Top 5 D&D Books

[Pinotage]

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. Here's my list. I chose the monster books for added variety, the World's Largest Dungeon because it would probably take forever to play through it, and Unearthed Arcana for a variety of new play options.

• Monster Manual II
• Monster Manual III
• World's Largest Dungeon
• Unearthed Arcana
• Advanced Bestiary

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[diaglo]

Volume 1 of 3 booklets. Men & Magic
Volume 2 of 3 booklets. Monsters & Treasure
Volume 3 of 3 booklets. The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures
Chainmail by Gygax & Perren
Outdoor Survival

 

[Virel]

For OAD&D, core of PHB, DMG & MM with the five others being 1st ed UA, DDG, FF, 3e Relics & Rituals, & 3e MMIII. It's fun (for the DM) throwing some of the nastier 3e critters at PC's w/o feats.

For 3e, core of PHB, DMG, & MM with the five others being MMIII, Relics & Rituals, Traps & Treachery, 1st ed DMG, 1st ed PHB & EGG's Necropolis. The 1st ed books help inspire IMO.

 

[Garnfellow]

Loading up on monster boooks seems like the way to go:

• Tome of Horrors
• Fiend Folio
• Savage Species
• Advanced Bestiary
• Monster's Handbook

 

[Squirrel Nutkin]

D&D Rules Cyclopedia
Wrath of the Immortals
Creature Catalogue
B1-9 In Search of Adventure
GAZ1 Grand Duchy of Karameikos

 

[MrFilthyIke]

For 3e:

• SRD (printed out)
• MM II
• MM III
• Fiend Folio
• Eberron Campaign Setting

For old skool (my style):

• Rules Cyclopedia
• Hollow World boxed set
• Creature Catalogue
• Elves of Alfeheim
• The Shadow Elves

 

[Ghostwind]

Warcraft: Manual of Monsters
Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting
Arms & Armor v3.5
World's Largest Dungeon
Grim Tales

Lots of paper and pencils too...

 

[Narfellus]

Grim Tales
Monster's Handbook
Midnight CS
Monsternomicon
Monster Manual 3

 

[francisca]

1e DMG
1e PHB
1e MM
Moldvay Basic Manual
Stone to Steel by Monkey God

 

[lior_shapira]

I'm assuming there are 3.5 core books on the island (and if not I'll memorize 'em damn it)

- Expanded Psionics Handbook (love those powers)

- Advanced Bestiary and Deluxe Book of Templates (x1000 the monster options)

- Eberron CS (its so pertty)

- Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed (maybe I'll finally have time to use it)