Gift Advice

[BSF]

OK, I will be resuming one of my games this next week after the holiday hiatus. I am still looking for a few gifts and thought I would request some advice on possible gaming supplies. Most of the group has a smaller library than I do, but I am still having problems identifying some good books/PDF's to get for them. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

The characters:

Blackhawk - Bow shooting ranger (16-17th level) that envies the Druid's wildshape and spellcasting abilities. I know the player has Masters of the Wild and the Quintessential Ranger.

Raven - Quiet Druid (16-17th level) that uses a combination of heavy spells and wildshape. I know the player has Masters of the Wild.

Jaden - Wannabe dragonslayer/High King. He is a Fighter 2/Wizard 14-15. I know the player has Tome and Blood

Elensul - Loyal Monk (Monk 10/PrC 6) that will beat you black and blue. I know the player has Sword and Fist.

The DM who has everything. My DM is the only person I know with a gaming library that is more extensive than mine.

If I decide on a gaming gift, I would like it to be useful and relevant to the character. Feel free to pimp your own products.

 

[James McMurray]

Blackhawk: Complete Warrior

Raven: don't know, rarely play druids

Jaden: Draconomicon (it has a rather large section for dragon slayers and their feats, spells, and prestige classes, so it isn't just dragons for DMs)

Elensul: Oriental Adventures or Complete Warrior

 

[ejja_1]

You could get them as close as possible to character specific mini's.
Or get them a set of dice with colors that reflect them, red for the players that rush to battle, green for the foresty types, white for you clerics or pals etc etc etc....

 

[Nightfall]

Get them the S&SS Player's Guide. There's some sweet stuff in there you might be able to use.

 

[Morpheus]

Get them each a mini of their character and have it painted here:

www.fantasyworks.com

P.S. Tell 'em Morpheus sent ya...

 

[BSF]

Hmm, everyone has a mini already. Truth be told, theirs are also pretty well painted, except for mine. I suck at painting mini's.

Nightfall, I hate to break it to you, but I have the Wizards, Sorcerors and Bards guide. It's cool, but not terribly applicable to our campaign.

 

[rowport]

I agree with these suggestions:
Blackhawk: Complete Warrior
Elensul: Oriental Adventures or Complete Warrior
The Complete Warrior is the best supplemental book from WotC IMO. It takes a broader view than any of the other earlier class books, with applicability to lots of character types. Of course, having the updated PrCs is useful, too. Oriental Adventures is also very well written, but may have less direct applicability in a traditional D&D campaign world, so keep that in mind.

I would add:
Raven: Quintessential Druid

Good luck! I think it is great that you are doing this for your group- very thoughtful.

 

[Nightfall]

Hmm, everyone has a mini already. Truth be told, theirs are also pretty well painted, except for mine. I suck at painting mini's.

Nightfall, I hate to break it to you, but I have the Wizards, Sorcerors and Bards guide. It's cool, but not terribly applicable to our campaign.

Well you could get the Fighters and Barbarians book! And the Cleric/Druids one! That might work!

BSF, I am kidding but if you don't think they'll use it...then I have very little left to suggest that hasn't already been mentioned.

 

[BSF]

Yeah, unfortunately, I haven't seen anything I haven't already thought of myself. I was hoping somebody could suggest something a little more unusual.

I may just end up getting gifts that match the character's personalities, even if they aren't explicitly gaming materials. That is what we generally do for the holidays and for birthdays anyway.

If anyone else has more suggestions, I would love to hear them though.

 

[Arc]

I got my DM a community supporter account here He seems to like it, but that kinda depends on whether your fellow players come here or not.