Freaking Awesome 3rd Party Books That Don't Get Enough Praise

[ColonelHardisson]

Describe that a bit more. What is it? What does it do so well?

Pretty much what it sounds like. Self-contained quarters - Thieves, Temple, Arcane (the three produced so far) - of a fantasy city that can either be dropped into a DM's campaign as part of a homebrew city, or as part of the whole city the series will add up to. A good, solid, generic product that provides enough detail and hooks without being overwhelming. Plus the modular nature of the series means one can pick and choose what quarters one does and doesn't want.

 

[Ry]

Divine and Defeated is a ridiculously good god book. Ridiculous. If WotC did something like that for the D&D mythology...

Well, I can't even really imagine it.

 

[Ry]

Deekin,

2000 XP for you! Yes, if you want GOOD psionics, this is the place to look it. It comes right after Hyperconscious and before the XPH.

And Steve Jackson's Psychic Handbook comes just after, IMO. Great book, especially for d20 modern games.

 

[Stormborn]

And Steve Jackson's Psychic Handbook comes just after, IMO. Great book, especially for d20 modern games.

Do you mean Green Ronin's Psychic Handbook?

 

[Silver Moon]

Redhurst, Academy of Magic. If this hadn't been released just as 3.5 dropped, I'm convinced this would be as popular as Freeport.

A great book. I designed a Harry Potter-esque campaign for my daughter using this book as the base but her interests changed so we never got around to doing it. Thankfully I have a younger son with an overactive imagination so I'll get another chance to use it in a couple of years.

 

[Silver Moon]

My vote would be for "Tournaments, Fairs and Taverns" I picked up the PDF years ago and it has gotten a lot of use.

 

[bento]

I'd suggest Dog Soul's Kitsunemori Campaign Setting ($13.95). I picked it up last year when my OA game was in a lull.

If you looking for a smaller setting to run an OA game, and I mean by that nothing BIG like Kara-Tur or Rokugan, this is a fun and interesting place. It's set in a large isolated valley of a much larger island, where there's plenty to do. I ran one game from this and the players had a great time. It also has race guidelines for playing a Kitsune (trickster fox-person) and rules for a more shamanistic approach to magic.

 

[Alnag]

Oh man ... I love Thieves' World. Recreation of the setting of fantastic short stories by celebrities of fantasy writing! City-setted game.

 

[Sir Elton]

Oh man, Dragonstar looks freakin' awesome. Anyone got more info on that one? The website's only half-functional and it looks like the books are OOP.

http://www.titangames.com/products/role-playing-games?pMfg=Fantasy+Flight+Games

http://www.nobleknight.com/ViewProd...cturerID_E_212_A_CategoryID_E_12_A_GenreID_E_


Check those out. I like Dragonstar.

 

[Sir Elton]

I'm going to toot my horn:

Occult Lore from Atlas Games is one of the credits that I did. Most of my work is for Rolemaster's e-zine, the Guild Companion. But I teamed up with some of the best in the Industry to put out this book.

Occult Lore has rules for alchemy, astrology, sympathetic magic, dream magic, geomancy, Herbalism, and many others. Including my own Elementalism. Its available at Warehouse 23, and at e23.

Elton.