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<blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 3488044" data-attributes="member: 264"><p>Man, I hardly know where to begin. 3rd party uf is the lion's share of what I use...</p><p></p><p>This should be quite a list, please bear with me...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Dawnforge</strong>. Awesome setting that manags to be both high-powered and non-cheesy.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>From Stone to Steel</strong>. A truly massive equipment book broken down by historical era with appropraite classes and such tossed in for great justice.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>The Black Company</strong>. Nice low-magic rules, but the real winner here was the rules for equipment.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Alchemy and Herbalists</strong>. One of the few books that actually made me pay attention to an ignored "nich" in my own campaign.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Magical Medieval Society: Ecology and Culture</strong>. Best Fantasy Worldbuilding handbook ever. Presented in a very readable fashion (it could've very easily read like a textbook)<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Denizens of Avadnu</strong>. Already well documented in this thread. One of three "go to" books for monsters in my campaign (<strong>Tome of Horrors</strong> and <strong>Monsternomicon</strong> being the other two)...maybe the most unfairly overlooked product of all time.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Beyond Monks</strong>. Took what I considered to be a very limited and "cookie-cutter" class and jazzed them up considerably, without going the route of <em>over</em>powering them.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Advanced Bestiary</strong>. Not sure this one meets the "doesn't get enough priase" requirement of the thread. The praie heaped on it is well-deserved.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>A Game of Thrones</strong>: Released in a storm of controversy as the publisher went under on a sour note. The product itself is maybe the finest 3rd party effort seen to that point.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Necromancer's Legacy</strong>. Took a subject I considered both "juvenile" and "done to death" and breathed new life into it.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Poisoncraft</strong>. Much like <strong>Alchemy and Herbalists</strong> before it, pretty much forced me to expand a niche in my game due to it's awesomeness.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Airships</strong>. Didn;t think I would like it...seemed gimmicky. Triggered a 9-month campaign that is still talked about fondly.<br /> </li> </ul><p></p><p>...and if you aren't meaning just "D&D Fantasy"...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Sidewinder: Recoiled</strong>. About as fine a Cowboy game as I could wish for.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Mutants and Masterminds</strong>. Again, not sure if this meets the "no praise" requirement...but it's awesomeness is inarguabl. I wouldn't have thought that D20 would've been a very good model for displacing Champions as the Best SUpers Game ever...I was wrong.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>Spycraft 2.0</strong>. Infinitely better than the already pretty good Spycraft. Awesome game.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teflon Billy, post: 3488044, member: 264"] Man, I hardly know where to begin. 3rd party uf is the lion's share of what I use... This should be quite a list, please bear with me... [list][*][B]Dawnforge[/B]. Awesome setting that manags to be both high-powered and non-cheesy. [*][b]From Stone to Steel[/b]. A truly massive equipment book broken down by historical era with appropraite classes and such tossed in for great justice. [*][B]The Black Company[/B]. Nice low-magic rules, but the real winner here was the rules for equipment. [*][b]Alchemy and Herbalists[/b]. One of the few books that actually made me pay attention to an ignored "nich" in my own campaign. [*][b]Magical Medieval Society: Ecology and Culture[/b]. Best Fantasy Worldbuilding handbook ever. Presented in a very readable fashion (it could've very easily read like a textbook) [*][b]Denizens of Avadnu[/b]. Already well documented in this thread. One of three "go to" books for monsters in my campaign ([b]Tome of Horrors[/b] and [b]Monsternomicon[/b] being the other two)...maybe the most unfairly overlooked product of all time. [*][b]Beyond Monks[/b]. Took what I considered to be a very limited and "cookie-cutter" class and jazzed them up considerably, without going the route of [i]over[/i]powering them. [*][b]Advanced Bestiary[/b]. Not sure this one meets the "doesn't get enough priase" requirement of the thread. The praie heaped on it is well-deserved. [*][b]A Game of Thrones[/b]: Released in a storm of controversy as the publisher went under on a sour note. The product itself is maybe the finest 3rd party effort seen to that point. [*][b]Necromancer's Legacy[/b]. Took a subject I considered both "juvenile" and "done to death" and breathed new life into it. [*][b]Poisoncraft[/b]. Much like [b]Alchemy and Herbalists[/b] before it, pretty much forced me to expand a niche in my game due to it's awesomeness. [*][b]Airships[/b]. Didn;t think I would like it...seemed gimmicky. Triggered a 9-month campaign that is still talked about fondly. [/list] ...and if you aren't meaning just "D&D Fantasy"... [list][*][b]Sidewinder: Recoiled[/b]. About as fine a Cowboy game as I could wish for. [*][b]Mutants and Masterminds[/b]. Again, not sure if this meets the "no praise" requirement...but it's awesomeness is inarguabl. I wouldn't have thought that D20 would've been a very good model for displacing Champions as the Best SUpers Game ever...I was wrong. [*][b]Spycraft 2.0[/b]. Infinitely better than the already pretty good Spycraft. Awesome game.[/list] [/QUOTE]
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