Surprised by the non-suckage

[Welverin]

Call Of Cthulhu D20 version was pretty vilified around here,

I recall it being relatively well received around here when it was released, and the reviews here and at rpg.net back certaintly don't support the vilified notion.

 

[zoroaster100]

I have heard a lot of negative comments about the new stat block for monsters and NPCs, while I have found it to be the best thing since 3rd edition! It makes it so much easier for me to run encounters as a DM to have the information organized in that manner. I now actually spend the time to rework every stat block into the new format before I run a creature in combat.

 

[Fishbone]

I've been pleasantly surprised by the non-suckage of the 3rd edition modules/adventures. They can be tweaked to 3.5 rather painlessly and for somebody as cheap as myself getting a 40 or 60 page hardcopy adventure for under 3 bucks is amazing. The same can be said for just about any 3rd Edition GURPS book, which can be tooled to 4 pretty quickly and without a lot of skullsweat. 80% off and all I have to do is fiddle with some easy math for a few hours?
All aboard the conversion train!!!
/Toot Toot!

 

[Treebore]

I have always been surprised about "3.0" being a black mark against stuff too. So many people claim to know the 3E rules very thoroughly, but then claim that converting 3.0 to 3.5 is "hard" or "not worth the time". I am not a "rulesmaster" and I found it easy to convert "on the fly" the vast majority of the time. Like 98%+ of the time.

 

[Kaodi]

Well...

I do not DM, and I have I am only in first first real life gaming group (in the 10 or so years since I bought my 1e books at a garage sale), but despite perhaps not having gotten my " moneys worth " in game usage, there is not one among my 16 hardcovers and 1 softcover that I wish I hadn't bought.

 

[Aus_Snow]

Complete Divine, which is oft spoken lowly of, and which has the lowest review rating among the Completes (OK, equal lowest, along with Complete Psionic) - I like this book.

It's been very useful, too. More so than Complete Arcane or even Complete Warrior, really. I agree with Complete Adventurer's rating as the best of the lot, but beyond that my opinions seem to diverge from those of many.

 

[Greg K]

Book of Vile Darkness. I found a lot more useful material for my campaign than in most other WOTC DND products combined.


Hordes of the Abyss. It has received mixed reactions, but I think it is possibly the best non-core/non setting DND book put out by WOTC.

 

[Infernal Teddy]

My love for the Tomb of Magic and the XHB knows no bounds

 

[Treebore]

My love for the Tomb of Magic and the XHB knows no bounds

you mean "tome", right?

 

[Infernal Teddy]

you mean "tome", right?

Errrr.... damn. Yeah. Sure.

No, actually, I meant this really cool Adventure, where you have to find the grave of the god of Magic, otherwise the spellcasters willl...

Never mind...