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<blockquote data-quote="Steel_Wind" data-source="post: 5671209" data-attributes="member: 20741">Heroes of Battle and the Miniatures Handbook. I have been converting some monsters from time to time from FF and MM1-V. I have also consulted Lords of Madness, and Libris Mortis for that purpose, too. I agree with the Auld Grump that Dave Noonan's Heroes of Battle is still a go-to book for me. Of all of the late era 3.5 hardcovers, Heroes of Battle was the most innovative and most under-appreciated DM focused book for 3.5 that WotC released. If you can find it? BUY IT.Now, all that said -- that's just me. I have a frikkin RAFT of 3.xx hardcovers I am not using. Hell, I NEVER used them, to be completely honest. I got rather silly with my &quot;Compleatist&quot; shopping habits as the 3.x product line moved forward during its cycle.&nbsp; Funny thing was, I rarely read them. It was a collection/pride of ownership thing. In truth, the more I had of it, the more I came to realize that all these books were utterly breaking my 3.5&nbsp; Age of Worms campaign at the time. Indeed, one of the major attractions to me at the time PFRPG was released was it was a way for me to stop using ANY 3.5 material. For a time, I did exactly that, too.But for all of that, I think that the most important thing to remember is that you CAN use any of those books that you care to -- many of them without any modification at all.Whether or not that is a terribly wise thing to do is another matter. In the end, a GM decides what they want to use and what they don't.&nbsp; I think one of the strongest aspects of Pathfinder RPG has been that a gamer can pick and choose from among their 3.xx library concerning what they want to use in their Pathfinder game.There is no right or wrong answer here.&nbsp; If you like it and your players like it and you find it makes gaming with Pathfinder RPG fun for you? Then that's just AWESOME.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steel_Wind, post: 5671209, member: 20741"] [I]Heroes of Battle[/I] and the [I]Miniatures Handbook[/I]. I have been converting some monsters from time to time from FF and MM1-V. I have also consulted[I] Lords of Madness[/I], and [I]Libris Mortis[/I] for that purpose, too. I agree with the Auld Grump that Dave Noonan's [I]Heroes of Battle[/I] is still a go-to book for me. Of all of the late era 3.5 hardcovers, [I]Heroes of Battle[/I] was the most innovative and most under-appreciated DM focused book for 3.5 that WotC released. If you can find it? BUY IT. Now, all that said -- that's just me. I have a frikkin RAFT of 3.xx hardcovers I am not using. Hell, I NEVER used them, to be completely honest. I got rather silly with my "Compleatist" shopping habits as the 3.x product line moved forward during its cycle. Funny thing was, I rarely read them. It was a collection/pride of ownership thing. In truth, the more I had of it, the more I came to realize that all these books were utterly breaking my 3.5 [I]Age of Worms[/I] campaign at the time. Indeed, one of the major attractions to me at the time PFRPG was released was it was a way for me to stop using ANY 3.5 material. For a time, I did exactly that, too. But for all of that, I think that the most important thing to remember is that you CAN use any of those books that you care to -- many of them without any modification at all. Whether or not that is a terribly wise thing to do is another matter. In the end, a GM decides what they want to use and what they don't. I think one of the strongest aspects of [I]Pathfinder RPG[/I] has been that a gamer can pick and choose from among their 3.xx library concerning what they want to use in their [I]Pathfinde[/I]r game. There is no right or wrong answer here. If you like it and your players like it and you find it makes gaming with [I]Pathfinder[/I] RPG fun for you? Then that's just [COLOR=Wheat]AWESOME[/COLOR]. [/QUOTE]

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