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Message: <blockquote data-quote="taliesin15" data-source="post: 1986618" data-attributes="member: 22058">I have major problems with every tome I've owned and perused, so its difficult for me to give any whole-hearted endorsements; but I'm surprised nobody's given a nod to my #11. Deities and Demigods, 1st edition. For Erol Otus' rendering of the Cthulhu Mythos *alone* it would outpace the rest. I have many problems with it--mainly that so many of the pantheons presented are incomplete--the Celtic pantheon is ridiculously abbreviated!--not to mention the fact that they aren't really presented as pantheons. But I would certainly say it was a major motivating factor in getting me to look at things I never would have read, like the Kalevala.2. DMG, 1st edition. The Gygax humor is so goofy!  (funny now to reflect on all the anti-Gygax vitriol I encountered when I first moved to Austin, mainly from the Steve Jackson camp) There's still so much interesting information that I can use in 3.0 campaigns. Stuff like the lists of potion description at the back of the book or typical temple furnishings. Especial kudos considering the fact that it was a trailblazing work, and by far, IMHO, the best of the first 3 books.3. PHB, 3rd edition. Not much to add, but let's talk about the artwork. Some of it is just fantastic, some of it really, really bad. The "sample player character" renderings are particularly embarassing--you know, like Mialee, Jozan, etc. Just think 20 years from now how people will be laughing at all the half-elves with haircuts like the dudes in the band Creed, or the Haflings with haircuts that make them look like extras from Mad Max at Thunderdome (except they got their haircut at the Mall)</blockquote>

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