The Best & Worst of 3rd Edition: R2: Best of WotC (poll #5: please vote)

[TerraDave]

EDIT: Please feel free to post your opinion on what is, or is not, the best

Like I said in the first round polls:

A new year begins, and 3rd edition D&D comes close to its end.

The time for judgement has arrived. Over the coming days I will do a series of polls to see what was good, what was bad, and what was meh.

We now move onto the next round. The time has come to vote for the Best of WotC’s 3rd edition products.

The choices are based on the results of 4 first rounds polls. The top five “I Like” vote getters from each where included, ie the five most popular. As where any in the top five based on % of those voting for the product that liked the product (#liked/(#liked+#disliked)), ie the five highest quality. In most cases these overlapped substantially, and 5-6 where included from the top of each category. In addition, 10 wildcards where added. These are the 10 highest quality products that didn’t make the first cut.

Winners, wildcards, and honorable mentions (not in the poll) are listed below.

Core Rules

Winners: Unearthed Arcana, Spell Compendium, Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations I, Draconomicon, Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead, Magic Item Compendium,
Wildcards: Fiend Folio, Manual of the Planes, Monster Manual III, Expanded Psionics Handbook, Dungeon Master’s Guide II
Honorable Mention: Oriental Adventures, Monster Manual II

Player Supplements:

Winners: Player's Handbook II, Complete Arcane, Complete Adventurer, Complete Warrior, Complete Mage
Wildcards: Heroes of Horror
Honorable Mention: Tome and Blood: A Guidebook to Wizards and Sorcerers,
Complete Scoundrel

Adventures and Locations:

Winners: Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss, Red Hand of Doom, Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells, Sunless Citadel, Forge of Fury,
Wildcards: Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, Frostburn, Expedition to Castle Ravenloft, Stormwrack
Honorable Mention: Sandstorm

Settings

Winners: Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, Eberron Campaign Setting, Sharn: City of Towers, Player's Guide to Eberron, Monsters of Faerûn
Wildcards: None
Honorable Mention: Magic of Faerun.

Thanks to all that voted in the first polls.

 

[TerraDave]

Ok then.

Any votes? Maybe some posts on the best products?

 

[eric mcloins]

I think the method you use in previous polls is better. The method you are using now distorts the results, see for example the low count for tfiendish codex I. While it got very high percentage in recent polls, probably less people are familiar with it than with spell compendium, for example.

 

[Greg K]

I think the method you use in previous polls is better. The method you are using now distorts the results, see for example the low count for tfiendish codex I. While it got very high percentage in recent polls, probably less people are familiar with it than with spell compendium, for example.

I agree especially among those who are primarily or exclusively players.

 

[Arnwyn]

My favorites on that list:

- Lords of Madness
- Red Hand of Doom
- Fiendish Codex I

I liked a bunch of others, but I think those are my top 3.

 

[Greg K]

My favorites are :
Unearthed Arcana
Fiendish Codex I
Dragonomicon
Complete Warrior
Complete Arcane
Heroes of Horror
Fiend Folio
Stormwrack

 

[TerraDave]

I think the method you use in previous polls is better. The method you are using now distorts the results, see for example the low count for tfiendish codex I. While it got very high percentage in recent polls, probably less people are familiar with it than with spell compendium, for example.

Thats a good point. Though I was at least partially interested in the "popularity contest" aspect.

We will see how it goes.

 

[TerraDave]

Thanks to you few who have voted and posted so far.

With a small 64 votes, initial rankings are:

Unearthed Arcana 59.38%
Player's Handbook II 57.81%
Complete Arcane 51.56%
Draconomicon 48.44%
Spell Compendium 48.44%
Complete Adventurer 46.88%
Magic Item Compendium 46.88%
Complete Mage 40.63%
Eberron Campaign Setting 40.63%
Complete Warrior 39.06%
Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead 39.06%
Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss 37.50%
Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations 37.50%
Dungeon Master’s Guide II 32.81%
Expanded Psionics Handbook 32.81%
Fiend Folio 32.81%
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 32.81%
Heroes of Horror 29.69%
Manual of the Planes 28.13%
Sharn: City of Towers 28.13%
Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells 26.56%
Stormwrack 26.56%
Monster Manual III 23.44%
Red Hand of Doom 23.44%
Player's Guide to Eberron 21.88%
Living Greyhawk Gazetteer 20.31%
Expedition to Castle Ravenloft 18.75%
Frostburn 15.63%
Sunless Citadel, The 15.63%
Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk (at the end by error) 15.63%
Monsters of Faerûn 10.94%
Forge of Fury, The 9.38%

 

[TerraDave]

Really, no more opinions-or votes-on the best of 3rd ed?

 

[DaveyJones]

Really, no more opinions-or votes-on the best of 3rd ed?

i have an opinion but it isn't one included in the poll.

my hat of d02 knows no limits