Top 100 3PP Books of the Third Edition Era?

[Slider Wade]

I'd like to get a feel for the 100 best products published by third party publishers for the 3E era. I'll update this post to include all nominations and will eventually hold nominations for the those that get the most votes for the Top 25/Top 10 and a #1 Smackdown Polls.

Nominate the books you feel should be in the Top 100.

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[sblock=NOMINATED BOOKS LIST /# OF SUPPORTERS]Advanced Bestiary (Green Ronin) --- 1
Ancient Kingdoms: Mespotamia --- 1
Arcana Unearthed/Evolved (Malhavoc) --- 1
Arms & Armor v3.5 (Bastion Press) --- 1
Book of Eldritch Might (Malhavoc) --- 1
Banewarrens (?) --- 1
Book of Fiends (Green Ronin) --- 1
Book of Iron Might (Malhavoc) --- 1
Book of the Righteous (Green Ronin) --- 2
Castle Whiterock (Goodman) --- 1
City of Brass (Necromancer) --- 2
City of Brass (Sword Sorcery) --- 1
Complete Control (Dreamscarred) --- 1
Conan: The Roleplaying Game, Atlantean edition (Mongoose) --- 1
Darwin's World, 2nd edition (RPG Objects) -- 1
Dawnforge (Fantasy Flight) --- 1
DragonMech Setting & Expansions --- 1
Dynasties & Demagogues (Atlas) --- 1
Elements of Magic (EnPublishing) --- 1
Fields of Blood (Eden) --- 1
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit (Privateer Press) --- 1
Freeport: City of Adventures (Green Ronin) --- 1
From Stone to Steel (Monkey God) --- 1
Game of Thrones (Guardians of Order) --- 1
Gryphon's Legacy (Gaslight Press) --- 1
Interface Zero (Reality Deviant) --- 1
Iron Heroes (Malhavoc) --- 1
Iron Kingdoms Character Guide (Privateer Press) --- 1
Iron Kingdoms World Guide (Privateer Press) --- 1
Judge Dredd (Mongoose) --- 1
Legends of Sorcery (RPG Objects) --- 1
Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe (Expeditious Retreat) --- 1
Midnight (Fantasy Flight) --- 2
Monsternomicon (Privateer Press) -- 1
Mutants & Masterminds (Green Ronin) --- 2
Mutants & Masterminds, 2nd edition (Green Ronin) --- 1
Northern Crown (Atlas) --- 1
Nyambe (Atlas) --- 3
Occult Lore (Atlas) --- 1
Omega World (?) --- 1
Pale Designs: A Poisoner's Handbook (Bastion Press) --- 1
Rappan Athuk Reloaded (Necromancer) --- 1
Psychic's Handbook (Green Ronin) --- 1
Ptolus (Malhavoc) --- 2
Redhurts: Academy of Magic (Human Head) --- 1
Rise of the Runelords (Paizo) --- 1
Rokugan (Alderac) --- 1
Slaine (Mongoose) --- 1
Spellslinger (Fantasy Flight) --- 1
Spycraft (Alderac) --- 2
Skull & Bones (Green Ronin) --- 2
Testament (Green Ronin) --- 2
Tome of Horrors (Necromancer) --- 1
Toolbox (Alderac) --- 1
Torn Asunder: Critical Hits (Bastion Press) --- 2
Tournaments, Fairs & Taverns (EnPublishing) --- 1
Traps & Treachery (Fantasy Flight) --- 1
True 20 (Green Ronin) --- 2
Ultramodern Firearms D20 (?) --- 1
Second World (Second World Simulations) --- 1
Untapped Potential (Dreamscarred) --- 1
Vault of Larin Karr (?) --- 1
War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga (EnPublishing) --- 1
Way of the Witch (Citizen Games) --- 1
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[Crothian]

Do you want it limited to D&D focused games or would items like Spycraft and M&M be in the mix?

 

[Maggan]

Well, I'll give it a shot.

Here are a bunch of books/modules/boxed sets I own which I don't hesitate to call the best of the best (in no specific order, mind you). They all have flaws, but the overall quality is superb:

Ptolus (Malhavoc)
Iron Heroes (Malhavoc)
Monsternomicon (Privateer Press)
Iron Kingdoms Character Guide (Privateer Press)
Iron Kingdoms World Guide (Privateer Press)
Five Fingers: Port of Deceit (Privateer Press)
The Tome of Horrors (Necromancer)
Rappan Athuk Reloaded (Necromancer)
City of Brass (Necromancer)
Freeport: City of Adventures (Green Ronin)
Skull&Bones (Green Ronin)
Mutants & Masterminds (Green Ronin)
The Book of the Righteous (Green Ronin)
Toolbox (Alderac)
Rokugan (Alderac)
Fields of Blood (Eden)
Traps & Treachery (Fantasy Flight)
Midnight (Fantasy Flight)
Nyambe (Atlas)
Dynasties & Demagogues (Atlas)
Redhurts: Academy of Magic (Human Head)
The Gryphon's Legacy (Gaslight Press)

/M

 

[Cincinnatus]

Dawnforge (Fantasy Flight)

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

My list would include:

Spycraft (both editions)
Mutants & Masterminds (both editions)
Arcana Unearthed and Arcana Evolved
Midnight 2Ed
Book of the Righteous
Northern Crown
Nyambe
Ultramodern Firearms D20
Second World

I'm still considering True20. I've played it once or twice and liked it, but I'm not 100% sold.

From what I can tell, Pathfinder will also be pretty good.

 

[Ace]

My add ons-- I excluded

True 20 Revised

Eldritch Might 1-2-3

Way of the Witch (citizen games)

Skull and Bones

Testament

 

[Ghostwind]

I'm a bit biased but I would argue that these three books would make the top 100 for what they did at the time they were published:

Arms & Armor v3.5 (comprehensive collection of weapons & armor both magical and mundane)
Pale Designs: A Poisoner's Handbook (comprehensive collection of d20 system poisons)
Torn Asunder: Critical Hits (new robust critical hits system)

*all by Bastion Press

 

[Morrus]

Elements of Magic (Revised)
Tournaments, Fairs & Taverns
The entire War of the Burning Sky Campaign Saga

(Bias admitted)

 

[Slider Wade]

Do you want it limited to D&D focused games or would items like Spycraft and M&M be in the mix?

Any D20/OGL.

 

[ProfessorCirno]

I'll throw some out that haven't been said yet.

Untapped Potential (Dreamscarred)
...Really, almost anything by Dreamscarred.
DragonMech Core Rules (Goodman Games, Sword & Sorcery)
DragonMech 2nd Age of Walkers (Goodman Games, Sword & Sorcery)
DragonMech Mech Manual (Goodman Games, Sword & Sorcery)