Seven Essential Books (change your answers)

[Shade]

• Fiend Folio
• Manual of the Planes
• Epic-Level Handbook
• MMII or Expanded Psionics Handbook (I'd probably flip a coin)

 

[drothgery]

Star Wars d20 Revised
d20 Modern
One D&D campaign setting (probably Eberron, but there ar e a lot of good ones)
And the XPH, if the campaign setting is Eberron, because Eberron without Kalashtar psions is wrong...

 

[Nightfall]

What? Sometimes I don't want to play D&D....

That's why you play Scarred Lands!!

 

[Varangian]

I'm not a rules guy so my top books (post core) are:

Midnight 2nd edition
Living Greyhawk Gazeteer
Fading Suns
Scarred Lands Ghelspad

Varangian

 

[Michael Tree]

This is surprisingly tough. AE and M&M were easy choices, but it was tough to narrow down the other two.

Arcana Evolved
Mutants & Masterminds 2e
Savage Worlds
Ars Magica

If I didn't have to take the D&D core rulebooks, I'd ditch the PH and DMG, and take Iron Heroes and the AE Spell Treasury (when it comes out) instead.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Ae
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Ecs

Changed my mind. Arcana Evolved, Elements of Magic [revised], Iron Kingdoms World Guide, and Lyceian Arcana.

 

[green slime]

Eberron Campaign Setting
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Libris Mortis


maybe, maybe Stormwrack. Its at home waiting for me to crack it open for the first time. I really really want to like that book. I just love sea adventures.

I'd like to include Complete Warrior, as well. See how I like Stormwrack

 

[Ralts Bloodthorne]

If homebrew information doesn't count, it would go like this...

DMG II
Unearthed Arcana
Monster Manual II
Expanded Psionic Handbook
Relics & Rituals
Stormwrack

And either...

Book of Erotic Fantasy

or

Sandstorm

 

[Akrasia]

To hell with the 'core 3'.

I'd choose:

Rules Cyclopedia D&D rules.
Gaz 1 "Grand Duchy of Karameikos"
C&C PHB
C&C Monsters and Treasures Book
The new Castle Zagyg book
WFRP (2e) core rules
WFRP (2e) bestiary

3 great games ... for loads of desert island fun!

 

[Aus_Snow]

Seven? Arr, that be killin' me. If they have to be RPG books, then maybe:

The complete* d20 SRD, nicely set out and bound.
Earthdawn Classic (maybe - don't own this yet; this is just a whimsical optimistic 'vote').
Beast Builder
CoC
some book of the planes or other.. not sure which one.
some large-scale sci-fi system... not sure about this one either.
All my house rules & setting notes, all in one place, printed and so on.

* inc. d20 Modern etc.


If they didn't have to all be RPG books, I'd include some whopping great hardcover monster of a world history book (if there's a good one out there), and at least one or two other bloody big non-rpg resources.