Top 5 D&D Books

[Pants]

Hm...
1. 3.5 PHB
2. MM 3.5
3. Eberron CS
4. Monsternomicon
5. Expanded Psionics Handbook

Honorable Mention: MM3

 

[Crothian]

So, what are your top 5 D&D books or supplements? If you were stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere and you had only dice, paper and the core books, what other 5 D&D books would you take with you, bearing in mind that you might be stuck there forever.

THe 5 I would have are not my 5 favorite, they are the 5 most versaitile

Beast Builder: Don't need monster bboks, need a book to creat monsters.
A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe: Don't need a setting, need a book to create a setting
A Magical Society: Ecology and Culture
DMG 2
AGMG

 

[Kanegrundar]

Arcana Evolved
Legacy of the Dragons
Monsternomicon 3.5
World of Warcraft
Expanded Psionics Handbook

Others under consideration: Fiend Folio, Iron Kingdoms Character Guide, Iron Kingdoms World Guide, Mythic Races, Bastards and Bloodlines, Chaositech, Monster Manual 2, Monster Manual 3, Denizens of Avadnu, Warcraft RPG Manual of Monsters, Talislanta D20, Call of Cthulhu D20, D20 Modern, D20 Future, D20 Past, D20 Apocalypse, Darwin's World 2, Star Wars Revised RPG, Ultimate Alien Anthology, Urban Arcana, and my computer filled with my pdf's!

Kane

 

[Sunderstone]

Old (but not including 1st edition) -

In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil - Planescape
The Factol's Manifesto - Planescape
Return to the Tomb of Horrors
Night Below
Forgotten Realms Boxed Set - the grey one


New -
Shackled City Hardcover (and independant dungeon adventures)
Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil
Dragonomicon
Frostburn/Sandstorm/Stormwrack Series (for added flavor)
Just about any Necromancer Module (Specifically VoLK, ToA, and GC)

 

[A'koss]

Iron Heroes
Mastering Iron Heroes
Monster Manual II
GDQ supermodule
Shackled City hardcover

 

[Aeric]

Iron Kingdoms Campaign Guide
Iron Kingdoms World Guide
Monsternomicon
OGL Steampunk
d20 Mecha

 

[Romnipotent]

Uunearthed Arcana
Oathbound DotF
Ptolus (so I can make a raft)
World's Largest Dungeon (a big raft)
The box set of SJG Munchkin D20 books (I need no raft! IM A WIZARD!)

 

[The Thayan Menace]

The Moniker Says it All ....

If I could only have five D&D books, besides the core rulebooks, I would choose:

• Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
• Lords of Darkness
• Player's Guide to Faerun
• Spellbound (2E Boxed Set)
• Unapproachable East

I'm going to campaign in Thay until it kills me ....

 

[Thanee]

So, what are your top 5 D&D books or supplements? If you were stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere and you had only dice, paper and the core books, what other 5 D&D books would you take with you, bearing in mind that you might be stuck there forever.

Complete Adventurer
Complete Arcane
Complete Divine
Complete Warrior
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting+Player's Guide to Faerûn

Bye
Thanee

 

[mhacdebhandia]

For "pure" D&D:

• Eberron Campaign Setting
• Lords of Madness
• Unearthed Arcana
• Fiend Folio
• Monster Manual III

For d20 in general:

• Eberron Campaign Setting
• Lords of Madness
• Arcana Unearthed
• Iron Heroes
• Fiend Folio