Freaking Awesome 3rd Party Books That Don't Get Enough Praise
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Orryn Emrys
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I would have to add Necromancer's The Book of Taverns to the list... a very cool resource, pretty much exactly what it sounds like. I'd also really liked Atlas's Occult Lore and Dynasties and Demigogues, Eden Stuidos' Fields of Blood: A Book of War, and EGG's The Canting Crew from Troll Lord Games.
As PDFs go, I've purchased a lot of Phil Reed's work, and gotten far more value out of it than I had ever expected, and a lot of the EN Publishing offerings. A couple of better PDFs that nobody's mentioned would include Magic: The Science and Art of Causing Change from 93 Games, which is a really well constructed D20 Modern magic system, Malhavoc's Book of Iron Might, RPG Objects' GM Mastery: NPC Essentials by Johnn Four, and, most definitively, Expetitious Retreat's Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe, an invaluable resource for world builders.
As PDFs go, I've purchased a lot of Phil Reed's work, and gotten far more value out of it than I had ever expected, and a lot of the EN Publishing offerings. A couple of better PDFs that nobody's mentioned would include Magic: The Science and Art of Causing Change from 93 Games, which is a really well constructed D20 Modern magic system, Malhavoc's Book of Iron Might, RPG Objects' GM Mastery: NPC Essentials by Johnn Four, and, most definitively, Expetitious Retreat's Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe, an invaluable resource for world builders.
And how did I forget Ari's "Secrets of the Planes: Planar Factions" and "SotP: Planar magic"
http://www.roninarts.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=331
http://www.roninarts.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=330
Brilliant work dude. I would say 'Keep them coming' but, judging from your latest work, you already are.
http://www.roninarts.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=331
http://www.roninarts.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=37&products_id=330
Brilliant work dude. I would say 'Keep them coming' but, judging from your latest work, you already are.
Aus_Snow said:
So far, every rpg product that I am aware of Steve Kenson having worked on as been top notch whether it involved Mutants and Masterminds, d20, True20 or Shadowrun. Even his free alternate Marvel Superheroes Adventure Game rules drastically turned that game into something top notch.
Whizbang Dustyboots
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You got me all excited about the Arcane Quarter: It looks like with the loss of their cartographer, this is in limbo currently. Which is a shame, since I was planning on using it as the sourcebook for my Vock Row Ptolus game.ColonelHardisson said:
Big Bucket
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Thieves World and Black Company (Green Ronin). They did a very good job bringing these series to RPG life.
Tinner
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XRP's Beast Builder really wowed me.
I even wrote a review here on ENWorld for it.
If you like making new monsters, this is THE book for you!
Speaking of monsters, I really have enjoyed The Wanderers Guild books too.
Monsters of the Boundless Blue was fun, and so was Monsters of the Endless Dark.
Maybe not mechanically perfect, but hey, I'm no number cruncher. The monsters are fun, and fun to play with, and very unique.
I even wrote a review here on ENWorld for it.
If you like making new monsters, this is THE book for you!
Speaking of monsters, I really have enjoyed The Wanderers Guild books too.
Monsters of the Boundless Blue was fun, and so was Monsters of the Endless Dark.
Maybe not mechanically perfect, but hey, I'm no number cruncher. The monsters are fun, and fun to play with, and very unique.
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Whizbang Dustyboots
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I'm pretty tough on monster books -- I find Monsternomicon to be a triumph of style over substance, and there's MAYBE five monsters in the whole book that I'll ever use. In contrast, I can see using more than 90 percent of the monsters in Creatures of Freeport.
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