reanjr]

I HATE all my books with prestige classes! /QUOTE]

There are D20 books without prestige classes? Where? I can only think of a handful:

PHB
Monster Manual X
Kingdoms of Kalamar Campaign Setting

I'm sure there's quite a few more (including ones that I own), but not as many as one might wish.

 

[fredramsey]

How many d20 books? More than I care to think about. At least 3 shelves on a standard bookshelf worth.

Love AEG's single-word title books; Mercenaries is fantastic, Toolbox is something every DM should have.

Hate: Anything new by Gary Gygax. World Builder blows a$$ cheese. I have a lot of respect for the man, but he hasn't kept up.

WOTC always seems to put out quality stuff, whatever your opinion of them.

Necromancer Games books are hit-or-miss, but overall pretty good.

 

[johnsemlak]

I can't count how many I have. I have loads of books in the Kalamar line, the Scarred Lands line, the Bluffside line, most of the Necromancer Games adventures, several Green Ronin sourcebooks, and a number of ohter setting books, including Nyambe, Codex of Erde, Arcana Unearthed etc.

I have a number of other adventures by miscellaneous publishers, including Monkeygod Enterprises and Troll Lord Games.

I have many many PDFs, including many Malhavoc ones and ones by miscellanous PDF publishers.

This excludes my WotC books, which include most books since the 3.5 revision.

Products most used: It varies tremendously on whether I DM or not and what sort of campaign it is. My current DM doens't allow unofficial stuff, so d20 sourcebooks are only good for fluff inspiration for my character.

Really, I think I have a lot of books which primarily sit on the shelf, sometimes get read, but could see immense use if I run the right sort of campaign, or play in one.

I hope to run an exalted style campaing in hte future. If I do, I'd use the following heavily: BoED, BoVD, BoHM I & II, Book of the Righteous. Probably Manual of the Planes, and I'd choose some suitable adventures as I like to use published adventures. Finally, I"d use one of the settings I have.

I recently ran the modules X4-5 in conversion and set them in Kalamar. Tomb of Horrors saw extensive use, as did the Miniatures Handbook, Lords of Darkness, and some others.

 

[MongooseMatt]

My favorite is Slaine. Its a great setting, the rules changes really fit it, its like the changed everything they needed to and left everything the same that they needed to for the setting and rules to mesh perfectly. I've really enjoyed the suppliments for it and hopefully one day I'll find them all. Its no longer in print as it was just not popular.

Urk! Let me stop you there! Where do people hear such things?

Slaine was and is popular, and none of its books are out of print! If you have trouble finding them, take a trip to;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/series.php?qsSeries=6

 

[fredramsey]

Mongoose Publishing

Oooh, almost forgot!

Mongoose Publishing stuff is great! Airships, Doom Striders (no better Eberron additions I can think of , and Torn Asunder, Critical Hits, as well as their outstanding Slayers Guides.

Great stuff!

Urk! Let me stop you there! Where do people hear such things?

Slaine was and is popular, and none of its books are out of print! If you have trouble finding them, take a trip to;

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpg/series.php?qsSeries=6

 

[Crothian]

Urk! Let me stop you there! Where do people hear such things?

Slaine was and is popular, and none of its books are out of print!

TYhat's good to hear. As to where I heard that: at the Mongoose boothe at Origins. I talked to someone tyhere about Slaine as I was really hoping to find the few books of the series I don't have but was told they would be really tough to find now that they are out of print. So, I apologize for spreading an untrue rumor.